Usually informed posts by a certified philosophy/history/politics nerd.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
The GOP's suicide spiral continues unabated
Sen. Arlen Specter loses to Pat Toomey in a Republican primary, according to a new poll. His loyalty to a party that hates him and gives him zero influence is admirable but misplaced. If he loses he has nobody but himself to blame.
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.
