Born to Blog
By I have to agree with Jack Shafer:
Fools, knaves, and liars. Ignorant journalists. Traitors and more traitors. Marty Peretz was born to blog.
It’s absolutely true. Peretz’ posts have always stood out at the Plank; angry, bitter, capable of containing one thought supported by half a shred of evidence. He doesn’t waste any time worrying about counter-arguments or marshalling evidence. In some sense he’s a perfect conserva-blogger, with the always crucial “I didn’t leave the Democrats, the Democrats left me” schtick to rely on. Blogging is a form amazingly well suited to the way that Peretz writes and thinks.
Of course, that doesn’t mean I plan to actually read his blog. Shafer ends with:
If he didn’t own a piece of the New Republic and didn’t blog, where could Peretz get published?
That’s a damn fine question.