https://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2009/05/24/a-spoke-in-the-news-cycle-slow-down-and-join-a-freedom-brigade-near-you/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 09:35:44 -0400<![CDATA[One of the greatest strengths of the &#8220;blogosphere&#8221; is also one of its signal liabilities: I mean its velocity, its ability to intervene in the public conversation almost instantly. That is the source of its power; but because today&#8217;s intervention is tomorrow old news, it is also one of its chief limitations. If today&#8217;s bulletin must regularly retire before tomorrow&#8217;s equally imperative headline, an awful homogeneity is the result. What emergency is sufficiently forward that it can survive a few rotations of the news cycle?]]>Sun, 24 May 2009 08:29:02 -0400<![CDATA[Roger Kimball]]>https://pjmedia.com/roger-kimball/2009/05/24/a-spoke-in-the-news-cycle-slow-down-and-join-a-freedom-brigade-near-you-n115821