|link| Posted 4:04 PM by Brian Linse

Guarding The Well

Dwight Meredith has a must read post for anyone who has been following the disturbing saga of a certain out of control blogger. The blogger in question has been doing all the heavy lifting in the work to discredit herself by publishing irrational and unsupported attacks against other writers that cross all boundaries of taste, ethics, and most likely legality. Meredith looks at the situation and sees a lesson for the Lefty blogging community at large, and I think his view on this is correct. [via: Rittenhouse Review] Also, check out Lisa English's post on the situation.

Jim Capozzola has more on "The Village Idiot".

|link| Posted 4:29 PM by Brian Linse

Examined And Observed

Welch and Layne have redesigned and tarted up their LA Examiner site, making it easier and more fun to read. This is what these guys do best, and you should plan on checking in every day.

Combined with Kevin Roderick's LA Observed, the City of Angeles is being poked, prodded, x-rayed, probed, checked for essential fluids, and told to turn it's head and cough.

Don't be surprised if this town is walking funny for awhile...

|link| Posted 1:41 PM by Brian Linse

Two Good Reasons

Two good articles in Reason Online today: Jonathan Rauch writes about some interesting First Amendment cases, and Jacob Sullum covers the elusive Iraqi WMDs.

|link| Posted 1:18 PM by Brian Linse

Ideas For Big Media

Probably because I asked so nicely in the post below, both Glenn Reynolds and Mickey Kaus have addressed substantive issues in the wake of Howell Raines' exit from the NYT.

The common theme from Glenn and Mickey is that the pretension of objectivity amongst some American media is preposterous and unnecessary.