January 24, 2004 October is Koufax Pledge Drive month

2003 Koufax Award Finalists Best Expert Blog

The seven finalist for the 2003 Koufax Award for Best Expert Blog are below.

Balkinization by Prof. Jack Balkin for expertise in constitutional law

The Bloviator for public health issues

Informed Comment by Professor Juan Cole for expertise in the history of the Middle East and South Asia

Maxspeak by Max Sawicky for expertise in economics

Semi- Daily Journal by Brad DeLong for expertise in economics

Talk Left by Jeralyn Merritt for expertise in criminal law

Trish Wilson’s Blog for expertise in father’s rights and child custody issues.

Please vote for one finalist by comment or by email.

Posted by Dwight Meredith at January 24, 2004 10:18 AM | TrackBack
Comments

One vote for Brad DeLong, Semi-Daily Journal

Posted by: jam at January 24, 2004 01:52 PM

Juan Cole

Posted by: Greg Greene at January 24, 2004 03:18 PM

Balkinization

Posted by: Al-Muhajabah at January 24, 2004 03:42 PM

Juan Cole

Posted by: Linnaeus at January 24, 2004 03:49 PM

Talk Left

Posted by: Patriotboy at January 24, 2004 04:18 PM

Juan Cole-(not John Cole)...

Posted by: Scaramouche at January 24, 2004 04:22 PM

Informed Comment by Professor Juan Cole for expertise in the history of the Middle East and South Asia

Posted by: pontificator at January 24, 2004 04:23 PM

Brad Delong

Posted by: 3pointshooter at January 24, 2004 04:35 PM

Brad DeLong

Posted by: Thor Heyerdahl at January 24, 2004 04:58 PM

Talk Left

Posted by: #defy at January 24, 2004 05:21 PM

Juan Cole

Posted by: Katherine at January 24, 2004 06:18 PM

Vote for Trish Wilson

Posted by: Paige Hodson at January 24, 2004 06:49 PM

another vote for Brad DeLong, though sometimes my head hurts when reading.

Posted by: Jeanie Renae at January 24, 2004 06:56 PM

Talk Left

Posted by: Lynn at January 24, 2004 08:18 PM

Trish Wilson

Posted by: flea at January 24, 2004 08:59 PM

It's close between Juan Cole and Brad deLong, but given the importance of Iraq to us in the past year, I vote for Informed Comment

Posted by: Mike at January 24, 2004 10:07 PM

Juan Cole

Posted by: surfk9 at January 24, 2004 10:25 PM

Informed Comment.

Posted by: Jim Henley at January 24, 2004 10:30 PM

Brad DeLong

Posted by: Zack at January 24, 2004 10:48 PM

Juan Cole - Informed Comment

Posted by: Nell Lancaster at January 24, 2004 10:58 PM

TalkLeft. She knows her stuff cold.

Posted by: Dave Cullen at January 24, 2004 11:41 PM

Tie: Talk Left/Juan Cole

Posted by: Kevin Hayden at January 25, 2004 12:49 AM

Informed Comment

Posted by: Linkmeister at January 25, 2004 01:22 AM

Maxspeak.

Posted by: grubi at January 25, 2004 01:34 AM

TalkLeft

Posted by: lea-p at January 25, 2004 02:36 AM

Hard category. I like DeLong and TalkLeft a lot, but I vote for Juan Cole.

Posted by: Frederick at January 25, 2004 02:58 AM

Talk Left.

Posted by: Ivan G. at January 25, 2004 05:36 AM

We'll go with Maxspeak by Max Sawicky.

Posted by: Sadly, No! at January 25, 2004 05:57 AM

We love Jerralyn. We have learned much from her.

TalkLeft.

Posted by: Pam Godbout at January 25, 2004 06:11 AM

Brad DeLong.

Posted by: Susie at January 25, 2004 07:59 AM

Talk Left.

Posted by: Fred at January 25, 2004 08:15 AM

TalkLeft

Posted by: W at January 25, 2004 09:13 AM

Juan Cole.

Posted by: dublingal_ny at January 25, 2004 09:23 AM

Talk Left

Posted by: otmar at January 25, 2004 10:06 AM

Trish Wilson

Posted by: yvelle at January 25, 2004 10:56 AM

talk left!

Posted by: n69n at January 25, 2004 11:16 AM

Juan Cole

Posted by: Harolynne Bobis at January 25, 2004 12:08 PM

Talk Left

Posted by: J.B. at January 25, 2004 12:14 PM

DeLong, Semi-Daily Journal.

Posted by: Mrs Tilton at January 25, 2004 12:15 PM

TakLeft

Posted by: nick danger at January 25, 2004 12:16 PM

Given that the amount of shallow, uninformed bloviating about the Middle East has risen asymptotically to infinity over the past two years, a vote for Juan Cole.

Posted by: Mark S. at January 25, 2004 12:31 PM

Juan Cole

Posted by: seth edenbaum at January 25, 2004 12:33 PM

Juan Cole

Posted by: kos at January 25, 2004 01:19 PM

Juan Cole/Informed Comment

Posted by: PigInZen at January 25, 2004 01:35 PM

Brad Delong

Posted by: p m barnard at January 25, 2004 01:38 PM

Juan Cole

Posted by: Keith at January 25, 2004 01:38 PM

juan cole informed comment

Posted by: harry at January 25, 2004 01:51 PM

Brad Delong

Posted by: Nathaniel at January 25, 2004 02:06 PM

Brad DeLong, because he makes my head hurt.

Posted by: Theophylact at January 25, 2004 02:24 PM

DeLong

Posted by: Zizka at January 25, 2004 03:02 PM

Juan Cole

Posted by: Hulka at January 25, 2004 03:19 PM

Talk Left

Posted by: Opus at January 25, 2004 04:01 PM

Talk Left

Posted by: ronn at January 25, 2004 04:25 PM

Since Lawrence Lessig's intellectual property blog
is at http://www.lessig.org/blog/ and not here, my
vote is for Prof. DeLong, who sometimes falls over
the cliff into the territory that makes his science
dismal and has an uncomfortable amount of math
sometimes, but is not unworthy to be in the same
profession as Paul Krugman. Good insights,
straight talk. A vote for Brad.

Posted by: tomm at January 25, 2004 04:32 PM

Juan Cole.

Posted by: Chris Brooke at January 25, 2004 04:34 PM

Juan Cole's Informed Comment. Accessible and intelligent. I love Brad DeLong and Max Sawicky, but half the time I don't understand them.

Posted by: pete at January 25, 2004 04:38 PM

1. Talkleft, 2. Juan Cole

Posted by: john horse at January 25, 2004 04:38 PM

Informed Comment

Posted by: obruni at January 25, 2004 04:43 PM

Agree with Frederick: "I like DeLong and TalkLeft a lot, but I vote for Juan Cole."

Posted by: Sakitume! at January 25, 2004 04:46 PM

Informed Comment.

Posted by: Eric at January 25, 2004 04:57 PM

Semi-Daily Journal

Posted by: carpeicthus at January 25, 2004 04:59 PM

Juan Cole

Posted by: Cath at January 25, 2004 05:11 PM

Juan Cole.

(Can't vote for a free trader, so no turkee for Brad.)

Posted by: richard at January 25, 2004 05:26 PM

Juan Cole

Posted by: Tecla at January 25, 2004 05:26 PM

Talk Left

Posted by: Oliver at January 25, 2004 05:41 PM

Brad DeLong

Posted by: Erin at January 25, 2004 05:46 PM

trish wilson

Posted by: she who knows all at January 25, 2004 05:47 PM

Trish Wilson!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Chief at January 25, 2004 05:51 PM

Juan Cole

Posted by: vachon at January 25, 2004 05:58 PM

Trish Wilson's Blog! It's an excellent source of information!

Posted by: j. laboss at January 25, 2004 06:03 PM

juan cole

Posted by: Prince of Dirkness at January 25, 2004 06:29 PM

Juan Cole

Posted by: Anthony at January 25, 2004 06:37 PM

Juan Cole

Posted by: jackson at January 25, 2004 06:39 PM

talk left

Posted by: chris dub at January 25, 2004 06:42 PM

Trish Wilson’s Blog for expertise in father’s rights and child custody issues.

Posted by: I know it all as well.... at January 25, 2004 06:46 PM

Brad DeLong

Posted by: shiva at January 25, 2004 06:47 PM


1 Semi- Daily Journal by Brad DeLong for expertise in economics

2 Talk Left by Jeralyn Merritt for expertise in criminal law

3 Balkinization by Prof. Jack Balkin for expertise in constitutional law

Posted by: denni at January 25, 2004 06:52 PM

Balkinization

Posted by: novalis at January 25, 2004 07:26 PM

They're all great, but Informed Comment has the advantage of Arabic knowledge.

Posted by: John de Hoog at January 25, 2004 07:31 PM

Talk Left.

Posted by: Charles Kuffner at January 25, 2004 07:38 PM

Talk Left

Jack Balkin is great, but he does not post often enough.

Posted by: Ted K at January 25, 2004 07:43 PM

1. Brad DeLong
2. Trish Wilson - she brings needed insight on some topics that I don't see written about much from a liberal perspective.

Posted by: kim at January 25, 2004 07:44 PM

Juan Cole

Posted by: Lloyd at January 25, 2004 07:48 PM

Juan Cole

Posted by: Dongi at January 25, 2004 08:15 PM

TRISH WILSON!!

Posted by: Lisa at January 25, 2004 08:24 PM

Maxspeak

Posted by: T. Rex at January 25, 2004 08:32 PM

Talk Left

Posted by: Ed Still at January 25, 2004 08:37 PM

Juan Cole

Posted by: nick at January 25, 2004 08:46 PM

Talkleft/Jeralyn Merritt - Where you gonna find a better expert!

Posted by: Mickey Sherman at January 25, 2004 09:02 PM

Balkinization-- it was the one that got me into the blogosphere in the first place.

Posted by: The42ndGuy at January 25, 2004 09:07 PM

talk left

Posted by: sharon at January 25, 2004 09:57 PM

Juan Cole

Posted by: ralphbon at January 25, 2004 10:00 PM

Again Juan - good material

Posted by: david sanger at January 25, 2004 10:19 PM

One more vote for Talk Left.

Posted by: (: Tom :) at January 25, 2004 10:29 PM

Talk Left

Brad DeLong

Posted by: TolucaJim at January 25, 2004 11:07 PM

Talk Left

Posted by: swanksalot at January 26, 2004 12:15 AM

Juan Cole

Posted by: wcw at January 26, 2004 12:16 AM

Informed Comment

Posted by: gz at January 26, 2004 12:21 AM

Maxspeak. You Listen!

Posted by: Chris at January 26, 2004 12:27 AM

Brad DeLong

Posted by: downtown at January 26, 2004 12:43 AM

Juan Cole -- best expert

Posted by: Conrack at January 26, 2004 12:44 AM

Brad DeLong

Posted by: Stewart Kelly at January 26, 2004 01:12 AM

DeLong.

Posted by: Andrew J. Lazarus at January 26, 2004 01:30 AM

juan cole

Posted by: poop ruiz at January 26, 2004 01:35 AM

Talk Left

Posted by: jl at January 26, 2004 01:39 AM

one vote for Max Speak.

Posted by: john steppling at January 26, 2004 01:42 AM

Brad DeLong

Posted by: Anna in Cairo at January 26, 2004 02:01 AM

Juan Cole

Posted by: Mithras at January 26, 2004 02:17 AM

Juan Cole

Posted by: fubar at January 26, 2004 02:32 AM

Talk Left

with a write-in for

Roland Piquepaille's Technology Trends
(How new technologies are modifying our way of life)

Posted by: Ron at January 26, 2004 02:46 AM

Maxspeak

Posted by: Manish at January 26, 2004 02:54 AM

Semi-Daily Journal, Brad De Long

Posted by: CMike at January 26, 2004 04:24 AM

Juan Cole

Posted by: titoo at January 26, 2004 04:40 AM

Talk Left

Posted by: Rysam at January 26, 2004 05:33 AM

Semi- Daily Journal by Brad DeLong

Posted by: jt at January 26, 2004 06:01 AM

Talk Left

Posted by: Brian Linse at January 26, 2004 06:11 AM

Jeralyn Merritt - no frills - just the best!

Posted by: Peter Schmidt at January 26, 2004 07:06 AM

Informed Comment by Professor Juan Cole for expertise in the history of the Middle East and South Asia

Posted by: Kerim Friedman at January 26, 2004 07:13 AM

DeLong

Posted by: Andrew Edwards at January 26, 2004 07:28 AM

Maxspeak.

Posted by: cisko at January 26, 2004 07:42 AM

Brad De Long

Posted by: Duncan Young at January 26, 2004 08:44 AM

Brad DeLong

Posted by: Jay C. at January 26, 2004 08:56 AM

TalkLeft

Posted by: zak G at January 26, 2004 09:16 AM

Brad DeLong

Posted by: Billy Pilgrim at January 26, 2004 09:55 AM

TalkLeft

Posted by: Jason at January 26, 2004 10:11 AM

TalkLeft

Posted by: Max B. Sawicky at January 26, 2004 10:12 AM

Another tough one. I'll go with Maxspeak by Max Sawicky, because I already voted for Talk Left in the "single issue" category.

Posted by: skb at January 26, 2004 10:21 AM

Brad DeLong. I voted for Juan Cole in Best Single-Issue Blog. Almost voted the other way around.

Posted by: Kevin at January 26, 2004 10:40 AM

Maxspeak.

Posted by: tcb at January 26, 2004 11:16 AM

Trish Wilson's Blog

Posted by: ScottM at January 26, 2004 11:36 AM

Delong

Posted by: JM at January 26, 2004 01:21 PM

Brad. Love that Econ.

Posted by: Clark at January 26, 2004 01:31 PM

Semi-Daily Journal by Brad DeLong for expertise in economics

Posted by: Ares Akritas at January 26, 2004 01:40 PM

Semi-Daily Journal, but Informed Consent as a close second.

Posted by: A Texan in Maryland at January 26, 2004 01:45 PM

Semi-Daily Journal by Brad DeLong

Posted by: Steve at January 26, 2004 01:51 PM

Talk Left

Posted by: mac at January 26, 2004 02:03 PM

semi daily journal

Posted by: otis campbell at January 26, 2004 02:12 PM

MaxSpeak. Essentially a flat tie with the inestimable Brad DeLong but he needs the props more..

Posted by: Zach W at January 26, 2004 02:26 PM

Semi- Daily Journal

Close!

Posted by: lightning at January 26, 2004 02:31 PM

Brad De Long, Semi-Daily Journal

Posted by: Ulrika O'Brien at January 26, 2004 02:44 PM

Juan Cole

Posted by: maurinsky at January 26, 2004 03:38 PM

Brad DeLong

Posted by: Jon Meltzer at January 26, 2004 04:22 PM

Talk Left

Posted by: pericat at January 26, 2004 04:58 PM

Juan Cole - Informed Comment

Posted by: Timothy at January 26, 2004 05:21 PM

Informed Comment - Juan Cole

Posted by: ShookB at January 26, 2004 05:31 PM

Balkinization

Posted by: Royko at January 26, 2004 05:34 PM

Brad DeLong

Posted by: sjs at January 26, 2004 05:41 PM

MaxSpeak.

Posted by: sennoma at January 26, 2004 06:01 PM

Brad Delong.

Posted by: cookie at January 26, 2004 07:56 PM

Informed Comment

Posted by: Sasha at January 26, 2004 09:05 PM

1. Juan Cole
2. Brad DeLong
3. Maxspeak

Posted by: Temperance at January 26, 2004 09:27 PM

Brad DeLong

Posted by: Steve at January 26, 2004 10:20 PM

Talk Left

Posted by: djn at January 26, 2004 10:24 PM

Talk Left

Posted by: pogge at January 26, 2004 10:26 PM

Talk Left, pride of the Mile High City.

Posted by: QuakerinaBasement at January 26, 2004 10:56 PM

Talk Left

Posted by: Ray Radlein at January 27, 2004 03:44 AM

Brad Delong by all means.

Posted by: Shawnee Kizzire at January 27, 2004 09:13 AM

Trish Wilson.

Posted by: Jane at January 27, 2004 10:00 AM

TPM

Posted by: nancy berry at January 27, 2004 10:26 AM

Brad DeLong, Semi-Daily Journal

Posted by: Chabo at January 27, 2004 12:26 PM

Juan Cole

Posted by: lastone at January 27, 2004 12:31 PM

talkleft for sure!

Posted by: debbie at January 27, 2004 01:36 PM

This is a little too similar to the Single-Issue Blog category.

Since I voted for DeLong there, I'll vote for Cole here. (Although I probably should have done it the other way around. Oh well.)

Posted by: JP at January 27, 2004 02:47 PM

Juan Cole

Posted by: m.callahan at January 27, 2004 03:14 PM

Juan Cole

Posted by: calli at January 27, 2004 06:06 PM

Talk Left

Posted by: J.B. at January 27, 2004 09:46 PM

Talk Left

Posted by: Kitt at January 27, 2004 10:17 PM

Talk Left.

Posted by: Oneiros Dreaming at January 27, 2004 10:35 PM

Trish Wilson

Posted by: Echidne at January 28, 2004 01:51 AM

Informed Comment

Posted by: froz gobo at January 28, 2004 10:52 AM

Juan Cole

Posted by: mugshot at January 28, 2004 10:52 AM

Juan Cole.

Posted by: Ralph at January 28, 2004 10:53 AM

One vote for Juan Cole - essential and perceptive analysis.

Posted by: Man Hamintour at January 28, 2004 11:22 AM

Terrific to have so many really great blogs out there, though it makes the choice of "best" kind of arbitrary. But if I have to pick I'll go with Brad DeLong.

Posted by: PK at January 28, 2004 11:31 AM

Juan Cole rules.

Posted by: lost_horizon at January 28, 2004 11:41 AM

My vote goes for Juan Cole's "Informed Comment".

Posted by: David W. at January 28, 2004 12:11 PM

Juan Cole. Dude rocks.

Posted by: mike at January 28, 2004 12:13 PM

Another one for Brad DeLong.

Posted by: beth at January 28, 2004 12:27 PM

Brad DeLong

Posted by: detlef at January 28, 2004 12:40 PM

One vote for Brad Delong

Posted by: JC at January 28, 2004 12:58 PM

Juan Cole

Posted by: Mat at January 28, 2004 12:59 PM

I read Juan Cole every morning before leaving for work. It is a must for bypassing the disinformation about Iraq coming from our mainstream press.

Posted by: Barbara Kuhn Al-Bayati at January 28, 2004 01:15 PM

For best expert blog: Juan Cole

Posted by: Jane at January 28, 2004 01:27 PM

Juan Cole...a must-read for Mideastern commentary/history

Posted by: Daniel at January 28, 2004 01:41 PM

Juan Cole

Posted by: epistemology at January 28, 2004 01:46 PM

Juan Cole

Posted by: Warbaby at January 28, 2004 01:48 PM

Juan Cole (MaxSpeak being a very close second).

Posted by: Steve at January 28, 2004 02:28 PM

Brad De Long - sensible, smart, funny, great math questions, and clear economics. He has effectively converted me from an econ hating political scientist to someone who sees it as quite valuable. I now pursuing an more econ center masters program in part due to his blog.

*** Juan Cole is a very close second. In fact, I read them both daily. Juan has provided the best Iraq coverage from an American academic perspective. When looking for accurate news and critical thinking about the middle east, I turn to Juan.

Posted by: Trigger at January 28, 2004 02:43 PM

Juan Cole

Posted by: Ben P at January 28, 2004 02:49 PM

Juan Cole

Posted by: alan berger at January 28, 2004 02:54 PM

Juan Cole please

Posted by: AnonAk at January 28, 2004 03:02 PM

MaxSpeak

Posted by: Charlie at January 28, 2004 03:08 PM

Juan Cole

Posted by: Stephanie at January 28, 2004 03:50 PM

Juan Cole

Posted by: grackel at January 28, 2004 04:23 PM

Juan Cole : best expert blog on the Iraq conflict

Posted by: Christiane from Switzerland at January 28, 2004 04:37 PM

Juan Cole

Posted by: Simon at January 28, 2004 04:56 PM

Juan Cole for sure!

Posted by: cecil nightingale at January 28, 2004 07:12 PM

Juan Cole for sure!

Posted by: cecil nightingale at January 28, 2004 07:12 PM

Trish Wilson

Posted by: Helen at January 28, 2004 07:23 PM

Juan Cole.

Posted by: Tom at January 28, 2004 07:52 PM

Juan Cole

Posted by: Liminal at January 28, 2004 07:56 PM

Semi- Daily Journal

Posted by: Adri Overgaauw at January 28, 2004 08:23 PM

Juan Cole

Posted by: pat at January 28, 2004 08:30 PM

Juan Cole. No. MaxSpeak. No. Juan Cole. No. MaxSpeak. OK I'll stick with Juan Cole.

Posted by: Barry Freed at January 28, 2004 08:35 PM

Juan Cole

Posted by: Muahdog at January 28, 2004 08:59 PM

Juan Cole's Informed Comment

Posted by: paper_tigress at January 28, 2004 09:09 PM

Juan Cole

Posted by: Tom at January 28, 2004 09:31 PM

Juan Cole

Posted by: The Littlest Cynic at January 28, 2004 09:37 PM

Juan Cole.

Posted by: Brent Ritchey at January 28, 2004 11:21 PM

my vote is for professor Juan Cole

Posted by: saeb salam at January 29, 2004 12:06 AM

Brad DeLong

Posted by: wmk at January 29, 2004 02:25 AM

Juan Cole has my vote

Posted by: Anja at January 29, 2004 04:49 AM

Juan Cole

Posted by: james at January 29, 2004 08:17 AM

Juan Cole

Posted by: helena at January 29, 2004 09:48 AM

Maxspeak, followed by Lean Left and Juan Cole.

I'm honored to even be mentioned in the same category as the other six nominees.

Posted by: Ross at January 29, 2004 10:06 AM

Semi-Daily Journal, then TalkLeft.

I think TalkLeft is a victim of Fred Astaire syndrome here - she explains things in such a way that they seem as if they're obvious, whereas I know for certain I don't understand economics...

Posted by: julia at January 29, 2004 11:21 AM

Talk Left

Posted by: Mark McKenna at January 29, 2004 12:03 PM

Juan Cole

Posted by: Dutchmarbel at January 29, 2004 03:54 PM

Brad DeLong

Posted by: msf at January 29, 2004 05:19 PM

Juan Cole

Posted by: hazey at January 29, 2004 08:31 PM

Juan Cole

Posted by: Ian Davis at January 29, 2004 10:58 PM

Juan Cole

Posted by: joejoejoe at January 29, 2004 11:36 PM

Juan Cole

Posted by: Christine at January 30, 2004 02:20 AM

Juan Cole, but DeLong is terrific as well

Posted by: Roger Bigod at January 30, 2004 03:11 AM

Juan Cole - Informed Comment

Posted by: Binny at January 30, 2004 05:49 AM

Best Expert Blog - DeLong
(splitting difference by voting for Cole in Best Single Issue Blog...)

Posted by: Rob Sobak at January 30, 2004 10:55 AM

Brad Delong Semi-Daily Journal

Posted by: Rodger at January 30, 2004 03:11 PM

Brad Delong

Posted by: Bill Rushmore at January 30, 2004 06:36 PM

Maxspeak

Posted by: nochnaya babochka at February 1, 2004 05:11 PM

Juan Cole !

Posted by: juliyya at February 2, 2004 02:05 AM