This is exactly the kind of snarky, deflationary attitude that the article is essentially writing in reaction to. The lack of faith that a "little blog" about g

This is exactly the kind of snarky, deflationary attitude that the article is essentially writing in reaction to. The lack of faith that a "little blog" about good governance in an age entirely absent it could actually lead to something meaningful. Or indeed that a blog itself could be meaningful - that words and ideas might after all have some worth.