— It’s not often I agree with New Labourite Nick Denton, but these observations are right on the money:
Matt Welch is a friend of mine, so take anything I say with a pinch of salt. That said: take a break from this page and read him. He’s a warblogger, and can bash the Saudis as well as any of that crowd. But at least he’s not predictable. He’ll lay into Bush over trade or coddling of the Saudis. And he even dares give Chomsky some credit, in a recent post. My main complaint against neocon bloggers such as Andrew Sullivan and Glenn Reynolds, though I read them regularly, is that I know what they’re going to say. Reynolds will never resist a chance to bash a European, academic, or an international organization, and preferably all three together. Sullivan will always find a way to give the benefit of the doubt to Bush; he toes the Republic party line as well as any political operative. That gets tedious. Matt at least surprises me.
I go one step further – if you know what they’re going to say, don’t read them. Life is too short to waste time on pinheads and prima donnas. I know, it’s for the links…