I’m finishing off my complimentary bag of blended dark and medium roast coffee beans from Boca Java, pungently labeled “Blogs of Bravery, the Real Story in Real Time.” Reminds me of the meter of “Sports Racer, What’s your power move?”

Why do the romantic rightists take all the cool blog names? Boots and Sabers… Captain’s Quarters… American Soldier… okay, that last one is an appropriately titled milblog, but still… Occam’s Toothbrush… I wish the left had that kind of inspiration… Power Line… not a left wing blog…

While the left wallows in deep introspection and self improvement, the right advances along a broad rhetorical front that includes claiming the right to be as insulting as necessary to make a point. And yet Ad Hominem, a blog that rightfully should belong to one side or another in the culture wars, belongs instead to the cultured voice of none-other than the Updike character of choice: Rabbit Frenzy.

So perhaps this attempt to read significance into the titles chosen by bloggers is no more than a caffeine fueled conceit. Click the link on the right, order up, and get me some more free coffee. Please.