Someone who seems to think he's Michael Kinsley responded to our cherry-picked quote from Kinsley's talk at the City Club Year in Review event. Watch as we eviscerate his feeble appeal to a coherent "truth." We've seen Rashomon, Kinsley.

I never said (at the City Club event) that bloggers in general are distasteful or that they don't have the right to say anything they want, unpleasant or otherwise.

In fact, I said the precise opposite. I was describing some comments about me, and they WERE unpleasant. But of course they have the right. And, as I said, blogging nets out a positive force in journalism despite some creeps.

Thanks for letting me clear that up. It's a sore point, obviously.

(UPDATE: Apparently Michael Kinsley did not call blogging in general "extremely distasteful." That makes the remainder of this post less interesting. We don't advise paying much attention to it.) more ›

A Washington State political race got some national ink on Friday at Slate under the unflattering headline "Unusually Stupid Campaign Ads," but unfortunately for us the headline alone doesn't really indicate which campaign Michael Kinsley's talking about in this article. It's Monday and a semi-holiday, so we'll spare you the effort of dredging up all the current campaigns. He's talking about McGavick/Cantwell. more ›

Last night Seattlest went to see Madeleine Albright speak at Town Hall, even after our friends ditched us for other reasons. Albright was in Seattle plugging her new book "The Mighty & the Almighty,” in which she examines the role of religion's influence on politics in this crazy messed up world. more ›