Right about now I bet the Old Media is longing for the days where it didn’t have to engage in a public dialogue and simply told us how things were.

Watching the boys at Powerline reminds me of a young prize fighter taking on an old man who should have left the boxing ring years ago.

The new Townhall.com is up and running. The conglomerate of conservative radio hosts, columnists and bloggers offers up a one-stop location for all your conservative intellectual needs. Impressive indeed.

The conservative superblog has arrived.

This is IMDb‘s Quote of the Day, from the movie Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. Imagine Jimmy Stewart’s voice as you read this…

JEFFERSON SMITH

You see, boys forget what their country means by just reading The Land of the Free in history books. Then they get to be men they forget even more.

Liberty’s too precious a thing to be buried in books, Miss Saunders. Men should hold it up in front of them every single day of their lives and say: I’m free to think and to speak. My ancestors couldn’t, I can, and my children will. Boys ought to grow up remembering that.

Happy Independence Day Everyone!