Usually informed posts by a certified philosophy/history/politics nerd.
Friday, April 25, 2008
Diabolical Thought of the Day
Clinton is being as divisive as possible so that she will have to be on the ticket to "unite" the party. I sure hope Obama doesn't take the bait. (Thanks to this Marc Ambinder post--it inspired the diabolical thought.)
Problem: I have lots of opinions on politics and culture that I need to vent. If I do not do this I will wind up muttering to myself, and that's only like one or two steps away from being a hobo.
Solution: I write two blogs. A political blog that has some evident sympathies (pro-Obama, mostly liberal though I dissent on some issues, like guns and trade) and a culture blog that does, well, cultural essays in a more long-form manner. My particular thing is taking overrated things (movies, mostly, but other things too) down a peg and putting underrated things up a peg. I'm sort of the court of last resort, and I tend to focus on more obscure cultural phenomena.
