And better and better. I really think blogging gives the lie to a major assumption I grew up with, which is that the "best" writers and thinkers get on board with the major media, or academic journals, and if you don't get one of those slots you aren't "good enough."
In fact there is a huge reservoir of talent out there--people who were held back because they didn't meet the right people, don't want to work 60 hours a week, or don't feel like taking it up the ass (so to speak) to satisfy some vain editor.
If there are dozens of Krugmans out there, who we had just been prevented from reading (in their own voices or otherwise) but now can, free of charge, why oh why would anyone subscribe to Times opinion columns. (Newsgathering is a different issue--having resources can help there.)
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In fact there is a huge reservoir of talent out there--people who were held back because they didn't meet the right people, don't want to work 60 hours a week, or don't feel like taking it up the ass (so to speak) to satisfy some vain editor.
If there are dozens of Krugmans out there, who we had just been prevented from reading (in their own voices or otherwise) but now can, free of charge, why oh why would anyone subscribe to Times opinion columns. (Newsgathering is a different issue--having resources can help there.)
- tom moody 4-05-2006 1:38 am