Today's Most Important Question

For media figures who have previously made the climb to the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland, a new peak beckons: In planning the January 2007 edition of the event, Davos organizers are quietly passing around a list of prospective members of an even loftier sub-organization, to be known as the International Media Council.

The piece informs us that the good money is on Maureen Dowd, Donald Graham, Len Downie and Bob Woodward making the cut, but David Brooks and John Tierney? Not so much.