I believe there's a fine line between cynicism and reality...
In an interesting piece on Thorium, The
New Republic, one of Mike's favorite sites, recently continued the trend of damning praise, along with a little history:
Not my favorite, but I used to read New Republic all the time. Pre-Internet, it was the main intellectual liberal opinion magazine. Still a good read. They don't treat the reader like he's an idiot. That's always refreshing.