Of all the ‘heavyweight’ daily newspapers in the UK, its seems invariably to be the Independent that is most ambivalent about bloggers and blogging.

While the dear old Grauniad offers near enough an open house on its content, which is why its probably only second to the Beeb in terms of generating comment in the UK blogosphere, and others, like the Times, give you a few weeks open access to content before it disappears into the ‘pay to view’ depths of its archives, the Indy solidly insists on sticking most of its content directly into its subscription service, especially most of its op-ed content which is likely to generate most commentary - and most free publicity as well.

So, I was pleasantly surprised to find nothing less than a full page spread by our very own Tim Worstall in today’s media section of the dead-tree, highlighting some of the best of the work/professional bloggers our there, including Dr Crippen, Random Acts of Reality and PC Copperfield (link to whom you’ll find in the blogroll to your right).

Shame the Indy couldn’t be arsed to stick it online, mind you.

…who struggled to get the concept of irony.

Just spotted this post over at Harry’s Place:

Was he right?

“Contrary to popular theology, there is nothing that produces as much exhilaration and zest for living as an ugly, protracted, bitter-end vendetta that rages for years and comes close to ruining both sides.”
–Old-fashioned investigative reporter Jack Anderson, who died Saturday

I don’t know if it’s true, but it would help explain a lot of the behavior I’ve observed during my life.

Posted by Gene at December 18, 2005 05:42 PM

Jesus fucking-H Christ, Gene - you write for a blog which is rarely anything more than an ‘ugly, protracted, bitter-end, vendetta’ against Galloway, Respect, the SWP and anyone or anything left-wing that has anything remotely positive to say about Islam or which has the temerity to doubt that invading Iraq was anything but the right thing to do and you’re wondering whether Anderson was right?

Nevermind ‘…it would help explain a lot of the behavior I’ve observed during my life’, it help’s to explain the existance of your fucking blog…

Talk about not seeing the wood for the fucking trees!