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James, Arizona Wants You!.

James Lileks reports in today’s Bleat that the management of the Star Tribune has decided that his talents are best used not in writing a daily or even weekly humor column, but instead in covering “straight local news stories.” The news has draw a lot of blog attention.

Now, granted, James has himself strongly recommended that local newspapers do local coverage. Local, local, local. Section “A” should be local, and section “B” should be national and international, he has said. That does not mean that James’ talents are best utilized as a beat reporter. You wouldn’t expect the Miami Herald to put Dave Barry on assignment doing “straight local news stories,” would you?

James recently dropped his longstanding contract with Newhouse News Services because of the speed of today’s world. A piece that he wrote a week ago might no longer be relevant by the time Newhouse placed it. I have no doubt, however, that he will be receiving offers from other outlets for his services.

Which brings me to Arizona. On more than one occasion, James has made noises about moving to Arizona – the Prescott vicinity if I recall correctly. Apparently his wife’s family lives in the area.

C’mon down, James. We’d love to have you as a neighbor.

Dan of Jackalope Pursuivant concurs – with a link to a pertinent Lileks piece, and another link to another Arizona blogger who wants to make the invite official. Suggestion: Don’t forget to mention Jasper in that invite!

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“…self-immolating neolithic goatherds….”

I swear, one of these days I’m going to take some vacation just so I can go through Tam’s archives and glean it for her outstanding quotable lines, which I’m then going to publish as a post of my own. One of today’s posts is a perfect example, Dear God, I actually miss the commies…. The thing is, the whole post is quotable, not just a pithy line or two. Excerpt:

(The Soviets have) been replaced by our new foes, as depressing a lot as one could imagine: self-immolating neolithic goatherds drunk on a theology that makes the most ignorant snake handler in the backwaters of the Ozarks look like a regular Thomas Aquinas by comparison.

Hie thee hence.

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Yaaaay! Rachel Lucas Will Be Posting Again!.

Amazingly, Bill Whittle has posted twice since his last essay, and in the most recent he informs us that:

I’ll close this small update with a little tease: We need all the help we can get. To this end, I have called upon Miss Rachel Lucas — a voice of clarity and humor long and deeply missed around here — to be the first of many guest writers here, and she agreed.

For those of you unfamiliar, Rachel is the blogger who first got Bill to blog, and she has a dry, wicked wit all her own. She has been sorely missed.

In the post immediately previous to that one, I think Bill might have been referring to me:

Just after the “publication” of SEEING THE UNSEEN, Part 2, I saw a comment somewhere that mentioned I was back and that we could all expect Part 3 sometime in December.

It’s funny because it’s true.

Heh. 😉

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Bill’s Still Got It.

(Envy, envy, envy…)

I printed out and read Bill Whittle’s latest essay Seeing the Unseen, Pt. 2 last night. Bill may only post once or twice a year now, but it’s always definitely worth the wait.

I am, however, a bit concerned. Bill’s always typically pollyannish about America’s future (whereas I’m pretty pessimistic). In this piece, Bill goes a bit dark on us.

I can’t wait for Pt. 3. It should be available sometime mid-December if Bill holds true to form.

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Righteous Anger.

Today’s post is a link. Firehand at Irons in the Fire posts a heartfelt screed against GFWs and their (anonymous) objections to placing a memorial statue of a special forces soldier – in this case, a SEAL – in a local park in Littleton, Colorado.

It’s just another example of people who cannot (or will not) distinguish between “violent and predatory” and “violent but protective.”

I won’t excerpt from Firehand’s piece. just go read it for yourself.

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PSYCH!!.

Well, not really. Like I said, don’t expect much new content for a while. For certain, don’t expect any 7,000-word überposts, but when I come upon somthing interesting or important, I’ll certainly make all efforts to put up at least a quick post.

This is one.

Via Alger, I strongly recommend you download and listen to the speech given by Evan Sayet at the Heritage Foundation. The MP3 file is here.

Sayet’s speech begins 7:30 in to the recording. It’s worth your time, if you’re willing to listen to the whole thing. Pass the recording around to your friends. Discuss it. Hell, discuss it in the comments here.

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Quote of the Day.

From Fabio at The Second Version (I’ve got to update my blogroll!)

(I)gnorance about the United States is deep and widespread. And I don’t mean ignorance of the fine juridical details, or the most obscure apects of American culture. No, I mean ignorance of the actual text of the Constitution, or of the fundamental features of American culture.

Read the whole thing, from a world-travelling Italian’s perspective.