MICKEY KAUS talks about yesterday’s radio show (and provides a link):

Everyone was civil, unfortunately. . . .

I was surprised Instapundit agreed with Wright’s argument that the blog world has become more balkanized and “cocooned,” with people reading blogs with which they already agree and bloggers persuading the persuaded. … I’ve always been partial to the argument that blogs are less balkanized (than, say, talk radio and cable news) because bloggers argue with each other and hence read each other and occasionally even change their minds.

Both are true, I think. The blogosphere has become more divided, with less cross-talk than there used to be. The tipping point seems to me to have been the 2002 elections. That’s when the level of cross-blog name-calling went up, and I know I’m much less likely to read blogs that call me names. I suspect others are, too. Nonethless, I think there’s still a lot more diversity and conversation than there is in talk radio and cable news.

I’ve got some more thoughts over at GlennReynolds.com. And Mickey makes a good host — somebody should give him his own show!