Jack Shafer's Friend Ranking, Version 3.0

UPDATED 2/20/07: David Hammond, Steven Poole and Eric Klinenberg join the list! Jack Shafer has more friends than we originally thought. With a little help from Wonkette, some from Shafer, and a whole lot of reading, we have Shafer's updated rankings. #1. David Corn ("David Corn, my current #1") #2. Greg Easterbrook ("In the 20 years he's been my friend") #3. Chuck Shepherd ("My Friend") #4. Anne Applebaum ("a friend and former regular Slate contributor") #5.Dirk Olin ("my friend ... now editor-in-chief of JudicialReports.com) #6. Dennis Cauchon ("My friend") Previously 5 #7. Dave McKenna ("McKenna is a friend.") Previously 6 #8. Paul Farhi ("I saw a Baltimore Orioles game with Farhi in the early '90s.") Previously 7 #9. Jonathan Chait ("my friend") Previously 8 #10. Jeff Riggenbach ("my old friend") Previously 9 Slots 11-39 when you click below... #11. Eric Boehlert ("Boehlert has been a friend and respected colleague of mine for 15 years, although I never met him in the flesh until a couple of weeks ago.") Previously 10 #12. Mary Jordan ("I consider Jordan a friend") Previously 11 #13. Kevin Sullivan ("I consider Sullivan a friend") Previously 12 #14. Jeffrey Goldberg ("Goldberg is a friend") Previously 13 #15. Mark Feldstein ("is a friend -- not as good a friend as David Corn, but a lot better than Michael Isikoff"). Previously 14 #16. Mark Liebovich ("much better friend than Michael Isikoff, but much worse than David Corn, my current #1")Previously 15 #17. Glen Simpson ("Glenn Simpson is a friend") Previously 16 #18. Rachel Zimmerman ("My friend") Previously 17 #19. James Surowiecki ("I've edited Surowiecki and consider him a friend.") Previously 18 #20. Bill Powers ("My friend Bill Powers") Previously 119 #21. Joel Achenbach ("Joel, who is also a friend of mine") Previously 20 #22. Jim Brady ("Brady and I both work for Washington Post Newsweek Interactive, and I consider him a friend.") Previously 21 #23. Matt Miller ("Matt's a friend, and he's contributed to Slate") Previously 22 #24. Matt Cooper ("Matt Cooper is a friend") Previously 23 #25. Nick Gillespie ("a friend") Previously 24 #26. Alex Star ("Alex Star is a friend of mine, but not such a good friend that I wouldn't rather write something mean about him given half a chance") Previously 25 #27. Ana Marie Cox ("a friend--at least as of this writing.") Previously 26 #28. David Von Drehle (a "mutual friend"; "Von Drehle is a friend, although he would probably deny it if you asked him directly.") Previously 27 #29. Thomas Ricks ("I'm friendly with Thomas Ricks.") Previously 28 #30. Christopher Hitchens ("my Slate colleague") #31. Michael Iskioff ("a friend, but not so good. In fact, it's been so long since I've socialized with him, I'd say he's not a friend anymore but merely somebody I know.") Previously 29 #32. Eric Klinenberg ("Disclosure: Klinenberg interviews me in his book.) #33. Boyce Rensberger ("This time 22 years ago, when Boyce Rensberger was an editor at Science 84 magazine, he assigned a feature story to me. He had the supreme good sense to leave the magazine as I turned in my copy.") Previously 32 #34. Christopher Hawthorne ("who once freelanced for Slate") Previously 33 #35. Rajiv Chandrasekaran ("I interviewed Rajiv Chandrasekaran once.") Previously 34 #36. Frazer Smith ("Ford gave the commencement address at my land-grant diploma mill the year I graduated, and I got to shake his hand when he handed me my degree. Comedian Frazer Smith, just ahead of me in line, hit Jerry in the paw with a hand buzzer as they shook." Previously 35 #37. Bob Woodward ("I had a sandwich with Bob Woodward 13 years ago and still maintain he didn't get a goddamn thing out of me no matter what you read in his books.") Previously 36 #38. David Hammond (University of Waterloo professor David Hammond wrote "a sidebar to my piece last summer.") #39. Steven Poole

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