https://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2010/07/19/the-best-of-times/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 07:38:08 -0400<![CDATA[Seeing Michael Totten on the Pajamas Media Express blog line-up makes me feel like I&#8217;m in good company.  Yet it also carries with it a realization of how much the weblog scene has changed since it sprang on the scene in the first days of the 21st century.  Back then everything was amorphous; and everybody was a dog: that is just a name and not even a face. Everyone was an unknown writer &#8212; even to themselves. Very few of those who&#8217;ve gone forward since then could have anticipated his place in a landscape whose topography was still being created. In 2003, when the Belmont Club began on Blogspot, it was one of several ten of thousands of similar weblogs. Neither Pajamas Media nor the Huffington Post existed.  A time-traveler going back as little as seven years would find that a lot has changed since then.]]>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 06:31:54 -0400<![CDATA[Richard Fernandez]]>https://pjmedia.com/richard-fernandez/2010/07/19/the-best-of-times-n189898