Next Famous lefty journalist Eric Alterman now has a blog. I’ll read it, despite his well-documented recent lousy behavior, because I think that forgiveness is a good strategy for making sure your information sources aren’t gradually narrowing. Also because I’ve seen him be a really good political writer.

On the other hand, I note that he’s still doing the superiority dance about how, unlike those self-indulgent bloggers, he’s (drum roll) edited. I dunno, maybe I’m less impressed by editors simply because I am one. Sure, lots of bloggers could benefit from editing. Lots of bloggers, when you get down to it, could benefit from tranquilizer darts. And quite a few bloggers are superb writers without benefit of any editor. As was, I note, Alterman’s hero, I. F. Stone. [11:00 PM]