Political-type blogging
When I decided to start his blog, I didn't have any specific thing in mind to write about. Rather, it (the blog) was just supposed to be a way of recording some of my thoughts on a semi-regular basis.
One of my favourite sites is http://www.steynonline.com - Mark Steyn's excellent web page. For those of you that have never been there, or seen any of his writings, go. Now. Regardless of what political stripe you are, I suspect you'll enjoy what he has to say, if even for the way he says it. I first encountered Mr. Steyn in print during his National Post days. He has written at post-9/11 column calling the North American media (in particular) to task for mindlessly repeating "brutal Afghan winter" stories without ever having checked their facts. The column was hilarious, and I've been a fan ever since. At one point, he had the "Brutal Afghan Winter Watch" on his web page, where, in February, it would show 72 and sunny in Kandahar, and -5 in New Hampshire. Great stuff.
If you haven't read his "It's the Demography, Stupid" thesis, you can do so here: http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110007760
Mr. Steyn has some coherent views on the world, and with those views, gets called to task on a regular basis. (He alludes to death threats - I wish he'd post a collection).
Sometimes, his letter writers bring attention to some really interesting "gems" on the web. An absolute classic can be found at http://www.prophetmuhammadforall.org/webfiles/iandi.doc, where, among other things, the author tries to convince us of the deep-seated reverence that Islam carries. It's a beautiful story - one that has a young woman (who has given birth to and suckled an illegitimate child) - turning herself in to be stoned to death for her sin. Truly heart-rending.
In the future, I suspect that I'll be going on and on about the stupidity that's in full-force in/on this planet.
I wonder if this is going to be a political-type blog after all?
One of my favourite sites is http://www.steynonline.com - Mark Steyn's excellent web page. For those of you that have never been there, or seen any of his writings, go. Now. Regardless of what political stripe you are, I suspect you'll enjoy what he has to say, if even for the way he says it. I first encountered Mr. Steyn in print during his National Post days. He has written at post-9/11 column calling the North American media (in particular) to task for mindlessly repeating "brutal Afghan winter" stories without ever having checked their facts. The column was hilarious, and I've been a fan ever since. At one point, he had the "Brutal Afghan Winter Watch" on his web page, where, in February, it would show 72 and sunny in Kandahar, and -5 in New Hampshire. Great stuff.
If you haven't read his "It's the Demography, Stupid" thesis, you can do so here: http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110007760
Mr. Steyn has some coherent views on the world, and with those views, gets called to task on a regular basis. (He alludes to death threats - I wish he'd post a collection).
Sometimes, his letter writers bring attention to some really interesting "gems" on the web. An absolute classic can be found at http://www.prophetmuhammadforall.org/webfiles/iandi.doc, where, among other things, the author tries to convince us of the deep-seated reverence that Islam carries. It's a beautiful story - one that has a young woman (who has given birth to and suckled an illegitimate child) - turning herself in to be stoned to death for her sin. Truly heart-rending.
In the future, I suspect that I'll be going on and on about the stupidity that's in full-force in/on this planet.
I wonder if this is going to be a political-type blog after all?
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