Graham is a senior, who intended this as (in my opinion, extremely misplaced) satire. Which, um, I guess makes his comments insulting in a whole different way.
I'd like to nominate the Renegade Writers Blog as well (http://therenegadewriter.com) as a source of down-to-earth, useful advice (and they take questions).
The Written Road (www.thewrittenroad.com) is the place to go for new travel writing markets and industry news. Not every post is a winner, but most are.