Throwing stones into the blog pool
Michael Kinsley watches the ripples.
“Like you, I’m sure, I try to be a good sport about the inexplicable fact that other people sometimes disagree with me. What other choice is there? The nonsense that other people think is often amazing and always disappointing – but at this late date it’s not really surprising, is it? And other people are disappointing in so many ways. What’s one more? For all I know, you yourself may even disagree with me about this or that, and I may disagree with you about the other. It’s everywhere.”
“Why the difference? Length, for one. I’ll be hard-put, next week, even to summarize my own argument, let alone discuss those of others, in the space available to a columnist. Letters get even less space, if they are published at all. Certainty that what you write will get posted is surely another factor. It’s nice to know you’re not wasting your time. Ease is important, too. You can send your views electronically to a blog in less time than it takes to find a stamp, let alone type a letter.”
