My friend Alex Massie’s penned a good little article for us over at Doublethink Online. Part of it reads as so:

20 years after he left the Oval Office for the final time and nearly five years since the old boy died, two things seem clear: Reagan’s achievements were greater than seemed possible at the time of his scandal-filled presidency; and those achievements have been willfully misinterpreted by a Republican Party that often seems blind to the changes that have swept America since the Reagan years. Perhaps it will be Morning in America again, but not in the way it was in 1980.

Alex is a born contrarian, something I strive at myself. Give him an inflated target, such as Reagan’s legacy with conservatives, and watch him go. You should also watch him go daily at his new digs at the Spectator.

Those of you who are my friends know I’ve taken on co-editing Doublethink Online with my pals Dan and Dave. Resultantly, all my energies will be devoted to our collective endeavour over there. The New Contrarian will become more dormant than it already is.

In case you’ve missed it, I’ve been somewhat busy:

• The Wall Street Journal Europe published a piece on Serbian domestic politics and the significance of the arrest of Radovan Karadžić.

• I’ve posted a piece on “the Georgia Crisis: 14 Days In” over at Doublethink.

More to come, I hope.