May 28, 2010
daily bizcard 028- megan mcardle
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Today’s “Daily Bizcard” design, “Socialism Is Evil”, goes to the utterly brilliant political journalist, Megan McArdle.
Legend has it that somebody was once so impressed with her old amateur blog, Asymmetrical Information, they offered her a job at The Economist, one of the most respected news organs on the planet. She now works at The Atlantic, where she has a massive fan base of super-smart people.
I met her in London in 2005 at a geek dinner I had organized, back when she was doing The Economist gig. She was a most fun and welcome addition. I remember introducing her that evening to Gia Milinovich, another very bright American expat in town. I thought they might get along….
Growing up in Edinburgh in the 1970s and 80s, I eventually left for University in Austin, Texas with a very grim view of Socialism. Though I hadn’t seen it at its worst (we’re talking Scotland here, not East Germany) I’d seen enough of it not to like or trust it. To me it seemed not so much a political system, more like a sad, bitter, venal cultural suicide note.
Even nowadays, if I tried hanging a poster of this cartoon around Edinburgh or Glasgow, I’d still probably get lynched. Which is EXACTLY why I like this cartoon.
Besides that, there’s something rather amusing to me about a beautiful, cultured, sophisticated Washington journalist handing out “Socialism Is Evil” cards at swank, East Coast soirees. Exactly.
[The Daily Bizcard archive is here etc.]
[Megan, please send me an e-mail at gapingvoid@gmail.com with your shipping address and the details you want on the back of the bizcard, and I’ll send a free box of 100 to you. Thanks!]
