Brad DeLong's Semi-Daily Journal: A Weblog

I dunno, they look pretty nutty to me.

"While you're "In the Agora," we hope you find the same diverity of discussion and interaction. "

Uh, three proudly proclaim their Republican hood, and their photos and bios demonstrate that they are young, white and either still in school or just out of school.

The other, I can't tell.

So where is this diversity of dicussion?

Jerry - if you look at the other guys website, he too appears to be a Republican, though a moderate. If they exhibit some reality-based tendencies, more power to 'em.

The fourth is also a conservative, based on his website, which is linked through his bio. If they exhibit reality-based sympathies, they might be able to contribute something. My hopes are not high.

Hmmm ... photo at the top not actually of the Agora ... code and design blatantly ripped off from Political Animal ... and yet they want to sell me a fucking T-Shirt?

The Agora, the civic center and marketplace, was one of the most important parts of an ancient city of Greece.

Why have they got a photo of the Acropolis then?

..."code and design blatantly ripped off from Political Animal"...

Talk about blantant, they just took this:
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/site.css

added a few minor items, and put it here:
http://www.intheagora.com/site.css

Maybe it's true what they say about the sincerest form of flattery.

"Why have they got a photo of the Acropolis then?"

Actually, I made this mistake at first, but I'm assured that it's the agora at Corinth.

Why are they so demure about using the "c" word and the "R" word? If political commentary were a nuclear exchange, this would be chaff.

Maybe they will be as good at mudslinging as the Greeks, though. I was at a Greek restaurant in Fla and one who wall was a map of Greece and surrounding countries.

Poor Turkey. It was not called "Turkey." It was called "Land of the Terrible Turks." Old feelings must last a long time there. I hope we never get to be like that.

Man, I hoped it would be a blog by Republican transvestites.

One of my Pelican books on Greek history gives a Persian eye view of Greek practices. It goes (from memory) something like this: "The Greeks maintain public areas in their cities where they go to cheat each other."

It's unclear whether this was talking trade or politics, or if the Persians found the Greek practice of each unethical by their own higher standards.

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The structure featured in the banner at ITA is the Temple of Apollo, which served as the northern entrance/boundary to the agora in Corinth. The temple dates to c. 550 BC and was one of the few buildings preserved by the Romans when they rebuilt the site. So yes, it is from an agora.

The color scheme (the style sheet in particular) and some portions of the layout is, of course, based off of Political Animal.

As for the diversity of authors, or supposed lack thereof, is the suggestion that white males are unfit to discuss diverse topics from diverse angles? Currently ITA's writers come from moderate to conservative ideologies, but that's simplifying things a awful. I opposed the Iraq war, for instance, and Musgrave embodies the definition of moderate conservative. Further, there are plans to bring a libertarian and possible even a liberal on board in the future.