The temper tantrum town by Times staffers and New York Times adherents over the hiring of William Kristol is laughable. The mind set at the Times is that they know what is best for the nation, that they set the agenda for not only politics but cultural and social trends in the country, and that their role is to be the published opposition to public and elected officials -- even though the Times crowd has very few credentials in the real world to serve any of those functions. In fact, the Times long ago, lost its credibility as an impartial purveyor of the news, and in Kristol, the Times crowd is getting their just deserts.