In Which Zandar Answers Your Burning Questions

Peggy Noonan asks:

On the Internet, you read the fierce posts of political and ideological writers and wonder, Why do so many young bloggers sound like hyenas laughing in the dark? Maybe it’s because there’s no old hand at the next desk to turn and say, “Son, being an enraged, profane, unmoderated, unmediated, hit-loving, trash-talking rage monkey is no way to go through life.”

I don't know.  Why do so many old crochety newspaper columnists write inane drivel that sounds like it came from your average high school civics teacher after half-a-dozen margaritas at lunch?  Maybe it's because there's nobody brutally honest at the desk to turn and say "Will you just shut the hell up already?  Complaining about bloggers is sooooooo 2004.  My god, how are you still relevant?"

Maybe fierce and ideological is better than the same old centrist Village bullshit we get every week.  Keeeeeerist.