tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post8408471518389616411..comments2023-10-16T07:13:12.123-05:00Comments on A plain blog about politics: Read Stuff, You ShouldJonathan Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-39031826227368545282011-04-22T22:37:19.526-05:002011-04-22T22:37:19.526-05:00Greg,
Fair enough. And it's a great article. ...Greg,<br /><br />Fair enough. And it's a great article. Hint: my complaints, such as they are, will be on the baseball end, not the politics end.Jonathan Bernsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-88546266026846481612011-04-22T22:08:26.211-05:002011-04-22T22:08:26.211-05:00Hi Jon --
Thanks for the kind words about the For...Hi Jon --<br /><br />Thanks for the kind words about the Forum piece, and I look forward to your further comments! Re: Yglesias, I'm a longtime devoted reader of his, and I've learned a fair bit of what I know about poli-sci from his blog. But I'm never sure how to classify him when I write about this subject, because even in the context of that wonky peer group he's not quite a "journalist" in the same sense. I don't at all mean that in a brow-furrowing "it can't be journalism if it's not objective" way, but rather that he doesn't work for an institution that sees its primary role as producing journalism, so he may face slightly different institutional and professional pressures (and the move from The Atlantic to CAP may suggest slightly different aspirations, too). That's all quite speculative with respect to how people understand their work, but it's enough that I hesitate to describe him as a "journalist who embraces polisci" without caveats.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14283788649210088124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-6108978203978733392011-04-22T10:57:17.017-05:002011-04-22T10:57:17.017-05:00Ayn Rand was not only hostile towards religious et...Ayn Rand was not only hostile towards religious ethics, but to libertarian beliefs as well (it bothered her that libertarians wanted people to be free to serve others and work more cooperatively).Couveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00926561539205771774noreply@blogger.com