The Kevin Williamson thing isn’t a mountain of a molehill, the viper cult’s realized that some of the wise elders of periodical publishing are seeing it’s time to reign things in and compete for the “left-sympathetic but be reasonable we aren’t the country entire” slot that “even the liberal” TNR and Slate held during previous reactionary cycles

Outlets pulling a centrist turn:
• NY Mag
• the NYT editorial page
• The Atlantic (well, “the prestige magazine David Frum edits” was a gimme)
• Tablet (?? but good for giving Wes Yang work)

New right-centrist:
• Quillette

New rejectionist left:
• Splinter (Gawker reconstituted)
• Crooked

New not firmly claimed:
• The Outline
• Quartz
• Baffler