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The American Conservative‘s blog Eunomia, by U. of C. grad student Daniel Larison, is one of the best blogs I’ve come across in a long time: intelligent without being arrogant, serious without being stuffy. It’s also a pleasure to read in the strictest sense–he writes clear, confident sentences without decoration or bluster, which is all the more impressive for a blog (see also Ben Dueholm on Larison). As an example, “That’s Not Change, That’s More of the Same” is a compelling and not inaccurate critique of Barack Obama, which draws on the diverse coalition of John Kass, Ryan Lizza, and David Sirota to argue that Obama tends to track towards the status quo, arguably undermining the “change” motto of his campaign.*
Either way, that’s not the message that’s gotten through.
