Pitch and temperament explained. Awesome.

Just out: the National Journal’s latest rankings of members of Congress from most liberal to most conservative. Senators; Representatives. Senators John Sununu (R-N.H.) and Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) are at the median. You can also browse by state.

I’m going to file this away for future reference as an all-purpose rejoinder to all Internet know-it-all blowhards, because it’s brilliant.

I for one would love to see Glider’s C.V. I’m sure it will provide ample documented proof that he knows the contextual issues of the arguments he’s presenting. I’m sure he is also aware of the providences of the knowledge he is drawing from and providing as evidence. I’m sure he knows how rules of evidence works in the field, what counts, what has already been left behind as no longer useful.

He has probably written widely on this subject, deepening his research and expanding his understanding of it along the discursive boundaries recognized by other similarly interested scholars. He has readily attacked the simple binaries that smack of amateur thought and has developed a complex understanding of the nuances of the problematic issues in the field. He constantly questions his own knowledge, continually looking for new theoretical perspectives with which to frame it.

Or perhaps he is just another know-it-all computer programmer with a big mouth who thinks that vomiting back his weekend pleasure reading counts for a warrant of authority? If that is indeed the case, I should submit my C.V. to be a project engineer at Google right now.