I Am a Nattering Nabob of Negativism

Thanks, Bill Safire!

The November 14th Chronicle Review has an article about the decline and fall of the public intellectual; blogs may not have killed him, the article implies, but they certainly pissed on the grave. You can read more at 3QuarksDaily; it also fits in with a larger discussion that Goldy has been having over at Horse's Ass on the netroots and political action.

Sometimes the choir can be discordant, but every voice should be heard.