Akkam’s Razor

• 5 Certifiably Insane Politicians People Still Voted For
  (tags: funny politics lists insane)
• Blinq: Can We Handle The Truth?
  Dan Rubin believes we’re not ready…
  (tags: obama hillary race)
• The Case for Partisanship
  In a polarized world, elections and procedural rules largely determine policy outcomes; there’s little room for self-styled players to construct coalitions on the fly, and enhance their own power in the process.
  (tags: politics elections partisanship)
• Truthdig - Reports - Gore Vidal Speaks Seriously Ill of the Dead
  And by dead, he means William F. Buckley.
  (tags: politics vidal buckley writing GoreVidal obituary time)

Karl reports the following at PhillyFuture:

Dan Rubin, the Inquirer's first blogger to engage the local blogosphere, announced the Inky was promoting him into a columnist position, and shutting down Blinq.

Congrats to Dan Rubin for the move, but as I said in his comments thread, Blinq should live - either with a new blogger keeping it on, or with Dan using it as a tool for his new column. The shuttering of the URL, of the community that rose around Dan's engagement at Blinq, is self-inflicted wound.

To which I say Inky management is STUPID STUPID STUPID!