tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048715035467766557.post8321546252958588035..comments2024-03-03T04:40:39.492-05:00Comments on Fire Megan McArdle: Question of the Daybradhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06907349163323395529noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048715035467766557.post-26981443882918011032009-08-25T11:52:00.868-04:002009-08-25T11:52:00.868-04:00Which is why the NRO Corner quotes her often.Which is why the NRO Corner quotes her often.Susan of Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048715035467766557.post-43692699684366350452009-08-25T11:41:04.788-04:002009-08-25T11:41:04.788-04:00"Unfortunately, this is true of virtually eve..."Unfortunately, this is true of virtually every bill."<br /><br />Who does she think she's talking to? Children who will nod in awe at her knowledge of the world?<br /><br />Just as many writers don't want to write, but to have written, so MM doesn't really want to write about economics. She wants to be An Economics Writer. <br /><br />From that standpoint, she easily slips into the role of Wise Scribe, who chats (using British locutions, in a writerly way) with her constituents about iPods, food, human nature, "Europe," obesity, and every other thing about which she knows only what will reinforce her libertarian imaginings. <br /><br />Another distinctive thing about her is: *she believes her own bullshit.* This distinguishes her, not only from the first-rate writer (who makes it her business to challenge her own assumptions), but even from the hack (who at least has the honest cynicism to not believe anything).<br /><br />In other words, she's an amateur, merrily writing about things about which she knows nothing, to the acclaim of solemn idiots.Mr. Wonderfulnoreply@blogger.com