When Celebs Opine, Pt. 1

James Lileks has called it "a 48-car celebrity pile up." He's talking about Arianna Huffington's new internet blog site for the rich and famous, called "The Huffington Post."

Here's the organizing thought behind the concept. Poor Hollywood celebrities and NYC media moguls don't have a public-opinion-shaping voice to the people that can compete with bloggers in pajamas.

They only have movie studios, tv networks, newspapers, magazines and publishing houses. So Arrianna has provided a place where Bill Maher, Walter Cronkhite, Julia-Louis Dreyfuss, et al. can share the wisdom and political insight gleaned from attendance at hundreds of Bel Air and Upper West Side cocktail parties.

Feel free to ignore it. What will you miss if you do? See Part II...