Category: Paleoblogs

  • Color Theory: “Red America” and “Red Dawn”

    Edgewise readers are probably familiar with the story of the Washington Post Online’s new right-wing blog, “Red America,” written by a 24-year-old sometime Republican speechwriter named Ben Domenech, who also runs the RedState.org site. Various writers at Daily Kos & eslewhere have detailed the various aspects that make his hiring so egregious — that a…

  • Does the Bush team need fresh blood? Part II

    The Bush team has no difficulty infusing fresh blood; they generate it in vast quantities and on a global scale. But the political problem remains: they flame out when exposed to daylight, and they can’t see their own reflection in a mirror. Dead giveaway.

  • Bubble 2.0 popping soon?

    Seems like a lot of the Web 2.0 skeptics come out of Australia. Not sure why that is. Personally, I hate the whole “2.0” concept. It’s already played out as a meme and it means nothing (or everything, which has the same effect). Now a blog called Squash claims to have detected a sign of…

  • Crybabies grow up to be conservatives

    According to this study it’s the anxiety and paranoia that breeds a conservative.

  • Shake-up? Does the Bush team need fresh blood?

    Cheney Dismisses Suggestions of Shake-Up Associated Press “Senior Republicans and others have said the Bush team may need an infusion of fresh blood…” DKo: Well, there’s always corporate Middle Management. They haven’t bled them completely dry just yet.

  • Goodbye to all track (backs)

    Phil Gyford has had it up to *here* with trackbacks and has decided to abandon them entirely. Phil (am I the only one who wants to write his name Phyl?) has redesigned his site from the ground up. It’s looking very Bauhaus.