This category covers both blogs devoted to only one issue as well as blogs writing about a number of issues that nonetheless had particularly good in depth coverage of some specific issue.
Alas a Blog : Feminism
The Bloviator: Health Care Policy
Brad DeLong: Economics
Colorado Luis: Latino/Chicano Issues
Confined Space : Workplace health and safety
Daily Howler: Media
Daily Kos: Politics and elections
Drug WarRant: The Drug War
En Banc: Law
Ex-Gay Watch: Ex-Gay politics
George W. Bush, Will You Please Go Now?!: George W. Bush
Juan Cole: Informed Comment : Mid East Policy
Last One Speaks: The Drug War
Lessig's BlogIntellectual property
Liberal Oasis: Politics
Like Father, Like Sun: The NY Sun
Max Speak: Economics
Media Whores Online: Media watch
Nathan Newman : Labor
Orcinus: Domestic terrorism
Political Aims: Politics
The Right Christians : Politics and Religion
Ruminate This: Media consolidation
Riverbend: Iraq
Slugger O'Toole: Northern Ireland politics
SullyWatch: Andrew Sullivan (it’s a dirty job but someone has to do it).
Talk Left: Criminal Law
Tim Lambert's Deltoid: John Lott
Verified Voting: Electronic voting
Posted by MB Williams at January 5, 2004 05:21 PM | TrackBackIf we're still narrowing, then I'd vote:
Drug War Rant, Juan Cole, Orcinus, Ruminate This, Talk Left, and Verified Voting.
Posted by: norbizness at January 5, 2004 08:27 PMtalkleft-no doubt
Posted by: chicago reader at January 5, 2004 09:12 PMTop three: Talk Left, Juan Cole, and the (incomparable) Daily Howler
Posted by: pontificator at January 5, 2004 09:43 PMTalkLeft
The Daily Kos
Liberal Oasis
MaxSpeak
Nathan Newman
Orcinus
Brad DeLong
Juan Cole
Alas a Blog
Brad DeLong
Orcinus
Talk Left
Tim Lambert's Deltoid
ConfinedSpace is the business!
Posted by: Alex at January 6, 2004 07:39 AMConfined Space--it's rare source that challenges everday the assumption that profits are more important than the lives of working men and women. And makes us laugh even while we're crying...
Posted by: Tom O'Connor at January 6, 2004 08:40 AMAmpersand, En Banc, Orcinus and Talk Left.
Kos, Liberal Oasis, Orcinus, TalkLeft.
Posted by: Charles Kuffner at January 6, 2004 09:50 AMWhat a great list. I don't have strong opinions re "the best," but one benefit of these awards is that I'm reading more good blogs....
Posted by: emily at January 6, 2004 10:35 AMConfined Space. I read it at work.
Posted by: robbie at January 6, 2004 11:57 AMMany thanks to the people who nominated Alas!
The whole list is great. Nonetheless, my top three choices from it are Confined Space, TalkLeft and Riverbend.
Posted by: Ampersand at January 6, 2004 02:40 PMTalkLeft, En Banc, & Daily Kos
Posted by: TolucaJim at January 6, 2004 03:05 PMTalk Left, Nathan Newman
Posted by: natasha at January 6, 2004 03:48 PMConfined Space, without a doubt!
Posted by: Laura at January 6, 2004 04:07 PMMy short list:
Daily Howler
Juan Cole - Informed Comment
Orcinus
Riverbend
Confined Space is the bomb! Definitely gets my vote.
Posted by: Robin at January 6, 2004 07:18 PMI'll say it again: Blog for America. =,
To be less of an obnoxious nitwit, though, I'll make a selection from the options given: Juan Cole.
Posted by: Greg Greene at January 6, 2004 07:57 PMMy favorites, in order:
Media Whores Online
Daily Howler
Liberal Oasis
Daily Kos
Ruminate This
TalkLeft
Riverbend
Verified Voting
My favorite that was not nominated: Seeing the Forest
Posted by: Chris Woolery at January 6, 2004 09:34 PMThe Media Horse and the Incomparable Daily Howler get my votes.
Posted by: Observer at January 6, 2004 10:34 PMJuan Cole, MaxSpeak, Nathan Newman, Orcinus, and The Right Christians.
Posted by: Al-Muhajabah at January 6, 2004 11:14 PMConfined Space....has given a voice to people like me whose lives have been devasted by loss from industrial deaths
Posted by: donna Spadaro at January 7, 2004 12:51 AMAlas, Confined Space, Ruminate This, Right Christians
There are so many good ones (in all the categories so far) it is really, really hard to pick.
Posted by: hope at January 7, 2004 09:55 AMTalk Left
Kos
Orcinus
Brad Delong
Riverbend & Talk Left
Posted by: ritam at January 7, 2004 12:24 PMConfined Space would be outstanding even if Jordan was not my friend and colleague. Really!
Posted by: Michael S at January 7, 2004 12:34 PMThe Right Christians, Talkleft, Juan Cole, Kos, DeLong.
Posted by: jackson at January 7, 2004 01:55 PMI think we have a problem here, which someone predicted previously in comments... which is, how will this category be distinguished from Best Expert Blog? My hope in suggesting that as a new category was to split off the "amateurs" from the professionals. I think it only makes sense to have two separate categories if you are only going to allow eligibility in one or the other. Then again, trying to designate which blogs belong in which category can be rather difficult.
Posted by: DavidNYC at January 7, 2004 02:57 PMTalkLeft
Orcinus
MaxSpeak
Media Whores
Daily Howler
Bloviator
Daily Howler: Media
Orcinus: Domestic terrorism
Tim Lambert's Deltoid: John Lott
AB
Posted by: Angry Bear at January 7, 2004 09:48 PMTalkleft
Daily Kos
Nathan Newman
DeLong
Juan Cole
MWO
Right Christians
(Should 'politics' really count as a 'single-issue'?)
Posted by: Andrew Edwards at January 8, 2004 06:42 AMDeLong and Cole.
Posted by: JP at January 8, 2004 10:00 AMBrad de Long
Max Speak
Nathan Newman
Tim Lambert and Talk Left.
Posted by: Jane at January 8, 2004 11:05 AMfrom opposite sides of the free trade question, Brad DeLong and Nathan Newman
Posted by: julia at January 8, 2004 11:22 AMBrad DeLong
Juan Cole
The Right Christians
1. Daily Howler.
2. Daily Kos.
3. Liberal Oasis.
Daily Howler
Posted by: Mike T at January 8, 2004 01:08 PMHow did Slugger slip in there?! I never see it linked on any of your other nominees.
But that's okay, I vote for Slugger O'Toole!
Posted by: dublingal_ny at January 8, 2004 03:04 PMOrcinus
MaxSpeak
Daily Howler
Can't decide which is my favorite, but these three consistently deliver.
Posted by: dpow at January 9, 2004 12:19 AMin order:
talkleft, tim lambert, brad de long, mwo, max speak, liberal oasis, nathan newman, ruminate this! orcinus.
we also like alas a blog.
we've voted for kos elsewhere.
Posted by: skippy at January 9, 2004 01:26 AMBrad DeLong
I voted for it as best blog, so it must be the best single-issue blog too.
Posted by: SJS at January 9, 2004 01:45 PMMy kudos for best single-issue blog goes to Emily at http://afterabortion.blogspot.com/
Posted by: Alexandra at January 9, 2004 05:57 PMLast one speaks-- great compendium of info on the hoax that is the drug war
Posted by: Floyd Billingsly at January 9, 2004 07:50 PMdKos and riverbend
Posted by: Mark H at January 10, 2004 06:24 AMLast One Speaks is thoughtful, insightful, and refreshingly pragmatic.
Posted by: Karen at January 10, 2004 08:23 AMFor what it's worth, my picks for their handling of content and scope of coverage of their selected subjects:
LAST ONE SPEAKS
The Right Christians
Confined Space
Thanks for the great work!
Posted by: Annie at January 10, 2004 10:57 AMLast One Speaks. Just look at it and you'll see why.
Posted by: Jules Siegel at January 10, 2004 07:06 PMLast One Speaks
Daily KOS
Drug War Rant
Daily Howler is a daily must!
Posted by: Penny at January 12, 2004 07:29 PMWhere do you go for the real health & safety news? Confined Space by Jordan.
Posted by: G. E. at January 12, 2004 08:41 PMConfined Space
Posted by: Edward Padgett at January 13, 2004 02:23 AMConfined space -- a must read for anyone interested in occupational safety and health as well as important political commentary for anyone interested in politics, labor and health.
Posted by: Joel shufro at January 13, 2004 09:27 AMConfined Space!
Posted by: Steve at January 13, 2004 10:01 AMPassion and humor that can't be beat.
Posted by: Patricia Moss at January 13, 2004 12:41 PMConfined Space gets my vote, hands down.
Passion and humor that can't be beat!
Posted by: Patricia Moss at January 13, 2004 12:42 PMI love how things are told without messing around!
Posted by: Teri at January 13, 2004 02:42 PMTalkLeft and Colorado Luis
Posted by: kos at January 13, 2004 03:22 PMConfined Space does what no other site does. Tell you like it is. Workers die every day in this country in numbers that are much higher than in Iraq...
Posted by: Eduardo at January 14, 2004 07:52 PMConfined space has a fabulous combination of science, political news and commentary (with links to news articles as they emerge), and wry humor.
Posted by: tim morse at January 15, 2004 09:05 AMMaxspeak
Juan Cole
Last One Speaks for its clear-eyed commentary.
1. Brad DeLong
2. Daily Howler
3. Juan Cole
4. Media Whores Online
I would nominate Daily Kos for politics, but that is central to almost all the blogs so the best blog category seems more appropriate for it.
Posted by: Ben Brackley at January 16, 2004 08:52 PM1. Orcinus
2. Media Whores Online
3. MaxSpeak
Orcinus is a great blog because of the investigative journalism by Dave. He is covering the deadly and ignored issue of domestic terrorists by the DoJ and FBI upper echelons of political appointees. The major news organs of America barely covers this issue, which leaves citizens unaware and unprotected against attacks on both a small scale and large scale ala OKC bombing.
Posted by: ken at January 18, 2004 03:57 PMConfined Space gets my vote; it captures and comments on the news affecting working people that otherwise would go down the memory hole.
Posted by: Vern at January 19, 2004 09:26 AM