One Reflexive Reflection, Hold the Awareness of Irony

In the June issue of Liberty, Sheldon Richman says:

“The worst part of the Internet is not the hate sites or the sappy family sites, but those sites maintained by the bloggers. This is a collection of pompous wannabe pundits, all across the political spectrum, who believe the world cannot sleep until it knows what they think of every possible public issue — and the precise time that they recorded their thoughts. Oy! Are we to be spared nothing?”

The irony is, not only does that pretty well capture my general feelings about Sheldon Richman, it’s a dead-on description of the “Reflections” feature which opens each issue of Liberty… well, minus the times and ideological variety. I mean, had you been on the edge of your seat waiting for Richman to pronounce his opinion on blogging? Yeah, me too. Fortunately, just as with blogs, nobody’s forcing me to read him, so I don’t need to beg to be “spared.”