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August 16, 2005

Pennywit

I am continuously searching for center-left blogs to read. I like to read people that are sane, whether or not I tend to agree with them, and dislike reading people who are rampant partisans or simply insane, again whether or not I agree with them. I know quite a few libertarian and center-right blogs, but finding sane lefty blogs is a chore indeed (perhaps because of Jane's Law). Here is a short summary of the last few posts from Pennywit, which I have come to really enjoy over the last few weeks.

A comparison of the UN to a horse with a broken leg (needs to be put down) and Kofi Annan as Secretary General Clouseau. Yes, it's about the oil for food scandal and the UN's "investigations" into the matter.

An examination of the effect of incentives, in this case, tax holidays.

An interesting anomaly in the NL. I'm a sucker for baseball factoids, and this is a really odd one.

A sensible point about no-fly lists. The obvious conclusion is not mentioned though: the reason that babies and grandmothers get stopped for having names similar to people on the no-fly list is that stopping people based on common sense is profiling, and that gets the ACLU and CAIR and other brainless groups up in arms. (Note: I think the ACLU could be the most useful group in America, if it simply had a smidgen of brains. Even the most hardened criminal needs to be treated with the full array of rights available to citizens, because government makes mistakes, and allowing people we "know" are guilty to be railroaded is the fast track to a government of men, not of laws. But as it is, the ACLU is just too dumb to be taken seriously.)

A suggestion that the GOP buy Howard Dean all the air time he wants. Stephanie notes emphatically that she would give money to that campaign.

Good stuff. Really good stuff.

Posted by jeff at August 16, 2005 7:51 PM

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I have followed your trackbacks, as I am the one who wrote a number of the posts you noted so approvingly at Pennywit. Thank you.

As you enjoy my recent baseball post, there are several others I can recommend over hte past few months, also at Pennywit. One regarding A-Rod's truly remarkable 10 RBI night at Yankee Stadium, and another noting the game earlier this year which matched the only 2 active 300 game winners, Greg Maddux and Roger Clemmons against each other, a pitching matchup which will likely never happen again once either of these two retires.

Here is one more bit of fun baseball trivia: If I recall correctly, during their "heyday" from 1993 thru 1996, there was at least one time in each season when the staff ERA of the Atlanta Braves was lower than the team batting average. Now that was some pitching staff to accomplish that feat, even for a day.

Bat One

Posted by: Bat One at August 16, 2005 9:53 PM

Thanks for the kind words, although I should point out that several of the pieces you cite are actually written by Bat One, who also writes at Pennywit.com.

--|PW|--

Posted by: pennywit at August 16, 2005 10:49 PM

Pennywit is sane and mature and not a feces-flinger as, sadly, so much of the Left Blogosphere is. Pennywit, Josh Marshall, MY, Brad DeLong, Brad Plumer, and Angry Bear are among my daily stops and among the few of my many stops in the Left Blogosphere that I actually look forward to reading.

I read about the same number of Left Blogosphere and Right Blogosphere blogs every day. I rarely cite most of the Left Blogosphere sites because of the tone.

Posted by: Dave Schuler [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 18, 2005 10:22 AM