I repeat my hypothesis that incessant angry blogging of the sort that Sullivan does is not conducive to sound thought. It keeps one from maintaining perspective, from appreciating the difference between momentary phenomena and larger trends. It tends to focus the mind on particular data points that may not represent the overall trend line. For example, take his idiotic Katrina throwaway. What’s more indicative of conservative governance – the slow federal response to a disaster in one of the worst-run, most corrupt, and most Democratic cities in the country, or the amazing state response in Mississippi (perhaps the most conservative state, with perhaps the nation’s most conservative governor), or the consistently excellent hurricane responses in conservative Florida? I bring up this example not because I believe the answer to it is obvious, but because it’s the sort of question Sullivan can’t bring himself to ask, because the answer might make it too hard for him to make dozens of angry posts a day.

I miss the days when he only made a few posts each day, and spent time thinking over each one. He was a thoughtful blogger then, even when I disagreed with him. Now he’s too busy spewing the hate to ask questions or check facts. That bit with Krauthammer is particularly risible. Back when Sullivan thought, he thought very highly of Krauthammer. Once said of him something like “He’s never said a stupid thing.” Now, Krauthammer’s just another conservative bogeyman to hate on.