Re: Start-up blogger/journalist list for Project PM
Subject: Re: Start-up blogger/journalist list for Project PM
From: Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com>
Date: 7/4/10, 16:23
To: Clark Robinson <robinsonchicago@gmail.com>

Juan Cole isn't quite confirmed, I've simply had discussions with him, though I sent him another e-mail the other day asking if he'd still be interested. Sapienza will only be a member of the governing network. Let's put Ellis down as a governing network member for now and then find out what his plans are regarding further blogging, as he only does so irregularly. E.D. Kain is the sort of conservative we want; R.S. McCain, despite his vast deficits, actually does have good points on occasion, and in fact is pretty good at the mechanics of writing. If all goes well, I'll be finishing off his career come August. At any rate, when it comes to recruiting conservatives - and Green and I have already agreed on the likely necessity of doing so, with the obvious caveat that we don't take on any anti-gays or creationists - we're going to have to lower our standards a bit, I wager. I haven't read Kain's work at all, really, but will look into him further. Meanwhile, we have Charles Johnson, and will begin hunting for the good conservatives - David Frum sorts - soon enough. Of course, it will be better to recruit libertarians like Sapienza. And now that I think of it, we could avoid conservatives altogether by simply bringing on libertarians and anarcho-capitalists and minarchists and the like.

On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 1:43 AM, Clark Robinson <robinsonchicago@gmail.com> wrote:
The list is in Google docs.
Some things for you to look at:
Check to see if I missed anybody. I almost missed Juan Cole, but I went over Caleb's list again and noticed there was a Cole on it, and sure enough it was that Cole.
Not sure if you intended Sapienza to be a blogger or member of the governing network, but I put him in as a blogger, not that he can't be both.
Same question with regard to Tim Ellis:here is a link to a list of his HuffPo pieces in case you want to think about him (need to scroll down to see the list). He has been more active than any one else on the Workshop blog and he recently posted this, which I thought was pretty good, so if in doubt, I would give him a chance..
Also, you should know, if you don't already, that E. D. Kain is capable of giving you heartburn;he recently posted a post that begins: "Robert Stacy McCain has an excellent piece over at The Spectator . . ."  Kain is conservative, but non-doctrinaire.



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