The great thing about blogs

is that you get to read intelligent stuff like this. It's long, and tough to pull stuff from - it's historical and current and loaded with smackdowns of RWBS. Just to read it. (hat tip to Atrios)

Update: Summary courtesy of tbogg:

"Terry at Nitpicker looks deep within the soul of Victor Davis Girded Loins Hanson and finds VDGLH at war with himself...and losing."