My boyfriend spent the night last night in Normal, Illinois. That’s it. I’ve just always wanted to write that sentence.
WHY BLOGS MATTER IN THE U.S.: “I don’t think it’s any coincidence that blogs have been strongest in the US, where the dozy monodailies are so excruciatingly boring and where incredibly dull columnists seem able to hold down prime op-ed real estate for decade after decade. America’s torpid j-school culture is killing American newspapers, both in style and content. Why, for example, does no print columnist have the curiosity to do what Charles Johnson does and make a specialty of finding out what the Muslim world is saying about the west?” – the irrepressible Mark Steyn in a great little interview.
NOT JUST CHOMSKY: The BBC is actually running some pieces that aren’t saturated in anti-Americanism. Here’s one.
The Dish 