[backhoe]

Mark Steyn first came to my attention when he was Media Critic/Commentator for the old American Spectator. I usually find movie review columns to be nearly worthless for determining the watchability of movies or TV show- his was an exception, and he was always interesting to read.

He jumped further up in my estimation with an article in the Wall Street Journal during the Clinton nastiness titled "In Defense of Tabloid Sleaze," in which he took his fellow journalists to task for their faux outrage and curious lack of curiousity about "the most powerful man in the world being caught with his pants around his ankles."

A later WSJ column, "My Life is Not a Game" pointed out that all the machinations in Washington, and elsewhere, have real-world consequences that affect real people- like Steyn and his family- and were not merely some silly game of "gotchas" put on for the amusement of the chattering classes on TV.

[billhilly]

Mark Steyn is a joy to read. There was another article posted on FR yesterday that was sheer joy.

Mark Steyn: 'We Aren't the World' - The Democrats new theme song - ^
Posted by UnklGene
On News/Activism ^ 12/03/2005 6:27:01 PM EST · 24 replies · 1,225+ views