agreed, I always like his writings (except on pro basketball, but that’s me not him)

At the Atlantic, Matthew Yglesias is a drop of liberal in a desert of neocons. He’s already quite “moderate”. I hope he isn’t influenced by the likes of Andrew Sullivan or other garden variety has-been DC circuit press courtiers.

That crazy-ass mag lets Gregg Easterbrook write for them!

steve- yeah, I know. Here’s hoping he doesn’t let careerist temptations get the better of him.

maybe he will influence Sully.

maybe he will influence Sully.

Good point. He’s outnumbered, but he should be able to resist peer pressure.

Meh, no big deal. Good for Matt.

Good for him. He’s deserved to move up the “the bigs” ever since that duet with Willie Nelson.

The Atlantic also harbors that comedy duo Mark Steyn and Drinky Hitchens — but they’ll probably be too busy giving one another wedgies and blaming it on Muslim terrorists to acknowledge his presence.

Good for him. He’s deserved to move up the “the bigs� ever since that duet with Willie Nelson.

I do love you, kingubu. 🙂

Matt is a good choice on the part of The Atlantic, but they’d have to pay me an awful lot of money to be published under the same masthead as Sully, Steyn, and Hitchens.

Actually, there’s not enough money in the world, but it’s all academic because I don’t have a blog and even if I did, The Atlantic would never hire me, unless they were high at the time. Which is totally their loss, because I assure you that any staff meeting which included Sully, Steyn, Hitchens, and me would get really interesting, really fast, and almost certainly include the involvement of law enforcement officers.

Teh Green Walking Stick of Liberal Justice needs a good workout; and I’ll bet I could whack all three of those losers upside the head before anyone could stop me. Possibly even several times. Hyper-reflexivity: One of The Only Good Things About MS. 😉

But, we do need to get more of our bloggers a wider audience. Even though Matt is really a moderate, as steve said, I think some of the more staid readers of The Atlantic (and really, are there any other sort?), may have some surprises in store for them.

Anyway, good for Matt. Just no one tell Bill Donohue, OK?

I wouldn’t worry too much about MY’s careerism – he’s one of the few liberalish writers willing to call out TNR and Marty Peretz on their bullshit, which assuredly costs him potential assignments in a town not exactly overflowing with places that publish liberalish writers.

Hitchens ‘teaches’ at my grad school, which mostly seems to mean he allows a group of youngish female students to accompany him to the nearest decent bar.
I won’t even hint at the juicy shit, cause it could come back on me somehow, but there’s juicy shit.
He’s drinky the drunk guy all the time. I used to think it was the stage lights that made him sweat like he does on tv, but it’s just that his system has massive amounts of toxins to flush out.

Hey Brad, much deserved props to Yglesias and all, but no comment on last night’s sox game? The third inning was the MLB equivalent of slapping the face of your little brother with his own hand: “[smack] quit hitting yourself. [smack] quit hitting yourself. [smack] quit hitting yourself. [smack] quit hitting yourself.”

Influence, Sully, hell….

Let’s hope he gives the whole crew a much needed walloping.

**DRUDGE NEWSFLASH**
…Yglesias joins the Atlantic, Sully: ” It’s Bear Season, Baby!”

Teh Green Walking Stick of Liberal Justice needs a good workout; and I’ll bet I could whack all three of those losers upside the head before anyone could stop me.

That’s graphic-novel material. Gaiman? McKean? A little job for you…

our big media outlets are in dire need of having intelligent people write for them…
Intelligent people reading them wouldn’t go amiss either.

Graphic novel? Try a weekly prime-time series! Hell, daily! Be honest now, would it ever get old?

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That’s graphic-novel material.

Uh, thanks. I think. Somehow, I don’t think my pseudo-adventures quite suit the Gaiman demographic, but perhaps the guy who drew the wrinklies for Watchmen?

Be honest now, would it ever get old?

Well, I can’t say if it ever would, but I know I would.

Nor the sheer, awesome, fucking firepower of Teh Green Walking Stick.

Oh, preeeeeeeeevyuuuuuuuuuuuuu button?

I will pay cash.

This is small consolation, but Mark Steyn no longer writes for The Atlantic.

Gentlewoman, FYI:

my taekwondo instructor is certified in use of a Cane as a weapon.

just sayin’

Try a weekly prime-time series!
I particularly look forward to finding out about the neat Bond-style gadgets concealed within the walking stick.

“Sheer breadth of his knowledge” does not, however, include the ability to spell at a tenth-grade level. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.