New feature: I'll be focusing on one website/blog on occasion, highlighting pros and cons and generally passing totally unqualified judgment. Today's winner: The Daily Beast. A relative newbie to the cultural/political blogosphere, the Beast is the brainchild of (former Vanity Fair and New Yorker editor) Tina Brown and Barry Diller. Brown and Diller charged former WSJ editor Edward Felsenthal with coordinating and composing this non-partisan (okay, maybe a little progressive-oriented) pundit hub.
The Beast strives to separate itself from the vast morass of political/pop-cultural news aggregators with "sensibility, darling," in the words of it's co-creator. This is a classic case of former big-leaguers (vets from Slate, the Sun, the Wall Street Journal) striking out into the cyber-frontiers and searching for gold. Judge for yourself whether they've struck yet:
Item 1: Here's a nice Beast exclusive: a reminder about some of the more sordid and silly Bush scandals. Is Barry in charge, yet?
Item 2: Bernard Avishai sensibly admonishes Israel as much as Palestine for the recent and dramatic failure of the peace process. He's got a good point; for Israel to attain peace, they need to actually be concerned for the well-being and hopes of Palestinians.
Item 3: Meenakshi Ganguly contributes a level-headed review of Indo-Pakistani relations since Mumbai. Her last point is a good one - to really shake the faith of the Mumbai perpetrators, the two states should commit wholeheartedly to cooperation. Imagine if a terrorist attack spawned peace...
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