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New year, new blog. You may have noticed that James and I took a brief hiatus from Ahab's. That was partially due to the holidays and partially (okay, largely) due to rank laziness.

Since then we have resolved to make 2005 the Year of Ahab's Whale. The prelude is Howard Fineman's piece on the decline of the mainstream media -- not a secret to anybody who's been following blogs for the last year, but an inevitability that will only become more apparent as time goes on. You can expect MacDuff and I to post regularly (promise: at least eight posts a week between us) and thoughtfully, from both sides of the center of the political spectrum. I'll get going on the 2008 US election preview soon (promise promise). And there will also inevitably be the random post here and there. In that spirit, let's get started with this, the funniest random online video I've seen in many a month (thanks to Leisure Suit Larry creator Al Lowe for the link).

Why the change from the Dream to the Whale? We'll explain as time goes on. Just keep reading.