Don't read Katherine Kersten when someone else will do it for you!
In the interests of healthy political diversity I think it's important to read contrary opinions. Back in the day I used to pair The Spectator with The New Statesman in reading about British politics. I try to read George Will's column, though realizing that Will is not exactly representative of American conservatives today. I'll skim over Andrew Sullivan's blog sometimes.
One of the things that distinguishes Will and Sullivan is that they can write pretty well about interesting topics. Such is not the case with resident Star Tribune conservative, Katherine Kersten who mostly writes badly, and often essays on the mundane. Her columns are predictable in the worst way, never failing to advance a cliche where a new insight might have been possible. I feel sorry, really I do, for conservatives in Minnesota who have to put up with Kersten as their regular acknowledged local voice on the pages of the Star Tribune.
When she's not dull Kersten does provide moments of unintentional levity, and bizarre self-parody. Unfortunately to get to the comedy gold every fifth column or so, you have to read the dross.
But not anymore. Minnesota Politics blog now brings you Katherine Kersten's Korner: reading her so that you don't have to. It's good stuff.
Posted by robe0419 at October 27, 2005 08:39 PM | TrackBackYes,
What would all of these conservatives do if they couldn't get plum jobs at thinktanks?
There was an op/ed piece in the Strib last week I think where a conservative writer made the argument that Liberals in academia had atrophied while the conservatives, who were unjustly excluded from the hallowed halls and ivory towers, had been forced to hone their chops in the cut-throat world of think tanks - where they had to come up with real policies. All I could think of was KK and the CAE - almost laughed, coffee out my nose.
Of course when I thought of my nephew in Iraq because of the AEI sociopaths, that sobered me up quickly.
Policy indeed.
Posted by: Demetri at October 28, 2005 12:20 AM