Whether Ordinary Times is or should be a conservative political site in some serviceable sense of the term “conservative,” or for that matter in useful senses of the term “political,” might be an interesting question, but, before we go looking for an answer, we will need to clarify terms, and clear away some rhetorical and ideological brush.
Over at OT, I have added a variation on automatic “In Reply To” commenting links, which I believe may once have been more common, and which some users find helpful in sorting out long discussions, especially in nested comment threads…
The first thing to note about OT’s blogroll is that, though it has been moved off the blog’s front page and sidebars, it still occupies a prominent link-position in the main menu. The second thing to note about it is that it isn’t: The blogroll page’s blogroll is missing.
Realizing the Commentariat
Rough drafts for a “Commentariat” Suite