Chuck Darwin<p>The New York Times Opinion section is negotiating the exit of columnist <a href="https://c.im/tags/Pamela" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pamela</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Paul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paul</span></a>, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. </p><p>Her impending departure is one of a series of job cuts being made at the section. </p><p>Last month, <a href="https://c.im/tags/Paul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paul</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Krugman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Krugman</span></a>, the Nobel Prize-winning economist who had been a part of Opinion since 2000, announced to much fanfare that he was leaving. </p><p>The Opinion section has been the site of the paper’s fiercest culture war battles in recent years, <br>most famously leading to the firing of editor <a href="https://c.im/tags/James" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>James</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Bennet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bennet</span></a> in 2020 over an op-ed by Senator Tom Cotton calling for the deployment of troops during the George Floyd protests. </p><p>Since then, under Opinion editor <a href="https://c.im/tags/Kathleen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kathleen</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Kingsbury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kingsbury</span></a>, management at the Times has labored mightily to show that it is open to a "diversity of thought", <br>-- an effort that appeared to be spearheaded by Paul, who has taken conservative stances on contentious topics such as gender-affirming youth care.</p><p>Paul is notable for her willingness to buck liberal-left conventional wisdom:<br>She has written a defense of J.K. Rowling and scrutinized the MeToo movement for overreach, <br>while a recent column criticized the American Historical Society’s vote to condemn the ongoing “scholasticide” in Gaza. </p><p>Some colleagues have said she does little more than produce rage bait, <br>with what one Times staffer referred to as “intellectually lazy” positions. </p><p>“It is a rarity inside the Times for someone to manage to make enemies on every desk they touch; <br>-- Pamela is indeed a rarity,” one newsroom employee said. </p><p>“She should have spent time making allies if she was going to be as divisive a figure as she was internally. <br>But she didn’t put the time in there, or at least did not have the interest.”</p><p><a href="https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/pamela-paul-is-out-at-the-times-opinion-section.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nymag.com/intelligencer/articl</span><span class="invisible">e/pamela-paul-is-out-at-the-times-opinion-section.html</span></a></p>