Akkam’s Razor

Lot's of talks on the internets in reaction to Tom Grubsich's (of the Washington Post) lament about the psuedonymous rants of the "Vinny in the efficiency apartments of the blogosphere.  Grubisch says the following:

If Web sites required posters to use their real names, while giving the shield of pseudonymity when it's merited, spirited online debate would continue unimpeded. It might even be enhanced by attracting contributors who are turned off today by name calling and worse. Except for the hate-mongers, who wouldn't want that?

Hmm.  And what about "anonymous sources"?  I'll cut the press a deal - Pledge to NEVER use anonymous sources, and we'll talk about dropping psuedonyms.  More reaction from Digby, Ezra Klien, mithras, and emptywheel.