Metaphor Country

Heard Vali Nasr, Still Recovering...

Last night to an NDN-sponsored small-group session in NYC with Vali Nasr.  A lot to absorb, much of it alarming, some of it depressing, and some of it both.  Maybe harder for me since I haven't yet read him in detail.  But his take on U.S.-Iran relations (move to normalize them, as per China in '71-'72) seems to answer these objections.  He also suggested that the rationale for the War Czar is to shift blame from the White House to the Pentagon (only military need apply).  A more informed response to follow when I'm, you know, more informed..

Imus, Tim O'Reilly and The New Civility

Daniel Henninger, writing in today's Wall Street Journal, begins to make connections between Imus and Tim O'Reilly's call for a new civility in the blogosphere.  But wait -- there's more.

NEXT-DAY NOTE: Further thoughts here.

And We're Back Live...

Yes, I know, I know.  Took a while longer than expected.  Doesn't everything?

As promised, a slightly new configuration.  This will be the central blog, or hub blog, or headquarters blog, or something grandiose like that.  Every post will get at least a teaser here -- but the detailed stuff on communications and politics and the arts and religion will show up only on the sub-blogs (or satellite blogs or specialty blogs or something diminished but still grandiose like that).

And of course everything that's beyond category -- references to life in general and such -- will wind up here.

No links in this post to the new sub-blogs -- they're not populated yet and the cleaning crews are just finishing up.  For the moment, have a look at the sidebar for a clue as to how this ought to work.  But soon there'll be more evidence.

Good to be back in the neighborhood.  More to follow -- and soon.