Wow - High Praise indeed

Wow - High Praise indeed from the Commissioner, in yesterday's installment of his blog:

A very fine interview of Powerline's John Hindrocket by Israpundit. Among other things, the Israpundit asks why Powerline has moved from triumph to triumph. JH makes nice comments about the many who have praised him and his colleagues, including yours truly, but his humility may obscure a key couple of points. Why has this blog become a must read? First, Powerline is a believer in freedom and a voice for many people and causes needing freedom. Point two: It is smart --recall the fisking delivered the Strib last year on its polling methodology. That is one of many, many examples of deep digging and analysis that accompanies smart but quick observations on the say's events. Finally, Powerline has a sense of humor. A very good sense of humor. All of the Northern Alliance blogs share this trait, which may have something to do with snow.

Refer to my posting below: Any paper in the Twin Cities with a sentient publisher would throw money at Powerline (and Mitch) to write for them. If circulation and influence mattered, that is.

Well, thanks, Hugh! And I'm certainly available...

It's certainly been interesting, being involved with a group like the Northern Alliance; anything where a hobby writer like yours truly gets mentioned in the same paragraph as people like Lileks, Hinderaker, Johnson, Banian et al is sort of like stumbling into my garage in the dark, turning the key, and finding myself at the wheel of a Ferrari.

Posted by Mitch at September 16, 2003 08:06 AM