Monday, May 10, 2004
Good Reads
Avedon Carol at The Sideshow has a terrific take on the depth of the cluelessness suffered by the establishment press; even when David Broder seems to getting it, i.e., that someting is stinking up the country, his getting it is riddled with denial.
Also notable there, long quotes from Tim Burke's Primal Scream about Iraq, a much linked to and completely worthy must read. Not only is Avedon continually generous in the way she links us to what she finds interesting, as worthy as are the links, so are her intros, often only one liners, like this one: "It is my opinion that stories about IQ tests are themselves IQ tests." So go and have fun while you're enligthened.
Bush Lies has a nice discussion and link to Michael Massing's explication of the meaning of "bad apples."
Kos is back from a visit to Central America and tells us, with feeling, all about it.I hope to have a post up about Latin America, then, when it was seen exclusively as part of the cold war, and now, when something hopeful is happening there that the current American government will be incapable of understanding and therefore encouraging, to the peril of all Americans. (I hope my link is the correct one; I find Kos's new site endlessly confusing)
Quiddity at Uggabugga has got so much great stuff up, all I can do is recommend, if you haven't been there in awhile, that you go there and take a look for yourself. Among the "Don't Misses," Safire Maxtrix , and one of Quiddity's masterful diagrams, this one of "the situation."
It's Mustang Bobby's Bark, Bark, Woof, Woof half year blog anniversary, he's got new stuff up so go visit if you haven't recently.
I don't quite know how to describe Norbizness.com, except to say that it is consistently witty, deeply smart and always unexpected; it's also worth visiting for the exquisite picture of two dogs, one a puppy, I believe, being canines, that is regularly displayed there. Currently, you will find a very interesting negative take on the offer by the DNC of convention credientials to bloggers. "Gotta Type Something" is also typical of the kind of weirdly random brilliance this particular blog achieves fairly regularly, but keep on scrolling, there's lots there.
Also notable there, long quotes from Tim Burke's Primal Scream about Iraq, a much linked to and completely worthy must read. Not only is Avedon continually generous in the way she links us to what she finds interesting, as worthy as are the links, so are her intros, often only one liners, like this one: "It is my opinion that stories about IQ tests are themselves IQ tests." So go and have fun while you're enligthened.
Bush Lies has a nice discussion and link to Michael Massing's explication of the meaning of "bad apples."
Kos is back from a visit to Central America and tells us, with feeling, all about it.I hope to have a post up about Latin America, then, when it was seen exclusively as part of the cold war, and now, when something hopeful is happening there that the current American government will be incapable of understanding and therefore encouraging, to the peril of all Americans. (I hope my link is the correct one; I find Kos's new site endlessly confusing)
Quiddity at Uggabugga has got so much great stuff up, all I can do is recommend, if you haven't been there in awhile, that you go there and take a look for yourself. Among the "Don't Misses," Safire Maxtrix , and one of Quiddity's masterful diagrams, this one of "the situation."
It's Mustang Bobby's Bark, Bark, Woof, Woof half year blog anniversary, he's got new stuff up so go visit if you haven't recently.
I don't quite know how to describe Norbizness.com, except to say that it is consistently witty, deeply smart and always unexpected; it's also worth visiting for the exquisite picture of two dogs, one a puppy, I believe, being canines, that is regularly displayed there. Currently, you will find a very interesting negative take on the offer by the DNC of convention credientials to bloggers. "Gotta Type Something" is also typical of the kind of weirdly random brilliance this particular blog achieves fairly regularly, but keep on scrolling, there's lots there.
