Thursday, March 4, 2010

A Sad Loss


The progressive blogosphere is mourning the death of blogger/satirist Al Weisel, who blogged under the name of "Jon Swift." He was brilliant and always managed to pop the balloon of right wing blather in a humorous, satirical way. Vanity Fair's James Wolcott has his tribute here; Sadly, No weighs in here. Here's one of "Jon Swift's" classic pieces, "Journalism 101."

Al Weisel was a worthy successor to the original.