the blog quebecois

Or just a sign of the Apocalypse?

Norman Geras is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Government at the University of Manchester, and a well-known UK blogger who's been on my blogroll for a couple of years now. His politics are approximately 180 degrees opposite to mine; but he has a generosity of spirit and openness to argument that you don't often find these days among partisans of any stripe. He and Christopher Hitchens were some of the prime drivers behind the Euston Manifesto (full details at his site in the right sidebar) a plea to Britain's Left to, you know, GROW UP already. Being a Jew-hating, Yank-bashing ass-clown has its moments, but it's no way to go through life, son. (A similar effort in Canada failed when they couldn't find any leftists with a mental age > seven.)

Apart from all that, Norm has a little hobby; namely, profiling the world's great bloggers, from Glenn (Instapundit) Reynolds to Kate at SDA to, um, me. (Full list here.)

He's got the easy part: He sends out fifty questions with an invitation to answer thirty that catch your fancy. I had more fun than I expected writing them, and hope you'll enjoy reading them too. And thanks again to Norm for the platform.