Isn't this supposed to be in Slate?

Because I thought it was expressly forbidden to out-concern troll, Richard Cohen, at the home base?

But from somewhere in Poland, Anne Applebaum will not be vanquished:

...this Jon Stewart rally is such a gloomy development. I'm sure his Million Moderate March, if it happens, will be amusing, and I wouldn't want to spoil the fun by calling it "tragic." But if that's the best the center can do, then "blackly humorous" wouldn't be that far off.