Usually informed posts by a certified philosophy/history/politics nerd.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
A thought
Did John McCain's announcing his VP pick on his 72nd birthday coincide with a conscious strategy to pander to evangelicals by assuring them that they'd get one of their own in the presidency if he dies in office? And if it wasn't, does it matter?
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.
