Bill Whittle’s DETERRENCE
One of quite a few prominent former liberals that found their worldview radically altered by certain events in September of 2001*, Bill Whittle of Eject!Eject!Eject! is one of the most admired writers in the blogosphere. His regular readers return day after day to a site that will often be blank for weeks on end in the hope that the silence will be broken (Mr. Whittle puts a great deal of thought and care into the pieces he posts and , unlike myself, is not willing to slap any old thing out there just to have fresh content). Taking a look at the comments he gets just for putting a quick note out to say that he might write something soon lets you know how appreciated his writing is.
All that being said, he’s got a new, two-part piece out that’s already getting rave reviews. I haven’t even finished reading this yet, but I already know it’s worth linking. Of course, by now you’ve probably seen it elsewhere, but I don’t mind being a follower as long as I like the direction.
Eject! Eject! Eject!: DETERRENCE (Part 1)
* Not entirely accurate: As Bill says in Part 1 above, “We like to say that the world changed that day. What a ridiculous, self-centered thought. The world didn’t change. Our illusions about the world changed. The scales had (mostly) fallen from my eyes in the years leading up to that morning. But many, many conservatives (as I define myself) were born precisely at 9:17 am EDT, when United 175 flew past the burning North Tower – an accident? – and exploded through the second, on the morning of September the 11th, 2001.”
