Monday, September 14, 2009

Monday Roundup

What happens when the quantity of interesting articles becomes vaster than my ability to write about them intelligently? Why, a roundup, of course!

- Michael Scherer ties the current and confusing czar hysteria among conservatives to the "Balkanization" of the news media. This connects nicely with a fantastic piece in the Atlantic by Mark Bowden on the increasing role of partisanship in journalism.

- Daily Mail article on creepy ghost fleet moored off the coast of Singapore.

- The beginnings of a full-blown trade war?

- And, last and least, Christopher Hitchens on why Jon Stewart sucks. There doesn't seem to be any actual explanation, other than that he's a liberal and makes poop jokes too often, but damned if that's going to stop Hitchens from an unfocused rant!

1 comment:

  1. On the issue of China, tires, and tariffs, I had originally planned to write a short post on it, but I guess you beat me to it. Either way, take a look at this link: http://acrossthecurve.com/?p=8631

    It offers a convincing counter-view, though a lot of the analysis is speculative.

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