— OpinionJournal – Peggy Noonan wrote a nice little piece today on what’s right with America. Among her favorite things:
Blogging. The 24-7 opinion sites that offer free speech at its straightest, truest, wildest, most uncensored, most thoughtful, most strange. Thousands of independent information entrepreneurs are informing, arguing, adding information. Imagine if we’d had them in 1776: “As I wrote in yesterday’s lead item on SamAdams.com, my well meaning cousin John continues his grammatical nitpicking with Jefferson (link requires registration) ‘Inalienable,’ ‘unalienable,’ whatever. Boys, let’s fight. Start the war.” Blogs may one hard day become clearinghouses for civil support and information when other lines, under new pressure, break down.
Impeccable judgment, strong common sense, and eloquence. Link via Nick Denton.
I always enjoy reading Peggy Noonan. I hadn’t yet gotten around to reading this column of hers, but with your excerpt, I’m inspired to get with it.