ElectroliteGrowing luminous by eating lightHe's waving out the window, the infirmary's in flames.- May 25, 2005 And Electrolite continues--as part of the newly-merged all-Nielsen-Hayden superblog, now cleverly known as Making Light. (That's "Making Light, Incorporating Electrolite" to you, bub.) Browser users have already detected the switchover, because the old Electrolite URL is now redirected to Making Light. However, RSS subscribers who don't already read Making Light should change their feeds. They can choose between RSS 1.0 (partial) and Atom (full). Update your links! Don't take any wooden...http://nielsenhayden.com/electrolite/archives/006347.html Guess what Arianna The Council on Foreign Relations doesn't even have a recording studio.- May 11, 2005 The overhyped Huffington Post justifies its existence.http://nielsenhayden.com/electrolite/archives/006325.html Tales calculated to drive you...- May 10, 2005 Is the Los Angeles police department really in the business of closing down exhibits of parodies of corporate logos And, if so, is this story really being completely ignored by the LA news media One would certainly like to discover that the story isn't true, or that there was some reason for April 23's raid on the Transport Gallery other than (as police are alleged to have said) the "agressive and offensive" nature of the show's content. Because if not, one can only wonder how these...http://nielsenhayden.com/electrolite/archives/006323.html Tell us about the ethics again.- May 9, 2005 The outstanding moral record of the ever-so-concerned-about-bloggers New York Times. (Via Wolcott.)http://nielsenhayden.com/electrolite/archives/006322.html Secret histories.- May 9, 2005 (1) Guest-posting at Atrios's place, Avedon Carol reminisces about bugging the proprietor to start a weblog. "It's easy," she evidently said, "just go to Blogspot and start one. You'll be great at it." As a result, Avedon says, she feels like the "godmother" of Eschaton. All very well, but I remember encouraging Avedon Carol to start a weblog, figuring that this was the natural medium for someone who spent long car drives rehearsing what she'd say if she was suddenly on national TV. Does...http://nielsenhayden.com/electrolite/archives/006321.html And while we're in the business- May 2, 2005 of being pissed off, how about those fun folks at DisneyABC Who, last year, wouldn't run ads from the mainstream Protestant denomination the United Church of Christ, because their ads referred to the church's welcoming attitude toward homosexuals. And who, this year, are happy to run ads from James Dobson's far-right extremist "Focus on the Family" group promoting their "Focus on Your Child" program built around Dobson's bestseller Dare to Discipline. Digby has samples of Dobson's product. ..http://nielsenhayden.com/electrolite/archives/006312.html The business they're in.- May 2, 2005 Kevin Drum is uncharacteristically snarky to a commenter who said uncomplimentary things about his decision to feature Dan "I'll be defending the Bush administration's grand strategy" Drezner on the Washington Monthly's Political Animal blog. But honestly, it's hard to see why. I personally read widely outside of blogs and periodicals whose "line" I agree with. I'm currently a subscriber to the print edition of the Financial Times, for instance. But a large part of the energy of the left...http://nielsenhayden.com/electrolite/archives/006310.html While we're being tyrannical, nanny-state liberals.- May 2, 2005 I'm wondering if we can get bipartisan support for a federal law mandating that mass political email, whether solicited or not, must always contain a link to someplace where you can get taken off the list. We could call it Brad Woodhouse's Law.http://nielsenhayden.com/electrolite/archives/006311.html A moratorium, please.- May 2, 2005 This story of a determined anti-Bush activist whose neighbors sicced the Secret Service on her is all too typical of many such stories we've heard lately. It's cause for alarm, not because it heralds the imminent wholesale shipping of liberals to the glue factory, but because it reflects an increasingly corroded civic culture in which "security" is a cloak for sordid score-settling. What I want to quibble with is blogger Jillian's tag line: "Be afraid. Be very afraid." You know, if there's...http://nielsenhayden.com/electrolite/archives/006309.html |