Every now and again our editor Jake tugs at my sleeve (or levels a gun) and reminds me that I, too, even in a new communications capacity for the Claremont Institute, need to write something for the Substack. And while I’m more than happy to oblige a colleague, it really does take a psychological push to get me to write. I simply don’t feel like it. But not because I don’t have “things to say” or am lazy, so much as I lack the ego to push what I think out into the greater world.
Too many commentators aren't merely arrogant and presumptuous. They are frauds. George Will, Bill Kristol, and nearly every lefty you can name. They are pretending. They fooled me for decades. There is too much commentary and too little investigative reporting. If it were up to me, I would eliminate all the commentary from newspapers and TV news. Newspapers shouldn't endorse candidates. One editor told me there used to be a tradition of journalists not voting at all. These days many reporters indulge in commentary. That's wrong. It's not their job. They need to decide: Am I an impartial observer? Or am I a cheerleader? Pick one. We need more fidelity to truth and fact, fewer people who merely go with flow.
Too many commentators aren't merely arrogant and presumptuous. They are frauds. George Will, Bill Kristol, and nearly every lefty you can name. They are pretending. They fooled me for decades. There is too much commentary and too little investigative reporting. If it were up to me, I would eliminate all the commentary from newspapers and TV news. Newspapers shouldn't endorse candidates. One editor told me there used to be a tradition of journalists not voting at all. These days many reporters indulge in commentary. That's wrong. It's not their job. They need to decide: Am I an impartial observer? Or am I a cheerleader? Pick one. We need more fidelity to truth and fact, fewer people who merely go with flow.