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Article: Foggy Bloggom.(Oil, Oil, Toil & Trouble)(Report)
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- The National Interest
- Article date:
- January 1, 2008
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MY NAME is David Frum, and I am a blogger. Every day I post some hundreds of words of commentary at the National Review website--often (to fulfill the cliche) while still wearing my pajamas. But I am also a proud, suit-wearing member of the foreign-policy community, with my very own office in a think tank to prove it.
There is no avoiding the sad truth that my two communities despise each other.
The foreign-policy community (henceforward, "FPC") values moderation of views and modulation of tone. It insists upon formal credentials, either academic or bureaucratic (ideally both). It respects seniority, defers to office, mistrusts overt self-promotion and ...