Missed This Friday, etc.
Since I'm often accused of being a liberal, I feel it's only fair to point out instances when I think liberals are dishonest and, well, bad writers. Mollie over at GetReligion posted this piece on Friday about the Washington Post's coverage of former NARAL President Kate Michelman. Mollie does an excellent job of skewering the PR masquerading as journalism, so I don't need to add any editorial comments. And, no, I'm not reopening the debate about abortion over here; I'm just pointing out how sometimes bad journalism in mainstream publications can be used in the advancing of a cause, however dubious that cause may be. Read the comments following the piece as well. The Reader's Digest parody is dead on.
On a different note: Happy Martin Luther King Day.
On a very happy note: Welcome Harper Grace McCarty to the world! Yesterday at 1:00 p.m., the McCartys of McCarty Musings welcomed their daughter to the world. I'm sure they will have pictures up on their blog soon. The hot, baby-loving hairdresser wife held little (9 lb. 5 oz.! Little?) Harper last night and pronounced her beautiful, perfect, and in need of a haircut. I can't think of two people better equipped to be loving, nurturing, excited, capable, wondeful parents than Micah and Kristen. Between Micah's love of film and music and his stoic acceptance of responsibility and hard work and Kristen's whimsical, magical imagination and love of learning and books, I don't know how this child can fail to be the world's most famous, hardest-working farmer/novelist/feminist/culture critic. Mother and baby are well. Dad is thrilled and almost goofy in love with his new baby. God's grace to the McCartys. I can't wait to see who Harper becomes.
Yay for the McCartys!
Posted by: Joe | January 16, 2006 at 04:33 PM
WooHoo! Congrats to two of my favorite blog people the world over.
Posted by: Nicole | January 16, 2006 at 09:14 PM