Nominations are now open for the 2004 Koufax Awards. This is the third year of the awards. The 2002 winners may be found here. The 2003 winners are listed here.
The Koufax Awards are named for Sandy Koufax, one of the greatest left handed pitchers of all time. They are intended to honor the best of the left of blogtopia (ysitp). At its core, the Koufax Awards are meant to be an opportunity to say nice things about your favorite bloggers and to provide a bit of recognition for the folks who provide us with information, insight, and entertainment usually for little or no renumeration. The awards are supposed to be fun for us and fun for you.
Please try not to take the idea of winning and losing too seriously. We hope to help build and promote a feeling of community among lefty bloggers. The primary rules of the contest are be nice and have fun.
The awards occur in three stages. First, we take nominations. You may make a nomination by leaving a comment to this post or by sending an email to me or to MB at the addresses listing here at Wampum. Self nominations are encouraged. If you do not want to nominate yourself via a public comment, send an email.
We will go through the nominations and post a list of nominated blogs with a link and a brief description of each. As there are many nominations, we would appreciate it if you left a url to the blog and a brief statement of what you find pleasing about the site.
Once we post the list of nominees, voting takes place (again by email or comment) to determine the finalists. We usually include 8-10 finalists in each category by looking for natural breakpoints in the voting.
We will post a list of finalists for each category and take votes among those listed. The winners are determined by that voting.
This year, a Sandy will be awarded in each of twelve categories. Those categories, along with past winners are listed below:
Best Blog
This category seeks to recognize the best overall work across the entire year. Which lefty blog do you consider indispensable? Atrios won each of the last two years. Is he still king of the hill?
Best Writing
This category seeks to recognize the best writing by a lefty blogger. The fabulous Jeanne D'arc of Body and Soul won in 2002. In 2003, the Sandy for Best Writing was won by the now departed and much missed Billmon of Whiskey Bar.
Best Post
This category is intended to identify the one post of the year that stands above all others for originality, insight, and writing. In 2002, this category was won by Jim Capozzola of The Rittenhouse Review for his post entitled Al Gore and the Alpha Girls. Last year the best post was Billmon's What a Tangled Web We Weave, the WMD quote post. This is one category in which it is most appropriate to nominate your own work. After all, you know your posts better than anyone else.
Best Series
This category includes both regular features (such as Liberal Oasis' Sunday Talk Show Breakdown or Holden's Obsession with the Gaggle) as well as the best coverage of a single issue (such as Avedon's continuing coverage of election irregularities). This is another category where we want you to send us your best stuff. Atrios won in 2002 for his coverage of the Trent Lott controversy. Last year, David Neiwert of Orcinus won for Rush, Newspeak and Facism.
Best Single Issue Blog
This category is for blogs that focus exclusively or almost exclusively on a single specific area such as politics, economics, law, etc. It has been won the last two years by the incomparable Jeralyn Merritt of Talk Left for her coverage of legal issues.
Best Group Blog
A group is defined as two or more regular contributors. Last year, Daily Kos received the most votes in the category despite not actually being a group blog (or at least Kos left a comment that he did not consider it a group blog). I then deemed that the award would go to the entire Kos community, including Kos, the guest bloggers, the diarists, the commenters, and the readers. This year, let's nominate true group blogs, please.
Most Humorous Blog
This is a self explanatory category. In 2002, Adam Felber of Fanatical Apathy won. Last year, Tbogg carried home the prize. Who has consistently made you laugh this year?
Most Humorous Post
In 2003, the funniest post was Jesse Taylor of Pandagon's parody of Peggy Noonan. Last year, it was Atrios' classic Preznit giv me turkee. What post made you laugh out loud this year? If you have read or written anything particularly humorous this year, please send us a link.
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition
This category was added last year at the request of the readers. It seeks to honor those bloggers who are consistently good but for whatever reason do not receive the recognition they deserve. Last year it was won by a
Best Expert Blog
This is another category added last year at the request of the readers. It seeks to honor those who bring particular expertise, by way of knowledge, experience, or academic achievement, to a particular topic. Last year it was won by University of Michigan history professor Juan Cole who writes about the Middle East at Informed Comment. Who is this year's best expert?
Best New Blog
This category recognizes new members of the community of left of center bloggers. In 2002, there were almost no lefty bloggers at the beginning of the year. Atrios, for instance, began in the spring of 2002. That year, to qualify as new, the blog had to have begun in September or later. Last year, I moved the qualifying date to July 1. With the growth of the community, any blogger whose first post was in 2004 will be considered new. In 2002, the award went to Roger Ailes (the funny, snarky one). In 2003, the award went to the blog of the DNC, Kicking Ass.
One of the real joys of hosting these awards is becoming familiar with new blogs. It is no longer possible for any one person to keep up with all of the entrants. This is a great category for self nominations. Who is the best of the new crop of lefty bloggers?
Best Commenter
This category is for those who post comments on other people's blogs. In 2002, the award was won by Digby who now graces us with his insight at Hullabaloo. Last year, the award was won by John Emerson, a/k/a Zizka, who now writes at Seeing The Forest. Who was the best commenter of 2004?
Those are the twelve categories. If you think we should add another or restore one that has been eliminated, don't be shy, just leave a comment and we will consider it.
Hosting the Koufax Awards is a lot of work. Providing a link when making a nomination, particularly if you are nominating a particular post or series of posts, helps a lot. Last year, the onslaught saturated our link. Due to the generosity of our readers (and donations are still welcome, as we fronted much of the cost) and Eric's expertise, we hope that will not happen this year.
We do all of the work of the awards by hand. That has advantages and disadvantages. One of the disadvantages is that I tend to make mistakes. When I make one this year, please let me know I will do my best to correct it.
Please remember that this is an effort to build a sense of community. Let's all try to have fun. Okay, send us some nominations.
Update: The comments section is getting a bit unwieldy, so we've opened a new nominating open thread here.
Posted by Dwight Meredith at December 13, 2004 01:06 PM | TrackBackBest Blog:
Under the Same Sun
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition:
Charlotte Street
Sorry, URLs...
http://www.underthesamesun.org
http://www.charlotte-street.blogspot.com
Best Blog
Fafblog!
Best Writing
Fafblog!
Best Group Blog
Crooked Timber
Most Humorous Blog
Fafblog!
I am not permitted to nominate but it would be a shame if Steve Soto of the Leftcoaster' s series on the Gallup poll was not nominated for best Series (http://www.theleftcoaster.com/). Similarly Eriposte's http://vote2004.eriposte.com/ work on 2004 election irregularities should be noted.
Best series: I nominate my series on extraordinary rendition & the Maher Arar case from Obsidian Wings.
Most humorous blog: Fafblog
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition: Legal Fiction
Best Commenter: praktile.
Posted by: Katherine at December 13, 2004 02:42 PMThanks Katerine, the html did not take but I will have no trouble finding Rivka, a regular read for me.
Posted by: dwight meredith at December 13, 2004 02:44 PMOops--I didn't realize you couldn't do links here.
The URL for my series on Arar is:
http://obsidianwings.blogs.com/obsidian_wings/maher_arar/index.html
The URL for Legal Fiction is:
http://lawandpolitics.blogspot.com
The person I nominated for best writing is Rivka of Respectful of Otters--the URL is:
http://respectfulofotters.blogspot.com
Best writing: Crooked Timber, Fafblog.
Best post: Meteor Blades, "Don't Mourn, Organize" at Daily Kos on November 3.
Group: Crooked Timber.
Humorous: Fafblog.
Humorous post: Fafblog offers too many to choose from.
New: James Wolcott.
Best blog: somebody's got to nominate Josh Marshall, I suppose.
Best writing: why not Digby this year?
http://digbysblog.blogspot.com
Best expert blog OR best single issue blog (Arab politics): Abu Aardvark
http://abuaardvark.typepad.com
Funniest is definitely Fafblog.
Best commentor - yes, Praktike should be nominated
Posted by: randomness at December 13, 2004 03:14 PMMost Humorous Post: Fafblog "arab vs pepsi"
http://fafblog.blogspot.com/2004_08_08_fafblog_archive.html#109258505495720783
Posted by: Mary at December 13, 2004 03:20 PMBest Group Blog: Cliopatria,
http://hnn.us/blogs/2.html
Best Writing: Timothy Burke,
http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/tburke1/
Best New Blog: Early Modern Notes,
http://www.earlymodernweb.org.uk/emn/
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition: Mode for Caleb,
http://modeforcaleb.blogspot.com/
best International/European/British blog
http://www.perfect.co.uk
Posted by: Robin Grant at December 13, 2004 03:23 PMBest Writing: Digby never fails to astonish. http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/
Best New: Wolcott: http://jameswolcott.com/
Funniest: Fafblog: http://fafblog.blogspot.com/
Expert: Juan Cole: http://www.juancole.com/
New category: Most Missed: Billmon: http://www.billmon.org/
Posted by: John I at December 13, 2004 03:32 PMBest Blog:
Atrios
Best Writing:
Wealth Bondage
Best Single Issue:
Deltoid/Tim Lambert
Best Group Blog:
Crooked Timber
Most Humorous Blog:
Fafblog (resistance is futile)
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition:
Pseudopodium
Best Expert Blog:
Balkinization
Best Commenter:
Bob McManus (el supremo)
Posted by: Larry at December 13, 2004 03:45 PMhumorous post(s)--I was partial to Michael Berube's RNC series, ostensibly live from Madison Square Garden:
http://www.michaelberube.com/index.php/weblog/2004/09/
Posted by: emily at December 13, 2004 04:05 PMI turned on the allow "html in comments", so URLs should take now.
Posted by: MB at December 13, 2004 04:06 PMBest Blog: Making Light and Body and Soul
Best Writing: Body and Soul
Best Post: Velveteen Rabbi, Moving Beyond the Big Three
Best Series: Ukraine coverage on Fistful of Euros (far too many posts to link individually)
Best Single Issue Blog: Ampersand and Velveteen Rabbi
Best Group Blog: Fistful of Euros and Jewschool
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition: Dutchblog Israel, Velveteen Rabbi and Jewschool
Best Expert Blog: Syria Comment, The Arabist Network and Abu Aardvark
Best New Blog: Dove's Eye View and Left2Right
Best Commenter(s): Conrad Barwa and Danny Pinkus
Deserving wider recognition:
http://suburbanguerilla.blogspot.com
Best Writing: Will Bunch on Campaign Extra
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition: Suburban Guerrilla (although maybe she's more widely recognized than I know).
Best Group Blog: Crooked Timber
Best Humorous Blog: Fafblog
Best New Blog: Left2Right
Best Commenter: Keith DeRose on Brian Leiter's blog
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition: For the Record
http://wilsonhellie.typepad.com/
Please bring back "Best Series" so someone can nominate my "Silly Site o' the Day" series, the only way I could possibly make the nominations for this past year. :)
I'd also like to nominate Fafblog as Most Humorous.
For Best Posts, I've saved 'em up for the year in my Bloglines clipping file for easier access:
- David Neiwert's Rise of Pseudo-Fascism series has been riveting. I also liked his Media Revolt: A Manifesto.
- Jeanne d'Arc's Politics and Poetry
- Digby's A Respectful Dissent, Two Faces. One Public, One Private. One Phony, One Real., and Torturing the Wurlitzer
- Bob Harris' Our Savage Numbness on Tom Tomorrow's blog
- Lesley's Censorship vs. Freedom of Association
Other categories as I think of them.
Posted by: Elayne Riggs at December 13, 2004 04:46 PMBest Blog: Political Animal
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition: The Carpetbagger Report
Posted by: Eugene Oregon at December 13, 2004 04:50 PMI'd like a shot at Best Series, for my saturation coverage of connections between right wing extremists and the challenger in my local house race. I take all the credit for the fact that the incumbent Democrat won handily.
It started here: http://jgrr.blogspot.com/2004/10/more-dirty-politics.html
Built a head of steam here http://jgrr.blogspot.com/2004/10/more-on-kobach.html
and continued http://jgrr.blogspot.com/2004/10/apologies-for-long-post-before.html
http://jgrr.blogspot.com/2004/10/more-on-anti-immigrant-racism.html
http://jgrr.blogspot.com/2004/10/dennis-moore-loves-america.html
http://jgrr.blogspot.com/2004/10/more-on-anti-immigrant-racism.html
http://jgrr.blogspot.com/2004/10/simpsons-on-politics.html
http://jgrr.blogspot.com/2004/10/what-does-this-even-mean.html
http://jgrr.blogspot.com/2004/10/beating-extremism.html
http://jgrr.blogspot.com/2004/10/pratts-influence-on-politicians-im.html
http://jgrr.blogspot.com/2004/10/john-tanton.html
http://jgrr.blogspot.com/2004/10/pratt-and-theocracy.html
http://jgrr.blogspot.com/2004/10/radio-star.html
Eventually, my research took me to a second race http://jgrr.blogspot.com/2004/10/take-fight-nationwide.html
Ending with a letter to the editor of the Kansas City Star from the congressman http://jgrr.blogspot.com/2004/11/moore-follows-up.html
I would summarize the broad value of this series by pointing out that the background for my race in Kansas was easy to apply to a race in New Jersey. The people backing a lot of the most extreme republicans are the same, so digging into one campaign is a microcosm of the battle we all fought last November, and will fight again in two years. Plus, my series was interesting enough that I got invited onto a local radio show.
Posted by: Joshua Rosenau at December 13, 2004 04:52 PMOh yeah, and Happy Furry Puppy Story Time With Norbizness" for Most Humorous Blog
Pharyngula for best expert blog: http://pharyngula.org
Panda's Thumb for best group blog: http://pandasthumb.org
Best Blog
Crooked Timber
Best Writing
John Holbo (John & Belle Have a Blog http://examinedlife.typepad.com/johnbelle/, Crooked Timber)
Best Single Issue Blog
Constitution in 2020
Best Group Blog
Crooked Timber
Most Humorous Blog
Fafblog
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition
Russell Arben Fox (http://inmedias.blogspot.com)
Best Expert Blog
Vice Squad/ Jim Leitzel, http://vicesquad.blogspot.com/
Best New Blog
Political Arguments (http://politicalarguments.blogspot.com/)
The poor man is teh greatest.
Posted by: praktike at December 13, 2004 05:28 PMFor Best New Blog, Best Single Issue Blog, and Most Deserving of Wider Recognition: The Iraq War Was Wrong Blog. http://iraqwarwrong.blogspot.com
Posted by: Jack V. at December 13, 2004 05:29 PMEschaton, best blog. Period.
Posted by: Vicki Stein at December 13, 2004 05:30 PMBest blog -- Daily Kos.
It's really no contest this year. The only real question is whether Daily Kos still qualifies as a blog, considering that it's community features are turning it into a blog/message-board hybrid.
Posted by: pontificator at December 13, 2004 05:31 PMMost Deserving of Wider Recognition: Suburban Guerrilla
Best Blog: (in addition to the usual suspects): Suburban Guerrilla, Slacktivist
Best Series: 1) Slacktivist's 'Left Behind' commentary 2) World O'Crap: Sunday Cinema 3) World O'Crap: Whazzup With Wingnuts? (Carnival of the Wingnuts or whatever the Townhall/wingnut digest called)
Best Group(?) Blog: fafblog! Pacific Views
Most Humorous: fafblog! Jesus' General
Best Writing: The Rude Pundit, slacktivist, fafblog! Suburban Guerrilla
Posted by: alphabitch at December 13, 2004 05:32 PMhttp://www.rogerailes.blogspot.com/
best writing and humor any number of entries.
Posted by: Katherine Graham Cracker at December 13, 2004 05:37 PMBest blog - Atrios. Indispensable and couldn't live without it.
Best writing - Fafblog
Most Humorous - Fafblog
Most Deserving of wider recognition - attaturk
i second eschaton for best blog
Posted by: John at December 13, 2004 05:38 PMBest Group Blog: AMERICAblog
Humor Blog: Jesus' General
Best Blog: Eschaton
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition: Norwegianity @ http://norwegianity.com/
Posted by: Carson at December 13, 2004 05:38 PMI'd like to thank Jon for nominating Fistful's Ukraine series - here's the link for most of them.
My nominations are:
For group blog: Crooked Timber.
Humorous blog: Fafblog! and The Poor Man.
Best post: The Poor Man's Every Damned Weblog Post Ever
Most deserving of wider recognition: The Head Heeb.
Best new blog: Brilliant at Breakfast.
Best commenter: I'm not sure if we're allowed to nominate people who also blog in this category, but I'd like to nominate dsquared (aka Daniel Davies of Crooked Timber) for making many comment threads much more interesting, especially some of his recent interventions on Iraq and the Lancet study.
Nominations
Best Blog:
Josh Marshall
Tom Englehardt
Most Humorous Blog:
Michael Berube
Tom Burka
Best Single Issue blog:
Rahul Mahajan
Best Expert Blog:
J Brad deLong
Mark Blumenthal
Panda's Thumb
Best Group:
Crooked Timber
MoJo
Perhaps this isn't the kind of series you have in mind, but my favorite funny blog, Jesus' General, deserves a nomination for his frequent e-mails to various right-wing newsmakers. A couple have even responded, such as the GOP senate campaign leader who at least appeared to take the General's offer to run against Obama seriously. Sometimes, these e-mails are just over the top; but at their best, they have that wonderful quality of satire where it's not always easy to distinguish the General's faux nuttiness from the real, earnest nuttiness of a true wingnut. And although this category will probably be filled with "serious" blogs rather than funny ones, the General's e-mails also serve another function of satire, and quite a serious one, in alerting us to and getting us angry about the latest right-wing outrage--which is what many serious lefty blogs are all about.
Posted by: Arnold P. California at December 13, 2004 05:45 PMBest Single Issue Blog
Best Group Blog
Daily Kos
Best Writing
Hullabaloo
Political Animal
Most Humorous Post
The Five Stages of Bushism
Bush's Debate Notes
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition
The Talent Show (I'd also nominate this one for best design)
Posted by: Undertow at December 13, 2004 05:45 PMAtrios for best blog
Posted by: Lorrie Carter at December 13, 2004 05:46 PMHey Elayne:
Funny you should mention Silly Site of the Day in regard to Best Series as it was nominated in the First Koufax email I received.
Posted by: dwight meredith at December 13, 2004 05:48 PMBest Blog: Joshua Marshall's Talking Points Memo
Best Writing: David Corn (davidcorn.com
Best Group Blog: Pandagon
Most Humours Blog: Jesus' General
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition: feministe
Best Expert Blog: John Robb's Global Guerrillas
Best New Blog: Netaloid
Posted by: hank at December 13, 2004 05:50 PMAcross the board, I nominate The Rude Pundit.
Best, New, Best Writing, Funniest, Single Issue (Rudeness), Single Posting: "What Kerry Should Say."
Posted by: 537 votes at December 13, 2004 05:50 PMBest Blog: James Wolcott
Best Post: The God of War, Death & Madness by Ken Layne, by far the year's best blog post. (http://www.kenlayne.com/2004/08/god-of-war-death-madness.html)
Most Humorous: Fafblog
Best Writing: James Wolcott
Best New Blog: James Wolcott
Best Blog: World O' Crap
Best Writing: TBogg
Best Group: FafBlog
Humorous: Norbizness
Hunting of Clinton, Collateral Damage
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/10/26/143624/61
What Moore did not tell us...http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/10/12/202334/41
Posted by: Mr.Murder at December 13, 2004 05:58 PMBest Blog-The Mighty Eschaton...still
Bets Blog Writing- Athaenae of First Draft & Digby of Hullabaloo
Best Single Issue-Federal Sentencing Prof. Doug Berman's Blakely Blog
Most Humerous Blog-Jesus' General
Best Group Blog-First Draft
Best Blog Deserving Wider Recognition-First Draft
Best blog - Eschaton.
Best Group Blog - The Substitutes, Eschaton for: "The Great Spanish Vacation" and the time before that involving Box Turtles.
Best Blog: ATRIOS!
BEST NEW BLOG: LIBERAL STREET FIGHT!
BEST GROUP BLOG: FIRST DRAFT!
BEST SERIES: HOLDEN'S OBSESSION WITH THE GAGGLE!
BEST COMMENTATOR: MARISACAT!
Posted by: n69n at December 13, 2004 06:02 PMMost humorous blog overall: Alicublog
But I think the most humorous post was "Second Night" by Michael Berube:
http://www.michaelberube.com/index.php/weblog/second_night/
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition
Classy Warfare
http://www.classywarfare.blogspot.com
Posted by: DS at December 13, 2004 06:04 PMBest Blog: Eschaton
Best Post: FuckTheSouth
Best Post: AmendForArnold (Mine)
Best Post: Teresa Heinz-Kerry was describing herself as an "African American" (Mine)
Best Series: Christ Weary, The Rude Pundit
Best Series: Clint Curtis: Whistleblower Affidavit, Brad Blog/BradBlogTOO
Best Group Blog: Crooker Timber
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition: ME!! - verns blog
Best New Blog: verns blog (me)
Posted by: vern at December 13, 2004 06:06 PMHumorous Blog: Happy Furry Puppy Story Time with Norbizness.
Or at least spell his name right this year, dammit!
Wider Recog: Dohiyi Mir by NTodd. Good photos. Nice doggie!
Posted by: Quaker in a Basement at December 13, 2004 06:08 PMBest Blog: Atrios, now and forever.
Best Post: Ken Layne's The God of War And Death, cited above. Anything that rings in your head months afterwards ... Yeah.
Best Writing: The Poor Man, who's got the kind of sledgehammer to the head tone that fascinated me in the blogosphere in the first place. It's not poetry, in fact often it's kittenpr0n, but when that boy is on he blows whole houses right off the ground.
Best Series: My compadre Holden's neverending obsession with the gaggle.
A.
Posted by: Athenae at December 13, 2004 06:08 PMAtrios is clever
Buzzflash is dependable
Blah 3 has the common touch
AllhatnoCattle is gently funny
Mykeru is butcher-knife incisive
Jesus General is wicked parody
but Bartcop.com is the most American (good and bad)
Chris Mooney for best expert blog & best single issue blog.
http://www.chriscmooney.com/
Steve Clemons for best new blog. http://www.thewashingtonnote.com
Posted by: Dave M at December 13, 2004 06:10 PMBest Blog: Pandagon
Best Writing: Orcinus; Making Light
Best Group Blog: Panda's Thumb (not particularly political, but when science is corrupted by the right, you know what side we'll come down on); John & Belle have a blog
Best Single Issue Blog: Chris C Mooney (science and politics)
Most Humorous Blog: Fafblog
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition: Majikthise; Feministe
Best Expert Blog: Panda's Thumb; Brad DeLong; Nathan Newman
Best New Blog: Michael Bérubé; James Wolcott
Best Blog: Political Animal (Kevin Drum)
Best Writing: Amy Sullivan (The Gadflyer/guest posts on Political Animal)
Best Group Blog: Crooked Timber
Most Humorous Blog: The Poor Man, Fafblog, Sadly, No!
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition: 11D
Best Expert Blog: Chris Mooney
Best New Blog: 11D
Posted by: sarah at December 13, 2004 06:16 PMMost Humorous Blog: World o' Crap
Best Writing: Steve Gilliard (although he desperately needs a spell-checker)
Best Commenter: Anntichrist S. Coulter
Best Expert Blog: Brad DeLong
Best Series: Slacktivist on "Left Behind"
No Drysdale this year?
Best blog: Making Light
Best humour blog: Fafblog
Most deserving of wider recognition: toss-up between Russell Arben Fox and Three-Toed Sloth.
Funniest post: Fafblog - Choose your own adventure http://fafblog.blogspot.com/2004_11_28_fafblog_archive.html#110180614723995422
Best blog: John Marshall
Best writing James Walcott
Best post: Maud Newton 3 Nov. '04
fafblog for humorous and for best blog. dog bless fafnir and giblets--they're what's keeping me sane right now.
Posted by: tully monster at December 13, 2004 06:18 PMIf you don't like what you do, what are you doing it for?
So I nominate my blog, Really Not Worth Archiving for deserving wider recognition. (Sometimes linked as "Frank Lynch" or "Samuel Johnson.")
And I nominate my post playing down the intensity of the Abu Ghraib coverage, sooo complained about by those who thought we should be paying more attention to Nick Berg's beheading.
Best overall: TPM
Best writing: Digby
Posted by: Frank at December 13, 2004 06:21 PMCatblogging!
We need a award for catblogging (which should be defined as animal pictures posted on a recurring basis, so as to include Tbogg's basset blogging and Pharyngula's cephlapod blogging).
Posted by: John J. McKay at December 13, 2004 06:24 PMGood thing there's no award for best html. I gave you a link to an entry using the url on my hard drive. Ugh. Let's try that nomination for best entry again.
"And I nominate my post playing down the intensity of the Abu Ghraib coverage, sooo complained about by those who thought we should be paying more attention to Nick Berg's beheading."
Sorry about that...
Posted by: Frank at December 13, 2004 06:25 PMBest Blog: Hullabaloo
Best Writing: Digby
Best Single Issue Blog: Juan Cole
Best Group Blog: American Street
Most Humorous Blog: TBogg
Most Humorous Post: Catch.com's "In Defense of Internment" photoshop contest
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition: Alicublog
Best Expert Blog: Jesus' General
Posted by: Michael at December 13, 2004 06:26 PMBest Blog
Atrios
Best Writing
Hullabullo, James Wolcott
Most Humorous Blog
TBogg, Roger Ailles
Most deserving of Wider Recognition
Roger Ailles
Best New Blog
James Wolcott
Best Blog: http://atrios.blogspot.com
Best New Blog: http://jameswolcott.com
Best Series: Left Behind at http://slacktivist.blogspot.com
Rise of Psuedo Fascism at http://dneiwart.blogspot.com
The GAllup pool series at Left Coaster (cannot find the url)
Most Humorous: Fafblog and Tbogg
Best Writing Digby and Body and Soul
Deserving of Wider Recognition: Legal Fiction
Best Single Topic: Talk Left and Constitution 2020
Best Group: Panda's Thumb (not sure if this really qualifies, since it isn't strictly lefty)and Corrente
Best Expert: Juan Cole
Posted by: kevin at December 13, 2004 06:30 PMBest COmmentator: Mr. Moderate and Garnett
Posted by: kevin at December 13, 2004 06:32 PMNew Blog: The Kentucky Democrat
http://kydem.blogspot.com
I think you should open up a new catagory for videos and flash animations. They require a lot of work, and they deserve recognition. My nomination would be my own, "get out of Iraq," but I would expect LOTS of votes for various projects put together by takebackthemedia.com
Posted by: brew at December 13, 2004 06:34 PMBest Blog: Eschaton, of course!
Best Writing: Orcinus
Best Series: Holden's Obsession
Best Single Issue Blog: Near Near Future
Best Group Blog: First Draft
Most Humorous Blog: Jesus' General
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition: Adventus
Best Expert Blog: Informed Comment
Best New Blog: Adventus
Best Commenter: Backslider at Eschaton
Posted by: Philalethes at December 13, 2004 06:34 PMNew Category: (Best) Mega-Blog
Posted by: ROGNM at December 13, 2004 06:35 PMhttp://fafblog.blogspot.com/
most humorous
http://www.juancole.com/
still best expert
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/
is best something, heck lets say best blog.
Best Blog:
Eschaton
Best humor Blog: Fafblog
Best groupsblog: Obsidian Wings (http://obsidianwings.blogs.com/)
Best series: http://obsidianwings.blogs.com/obsidian_wings/maher_arar/index.html
Best writing: Body and Soul (Jeanne)
Best expert: Juan Cole
Best Overall: Daily Kos
Best Writing: Crooked Timber
Most Humorous: Fafblog
Best Group Blog: Scrutiny Hooligans
Best New Blog: Scrutiny Hooligans
Best blog: DKos
Best writing: Meteor Blades
Best single issue: Douglas Farah on terrorism and (diamond and arms) trade
Best humor: Jesus' General
Deserving of wider recognition: Flogging the Simian
Best new blog: Liberal Street Fight
Best commentor: Marisacat, now at LSF
Best Blog: Talking Points Memo
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition: The Political Forecast
http://politicalforecast.blogspot.com
The Political Forecast is my own blog, one that I've worked tirelessly on since August, while trying to balance blogging with being a first year student at Drake University. It has a liberal, Iowa flavor.
Posted by: Chris Woods at December 13, 2004 06:42 PMHey, I made some mistakes in mine...let me infuriate you by trying it again!
Best Blog: Eschaton, of course!
Best Writing: Echidne, Orcinus
Best Series: Holden's Obsession
Best Single Issue Blog: Near Near Future
Best Group Blog: First Draft
Most Humorous Blog: Jesus' General
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition: Adventus
Best Expert Blog: Informed Comment
Best New Blog: Metacomments, Adventus
Best Commenter: Backslider at Eschaton
best new blog: The Kohlman Observer www.kohlmanobserver.com
Posted by: me at December 13, 2004 06:44 PMFunniest? No question about it. The Poor Man's Kaye is Lord entry of Nov 12.
Posted by: Thelonius at December 13, 2004 06:44 PMForgot one.
Best expert blog: Phil Carter's Intel Dump
Posted by: emptywheel at December 13, 2004 06:44 PMBest Blog: Kevin Drum (Political Animal)
Best Writing: Mark Schmitt (The Decembrist)
Best Group Blog: Liberals Against Terrorism
Best Expert Blog: I don't know if he counts as lefty or not, but Phil Carter's Intel Dump.
Best Single-Issue: War and Piece
Most Humorous Blog: Fafblog!
Posted by: mc_masterchef at December 13, 2004 06:45 PMMost Deserving of Wider Recognition: The Political Forecast
http://politicalforecast.blogspot.com
Best Blog - DailyKos
Best Writing - James Wolcott
Best Series - General Election Cattle Call (Chris Bowers at Swing State Project); Electoral College Survey (Ed Fitzergerald at Unfutz)
Best Single Issue Blog - Why, the Swing State Project, of course! :)
Best Group Blog - MyDD
Most Humorous Blog - Roger Ailes (the good one); RudePundit
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition - No nominations, but I encourage everyone to check out this thread on DKos for suggestions.
Best Expert Blog - Jack Balkin (Balkinization); Ruy Teixeira (Emerging Democratic Majority)
Best New Blog - James Wolcott
Best Commenter - Plutonium Page, mcjoan and Maryscott OConnor (all at DKos)
Posted by: DavidNYC at December 13, 2004 06:46 PMDaily Kos for best political blog with the best design and format.
Posted by: Agathena at December 13, 2004 06:46 PMDaily Kos is the way to go for best.
Jesus' General for Humor.
Flogging the Simian for Deserving of Recognition (who else covers the rest of the world as well as Soj?)
Liberal Street Fighter is definitely the new kid on the blog...er...block. Theoria, we heart you!
Prof. Cole is my fav expert.
Eschaton has won too many times already. Daily Kos is a far superior experience thanks to Scoop.
Posted by: Rick in TX at December 13, 2004 06:49 PMBest Blog
Atrios
Best Writing
Digby
Best Single Issue Blog
Brad Blog
and Talk Left
Most Humorous Blog
Rude Pundit
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition
suburbanguerrilla
Best New Blog
Crooksandliars
Best Blog: DailyKos
Best Series (or is it Humor?): Cheers & Jeers by Bill In Portland Maine on DKos
Best Commentor: Meteor Blades or Maryscott Oconnor (DKos)
Best New Blog: Liberal Street Fight
Expert Blog: Juan Cole
Best Group Blog: First Draft
Posted by: Snow at December 13, 2004 06:59 PMBest New Blog: A la Gauche
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition: A la Gauche
Most Humorous Post: A la Gauche - Re-Birth Rate Climbs, IQ Plummets
Best Blog:
dKos
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition:
Pesky'Apostrophe
Most Humorous Blog:
Good Grief!
I wish there was a category for Best Original Thinking so I could nominate Orcinus for that spot.
Also, let me second Most Missed: Billmon.
Crooked Timber for Best Group Blog.
Digby for Best Writing.
Jesus' General for Most Humorous.
Chez Nadezhda for Most Deserving of Wider Attention.
Rude Pundit for Best Commenter.
Posted by: Meteor Blades at December 13, 2004 07:03 PMBest Blog: Higher Pie (http://www.higherpieproductions.com)
Most Humorous: One Donkey Army (http://onedonkeyarmy.blogspot.com)
Posted by: shannon at December 13, 2004 07:05 PMI want to call attention to "King of Zembla". Posting daily from sources far and wide, the King's introductory remarks are often hilarious and always pointed. A great digest of daily news, best reporting and commentary.
I guess it's my pick for "Best Blog"....
I'm not even going to try - there are just so many good ones and I can never make myself pick a "best" one.
But I know putting links in this thread will generate interest for some people, so I'd like everyone to go read Peevish and try to encourage her to get back to blogging. I really miss her, and she hasn't announced her retirement again, so maybe a rash of hits will get her back into it.
The Mahablog has been doing some great stuff lately.
I've recently discovered Everythingisruined and I've been finding it pretty good.
I think That Colored Fella's Blog is pretty good, too.
And finally, I want everyone to remember that I have a new address and to change your links and favorites if you haven't yet.
Posted by: Avedon at December 13, 2004 07:06 PMI nominate the brand spanking new daoureport.com, I'm already addicted to it.
Though it's not really a blog, just a collection of blog entries. And it's not from the left since it has stuff from both sides of blogtopia.
ummm, ok, nevermind.
Posted by: miguel at December 13, 2004 07:07 PMBest Expert Blog: Brad Setser's Blog. Brad's blog is the place to go for opinions and analysis of issues related to fiscal policy, trade deficits and exchange rates.
Posted by: Anup at December 13, 2004 07:09 PMBest Blog
MyDD
Best Writing
Mike Surrusco of Commonblog
Best Series: Eye on Iraq
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition:
Commonblog
Best New Blog: just getting on their feet, but lots of promise...
Posted by: sphragis at December 13, 2004 07:10 PMBest Blog:
Atrios - Eschaton
Best Writing:
Josh Marshall - Talking Points Memo
The Santa Clara County Democratic Party blog is growing in popularity, but deserves wider recognition. Our great blogger, Elisa, started this year, and has turned the blog into a destination for Democrats.
http://sccdp.org/blog.php
I'd like to nominate the site for
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition;
Best Single Issue Blog
Also
Best Series - series titled "Conversations with..."
http://sccdp.org/blogentry.php?linkID=http://sccdcc.mn.sabren.com/mt-static/archives/issues/cat_conversations_with.html
Best Blog
Atrios (more than just a blog -- it's a community of minds now branching out)
Best Writing
Hullabaloo/Digby, Talking Points Memo (they've both hit homeruns this year)
Most Humorous Blog
Jesus' General (the comments are just as good as the work)
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition
gonzography
Best Expert Blog
Informed Comment
Best New Blog
James Wolcott
Best Group Blog Write In...ANALOG LIFE...it's like real life, on the internet
Posted by: Grendel at December 13, 2004 07:15 PMMost Deserving of Wider Recognition
suburbanguerrilla
I'll 2nd that nomination
Best organized Blog Roll, also.
Posted by: agave at December 13, 2004 07:17 PMBest New Blog: ACSBlog
Best Series: Clarence Thomas' America
Posted by: jackson at December 13, 2004 07:18 PMAs always, so many tough choices to make...
Best Blog = Eschaton
Best Writing = The Decembrist (http://markschmitt.typepad.com/decembrist/)
Best Series = The Daily DeLay's DeLay Rule vote count (hosted offsite here)
Best Single Issue Blog = I'm going to give a shoutout to fellow Texan Scott Henson and his Grits for Breakfast blog, about the Texas justice system.
Best Group Blog = Daily Kos
Most Humorous Blog = A tie between A Perfectly Cromulent Blog and Norbizness
Most Humorous Post = A Serious Philosophical Discussion on Utilitarianism versus Deontology
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition = Colorado Luis, The Talent Show and ArchPundit
Best Expert Blog = TalkLeft and Donkey Rising
Best New Blog = The Stakeholder
Best Commenter = HWRNMNBSOL
Posted by: Charles Kuffner at December 13, 2004 07:18 PMbest writing: the farmer over at corrente.blogspot.com
it's not enough to call his writing "best humor" because it goes so much farther and deeper than that.
[runner-up: ms. lauren at
www.feministe.us/blog]
best humor: rude pundit
successfully ruined countless keyboards and pairs of pants.
rudepundit.blogspot.com
most deserving wider recognition:
dru blood
www.randomwalks.com/drublood
brilliant, searching, compassionate, humane, funny, moving, outrageous - also happens to be my digital landlady, but that's blogrolling for you
[runner-up: ms. lauren at
www.feministe.us/blog
...detecting a pattern here]
best post and/or series:
what she said!
http://the-goddess.org/whatshesaid/2004/09/kiss-my-blogroll.html
best group blog:
americanstreet
http://www.reachm.com/amstreet/
too damn lazy to come up with the other stuff, although prometheus6 probably did the best something or other...but i'd have to look it up. if someone more industrious/organized than me goes over to prometheus6.org they ought to find maybe half a dozen series in his "best of P6" column that'll knock you on your keister.
philalethes' nominations are predictably difficult to impugn. however, atrios doesn't need any more traffic - it's like giving more golden globe awards to jack nicholson, in other words, give it a rest. whatever, i'll lockstep with the pro-atrios contingent if only to avoid the flames...plus i spend altogether too much time there to try and play devil's advocate.
towers open fire...
Posted by: r@d@r at December 13, 2004 07:19 PMBest Blog: Atrios
Best Writing: Digby
Best post: Fuck the South
Best single issue: Juan Cole
Best Series: David Neiwert, Psuedo Fascism
Best Single Issue Blog: Hesiod - sorely missed for one reaon only
Best Group Blog: Pandagon
Most Humorous Blog: Tbogg/The Poor Man
Most Humorous Post: Adam Selber - Election Concession Speech
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition: Rude Pundit
Best Expert Blog: Juan Cole
Best New Blog: James Wolcott
Best Commenter: Holden
Posted by: Tall16 at December 13, 2004 07:19 PMBest New Blog- http://www.jameswolcott.com/
Posted by: pablo at December 13, 2004 07:20 PMThe Kentucky Democrat for Best New Blog...
http://kydem.blogspot.com/
Posted by: Native Atlantan at December 13, 2004 07:21 PMFunny how the time slips away... I was about to nominate Josh Marshall's series on the Texas redistrictring for best series, but that was like, so last year!
Posted by: Frank at December 13, 2004 07:21 PMBest Blog: Talking Points Memo
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com
Best Single Issue Blog: The Daily Howler
http://www.dailyhowler.com
Best Writing either Digby/Hullabaloo or Orcinus
http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/
http://dneiwert.blogspot.com/
Most Humorous Blog: gotta go with Fafblog, although Jesus' General is also funnier than hell
http://fafblog.blogspot.com/
http://www.patriotboy.blogspot.com/
Best New Blog: Legal Fiction
http://lawandpolitics.blogspot.com
Most Deserving of Greater Recognition: Legal Fiction
http://lawandpolitics.blogspot.com
You should also add a categoy, "Best Blog Surveyors" or something like that, for which I nominate The Daou Report
http://www.daoureport.com/
Call me lazy or unimaginative, but Informed Comment is still the expert blog I read the most.
Posted by: Carl Nyberg at December 13, 2004 07:22 PMBest New Blog: James Wolcott
Most Humourous Blog: Rising Hegemon
Best Blog: The Carpetbagger Report
Best Writer: Digby at Hullabaloo
best new blog: ACSBlog
best series: ACSBlog's on Clarence "If only I were just Scalia's second vote" Thomas
Best Blog
Daily Kos www.dailykos.com
You say echo factory, I say new media incubator, discovering on a daily basis what the blog world could be. Flawed, brilliant, overwelming...it's like a dozen donkeys herding a hundred thousand butterflies, all the while arguing over the color the kitchen cabinets should be.
Best Writing
James Wolcott www.jameswolcott.com. This man drips venom from his pen in shades Dorothy Parker would have envied. If there is ego skewering to be done, trust Mr. Wolcott to do it eloquently and well.
Best Series
I got the news today at DKos. A sobering reminder, every day, of the losses the war brings us.
Most Humorous Blog
s.z of World O'Crap. http://blogs.salon.com/0002874/
Daily, non-stop humor so biting you wonder that one person could produce it so reliably and in such incredible volume. She would probably say that the wingnuts out there make it easy, and craft another clever 1000 word example in the time it takes me to proof read this post. We should all be so good.
Best Expert Blog
Juan Cole, Informed Content. Impassioned, articulate, human, Cole is the best of kind of expert, one with a sense of perspective and a passion for enlightening those who want to know more. http://www.juancole.com/
Deserves more recognition:
http://www.livejournal.com/users/ozarque
While Lackoff gets all the press, a small community of linguists and wordofiles is quietly building a metaphor factory and disecting language on a daily basis guided by the glorious sf writer/linguist/poet/artist/crank Suzette Hadin Elgin. If you ever wanted to go a bit slower and actually chew on the gristle of what makes us human, Suzette makes an incredible and quite out of the ordinary guide.
Best New Blog
Mystery pollster. He's not a mystery, really. http://www.mysterypollster.com/ He's just roared onto the scene with a very adult and non-tinfoil hat take on the arcane science of polling. Never condescending, always generous with his time and the care he takes to explain, we could all use college professors as accessible as Mark Blumenthal.
Best Blog: AmericaBLOG
Funniest: Drudge. OK, OK. Farfblog, no question.
Most Deserving/Best New: Politick
Lifetime Achievement : Kos/Atrious
Best group blog- Kos diaries!
Looking at the comments above, I second these:
Best Post: Fuck the South
http://www.fuckthesouth.com/
Most Missed: Billmon A giant.
http://www.billmon.org
Best Blog: Talking Points Memo
Posted by: Gabriel at December 13, 2004 07:33 PMMy choices would be
Best Blog: dKos
Best Group Blog: MyDD
Above, I nominated Legal Fiction for Best New Blog. But since I also nominated him for Most Deserving of Wider Recognition, and I see AMERICAblog is eligible for "Best New Blog," I withdraw my prior nomination for that position and nominate AMERICAblog instead.
http://americablog.blogspot.com/
Best Blog - Eschaton
Best Writing - Publius at Legal Fiction
Best Post - Freedom Fighters about Academic Freedom in the larger context of the conservative movement's attempts to dominate all aspects of society and culture in America.
Best Single Issue Blog - Chris Mooney
Best Group Blog - Crooked Timber
Most Humorous Blog - Fafblog
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition - The Road To Surfdom
Best Expert Blog - Juan Cole
Best New Blog - Total Information Awareness
Best Commenter - praktike
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition: Rising Hegemon
Posted by: swahnhennessy at December 13, 2004 07:39 PMBest Blog - Atrios
Funniest Blog - Tie, FR & LGF, they are comedy, right?
Best Blog: Daily Kos
Best Writing: Legal Fiction
Best Post: The God of War, Death & Madness by Ken Layne
Best Series:
Katherine R's series on Maher Arar
Best Single Issue Blog: Panda's Thumb
Best Group Blog: Crooked Timber
Best Humorous Blog: Fafblog (nuf said)
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition: Jacquandor at
Byzantium Shores
Best Expert Blog: Panda's Thumb or Brad deLong
Most Humorous Post: really, any Fafblog post but specifically, (if we must),
Gay Marriage Amendment: THE FALLOUT (with Dr James Dobson)
Best New blog: Julie Saltman, Majikthise, James Wolcott
Best writing: The Head Heeb
Posted by: Phil Hunt at December 13, 2004 07:43 PMBest Expert Blog: Brad DeLong
http://www.j-bradford-delong.net/movable_type/
best blog: Daily Kos
best series: Steve Gilliard's epic on the History of Colonialism
best group blog: liberalstreetfighter
best humor: Bill in Portland's Cheers and Jeers
best expert: Juan Cole
Posted by: roxtar at December 13, 2004 07:47 PMNominations:
Best Blog: Daily Kos
Most Humurous Blog: Jesus' General
Best Commentor: Meteor Blades
Best Blog: Atrios
Best Writing: The Agitator
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition: Comments From Left Field
Best New Blog - Total Information Awareness
Posted by: David Kinnecome at December 13, 2004 07:52 PMBest Blog : Dailykos
Best Expert : Jaun Cole
Best series : Liberal Oasis Sunday roundup
Best Comedy : well little green footballs makes me howl, though i suspect that isnt intentional, so Jesus General
Best Group Blog : MyDD
Best Writing : Joshua Marshal
Special mentions, Just a bump in the beltway, Brad De-long, DoneyRising
Best Blog: Atrios
Best Group Blog: Dailykos
Most Humorous Post: This post by Shokai, at "Water Dissolves Water," because of that screen-shot.
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition : I would self-nominate, shamelessly here: http://mumonno.blogspot.com, aka "Notes in Samsara.
There ain't many political Buddhist blogs on the net...think of it as a left-wing Buddhist response to "Evangelical Outpost."
Best New Blog: I would self-nominate, shamelessly here: http://mumonno.blogspot.com, aka "Notes in Samsara.
There ain't many political Buddhist blogs on the net...think of it as a left-wing Buddhist response to "Evangelical Outpost."
Best expert blog: http://www.mysterypollster.com/
I don't care where you put him, or what category, but Chris Bowers is deserving of something.
Therefore, I herby decree...
Best Series: Chris Bowers General Election Cattle Call.
Funniest Blog: Jesus General
Best Writing: Chris Bowers
Best Expert Blog: Juan Cole
Best Blog: DailyKos
Best New Blog: Personal Democracy Forum
Best Post: AbuAardvark (I think) titled, "the choice is simple." (I think, again) It was the one where he had the picture from Abu Gharib with the electrodues. No idea what the link is.
Tim
Ooops- most humorous blog:
Rude Pundit http://rudepundit.blogspot.com/
Posted by: mumon at December 13, 2004 07:58 PMBest Series: "The Rise of Pseudo Fascism" by David Neiwert/Orcinus
http://dneiwert.blogspot.com/2004/11/holiday-break.html
Best Group Blog: Corrente
http://corrente.blogspot.com/
Most Humorous Blog: Happy Furry Puppy Story Time With Norbizness
http://norbizness.com/
Most Humorous Post: Psychedelic 'W' and the Goat Squadron
http://corrente.blogspot.com/2004_09_12_corrente_archive.html#109534286554153773
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition: Bark Bark Woof Woof
http://barkbarkwoofwoof.blogspot.com/
Best Blog - Daily Kos
Best Writing - Digby/Hullaballoo
Funniest - Fafblog
Best Group Blog - First Draft
Most Deserving of Wider recognition - Suburban Guerilla
Best Single Issue - TalkLeft
Best Expert - Juan Cole
Best New Blog - James Wolcott
More or less in order of how strongly I feel about them:
Best New Blog: BULLMOOSE http://www.bullmooseblog.com/ (although he did enter fairly late in the year)
Best Series: Orcinus' The Rise of Pseudo-Fascism http://dneiwert.blogspot.com/2004/11/holiday-break.html
Jesus' General: Republican Jesus: http://patriotboy.blogspot.com/2003/05/republican-jesus-links.html
Best Post: Juan Cole's "If America were Iraq, What would it be Like": http://www.juancole.com/2004/09/if-america-were-iraq-what-would-it-be.html
Best Blog: Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo, Billmon (He did write for most of the year. I see no reason why his retirement disqualifies him).
Best Expert: Brad DeLong, Juan Cole
Best Writing: Orcinus; Billmon (see above)
Best Blog ~ dKos, close 2nd Atrios
Best Writing ~ James Wolcott and Digby
Best Post ~ Hands down 'Fuck the South'
Best single issue ~ Juan Cole
Best singles issue ~ theoria meets Janeane Garofalo
Best multiple issue(s) ~ Steve Gilliard on sex, food, politics
Best Series ~ TBogg's 'America's Worst Mother™'
Most Humorous Blog ~ Thursday night basset blogger TBogg
Best Expert Blogs ~ Juan Cole and Brad Delong
Best New Blog ~ James Wolcott
Best Commenter ~ Threads and comments by DemfromCT
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition ~ Bartcop
Posted by: moeman at December 13, 2004 08:06 PMBest post:
Steve Gilliard's Slavery Sucks
http://stevegilliard.blogspot.com/2004/12/slavery-sucked.html
Best Blog: DailyKos, of course
Best Writing: Meteor Blades, by far.
Best Series: Cheers and Jeers--Bill in Portland, Maine, DailyKos
Most of favorites have already been nominated, but I have to put Fafblogs's Terrorist Voting Guide forward for funniest post.
Posted by: MattT at December 13, 2004 08:07 PMBest Blog:
Daily Kos
Best Writing:
Rivka, Respectful of Otters
Best Post
Ambivalence, Respectful of Otters
Most Humorous Blog
World O'Crap
Best New Blog
Gallimaufry
Perhaps a Best Interview category...
If so, I'd submit my interviews with:
Best Blog: Political Animal
Funniest: Sadly No!
Best Post: Juan Cole (If Iraq were the US)
Best Writing: Digby
Best New Blog: Steve Clemons
Best Expert: Texiera/Cole
BEST SERIES: Is That Legal? (a kinda centrist blog, but still...) and Orcinus for painstakingly taking apart Michelle Malkin's "In Defense of Internment" (yes, Malkin is a joke, but this was necessary)
MOST HUMOROUS POST: TBogg's "America's Worst Mother, 8/27" ("But Meghan doesn't have an answer as she wistfully ponders the long supple tongue of the oxen and remembers that very special summer in the Maine of her childhood when she became...a woman.")
BEST POST: Charles P. Pierce on Altercation (pls. reprint, Mr. Alterman) 7/15/04 -- Pierce spanks Tucker Carlson for "jacuzzi cases" meme
Posted by: Crumple at December 13, 2004 08:11 PMBest group blog: Seeing the Forest
at http://seetheforest.blogspot.com/
Best Blog: Hullabaloo
Best Writing: Digby, Hullabaloo
Best Series: Katherine Obsidian Wings for the Maher Arar series.
Best Group Blog: Crooked Timber
Most Humorous Blog: Big Picnic
Best Commenter: Mike D. for lifetime achievement.
Posted by: The Editors at December 13, 2004 08:15 PMBest Blog: Dailykos
Best Post: This is very wrong, but I am nominating one of my own: You Don’t Know Shit About Iraq.
Best Single Issue / Expert Blog: Mystery Pollster
Best Group Blog: BOP News
Most Humorous Post: Bush Appoints Horse to Cabinet Post. I wish I had a longer memory though, as I fear recent posts such as this one will always do better.
Best New Blog: Blue Lemur
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition: Basie!
Best Commenter: a gilas girl, who became a blogger two weeks ago, has always been my favorite. I hope she is still eligible.
Posted by: Chris Bowers at December 13, 2004 08:16 PMMore deserving of recognition:
http://agauche.blogspot.com (a Gauche)
Best writing:
http://younghegelian.blogspot.com
Best commenter:
Bob McManus
Best blog:
politicaltheory.info -- Political Theory Daily Review
I can't figure out for sure: is Horsefeathers a parody site? I mean, can anything be like this seriously?
Posted by: Frank at December 13, 2004 08:17 PMBest Blog - Atrios
Group Blog - First Draft
Best Series - Holden's Obsession
Funniest Blog - Jesus General
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition-Suburban Gorilla, AmericaBlog
Best Writing - Josh Marshall
Best Single Issue-Daily Howler
Best Expert-Juan Coke
Best New Blog-The Stakeholder
Best blog: Atrios
Best group: The Eschaton Family Including
First Draft
Please check out: Rising Hegemon by Attaturk
Makes me laugh every day.
Best commenter: Robert M. Jeffers @ Atrios
Many thanks to BARTCOP for introducing me to the Blog World
If you can't love yourself...
Best Blog: Talking Points Memo
Best New Blog: The Rabbit Trail
http://www.therabbittrail.com/
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition: Again, The Rabitt Trail
http://www.therabbittrail.com/
Best Series: "The Culled News/Top of the Morning News" (will rise again with a win)
http://www.therabbittrail.com/the_rabbit_trail/2004/10/the_clled_news_.html
Best Writer: Jeanne at Body and Soul
I can't explain it, but I feel an overwhelming urge to nominate the leftcoaster's blog (http://www.theleftcoaster.com/) for best series on the Gallup poll.
For single issue blog, I'd like to nominate Eriposte's "Vote Watch 2004" (http://vote2004.eriposte.com/).
Enormous thanks for the hours of manual labor that's going to go into this process. It is much appreciated and gets a lot of lesser-known blogs noticed for the first time.
Posted by: Observer at December 13, 2004 08:26 PMBest New Blog: James Wolcott at
http://jameswolcott.com/
Posted by: kathyp at December 13, 2004 08:27 PMBest Blog: Daily Kos http://www.dailykos.com/
Most Humorous: World o' Crap http://blogs.salon.com/0002874/
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition: AMERICAblog http://americablog.blogspot.com/
Posted by: Michelle at December 13, 2004 08:30 PMBest Blog, dKos
Best Series, JMM/TPM on the shays handful
best expert blog: Juan COle
Most Humorous: fafblog
Best writing: Digby
New Blog: Walcott
Single issue blog: TalkLeft
Group Blog: Pandagon
BEST BLOG: BOPNEWS
BEST EXPERT BLOG: JUAN COLE
BEST HUMOROUS: JAMES WOLCOTT
ETC
ETC
best blog: dailykos
best expert: informed comment
best series: baghdad burning
best new: james wolcott
Best Single Issue Blog - Nathan Newman (labor issues)
Best Blog - Steve Gilliard
Best Group Blog - First Draft
Most Humorous Blog - World O'Crap
Most Humorous Post - (Veiled Conceit)
http://nytimesweddings.blogspot.com/2004/11/and-now-for-something-completely.html
Might as well ask, could Kevin Sites fit the single issue category (warzone journalism)? I'd probably nominate him.
Posted by: wunderdog at December 13, 2004 08:36 PMThis is great! I get links to bunches of stuff I didn't see the first time!
Deserving more recognition: Tomdispatch.com, hardly mentioned here.
His apocalyptic view of the present and the future is probably closer, alas, to reality than just about anything written by anybody.
Posted by: sm at December 13, 2004 08:39 PMBest Blog: Digby (http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/)
Best New Blog: Bull Moose (http://www.bullmooseblog.com/)
Best Series: Orcinus on "The Rise of Pseudo Fascism"
(link to all parts here - http://dneiwert.blogspot.com/2004/11/holiday-break.html)
Best Comments: Bill in Portland, Maine (DailyKos)
and yes, it's self-serving, but here's my own Best Blog Post: http://www.rluxemburg.com/archives/000373.html
Posted by: fiat lux at December 13, 2004 08:39 PMMarkos doesn't want DailyKos nominated as a group blog. OK.
It should have it's own category. Best Scoop blog. Most widely read Dem/Left blog.
Don't ignore the little guys, but it's too weird to overlook the 800 pound gorilla--or should I say the $500K fundraising machine--in the blogosphere.
Posted by: Carl Nyberg at December 13, 2004 08:40 PMBest blog: dKos
writing: josh marshall
expert-single issue: juan cole
Group: MyDD
Best blog: Digby - http://www.digbysblog.blogspot.com
Best writing: Digby - http://www.digbysblog.blogspot.com
Best new blog: James Wolcott - http://jameswolcott.com/
Best blog: DKos, hands down
Special mention to Eschaton, DU, and Cannonfire
Best Group Blog: The Left Coaster
Best Post: "Don't Mourn, Organize" -Meteor Blades @ DKos, 11.3.04
Posted by: Asuka Nakamura at December 13, 2004 08:47 PMBest Blog
The Daily Kos --- http://www.dailykos.com
Best Writing
Hullaballoo --- http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/
Best Post
Oh God, how could anyone choose...
Best Series
Colonial Warfare 10 Part series
Steve Gilliard
http://stevegilliard.blogspot.com/
November 2004
Best Single Issue Blog
The Daily Howler
by Bob Somerby
http://www.dailyhowler.com/
Best Group Blog
Pandagon
http://www.pandagon.net/
Most Humorous Blog
The Poorman
http://www.thepoorman.net/
Most Humorous Post
Poker With Dick Cheney
by The Poorman ---
http://www.thepoorman.net/archives/002789.html#002789
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition
The Apostropher
http://www.apostropher.com/blog/
Best Expert Blog
Informed Comment
by Juan Cole
http://www.juancole.com/
Best New Blog
James Wolcott
http://jameswolcott.com/
Best Commenter
A tie...
Tocque DeVille
tocque_deville@hotmail.com
Mostly at The American Assembler: http://americanassembler.com
But, if you google "Tocque DeVille" you will find him absolutely everywhere...
Sterling Newberry
Just about anywhere on the left leaning blogs
Website: http://www.symphony-x.com
Email: stirling_newberry@yahoo.com
Best Blog: Eschaton or Daily Kos
(These are definitely first-reads)
Best Writing: Digby of Hullabaloo
(Scathing analyses, brilliant prose)
Most Humorous Blog: Jesus' General
(Satirical and merciless, and funny as hell)
Best Blog: Big Media Matt
Best Series: Ed Brayton's Idiot of the Month
Best Expert: P.Z. Meyers at pharyngula
Funniest: S.Z. at World O'Crap
Group: CrookedTimber
Deserving: Majikthise
New: Pandasthumb, although I don't know if they make the cut.
Writing: Jason Kuznicki at Positive Liberty
Post: Publius GOLDBERG'S HOMERUN - The True Cause of Moral Decline"
Funniest Post: The Poor Man Kaye is Lord
Shots out to John and Belle, Unfogged, and Jesus General
Posted by: niucons at December 13, 2004 08:50 PMBest Post: Rude pundit "What Kerry Should Say" http://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2004/10/what-kerry-should-say-part-2-rude.html
Best Series: "Top 10 Conservative Idiots" at Democratic Underground http://www.democraticunderground.com/top10/04/180.html
Posted by: Michelle at December 13, 2004 08:50 PMBest Blog -- Daily Kos
Best Writing -- James Wolcott
Best Post -- Atrios, on Lauren Rainey
Best Single Issue Blog -- MyDD
Best Group Blog -- Liberal Street Fighter
Most Humorous Post -- Bill in Portland Maine, daily "Cheers and Jeers"
Wider Recognition -- Just a Bump in the Beltway (www.node707.com)
Expert -- Max Sawicky (economics)
New Blog -- James Wolcott
Best single issue: Juan Cole - http://juancole.com/
Best series: T'Bogg, "America's Worst Mother" - http://www.tbogg.blogspot.com/
Posted by: janeboatler at December 13, 2004 08:51 PMGroup blog - Liberal Street Fight
Funniest post - Daily Kos, In 2008 I will vote for.. (Read the comments.)
Best Blog: Political Animal
Best Single-Issue: Daily Howler
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition: Daily Howler
Most deserving of wider recognition:
No More Mister Nice Blog
Consistently excellent
Posted by: Kilgore at December 13, 2004 08:56 PMHosting the Koufax Awards is a lot of work.
Actually, I believe the phrase is "It's hard work."
Posted by: George Johnston at December 13, 2004 08:58 PMFirst Draft has already been nominated, but I'd also like to nominate tena and pie (neither of whom are nominated yet) for best commenters.
Posted by: Observer at December 13, 2004 08:58 PMBest Blog: Kevin Drum (consider him the best blogger on the left now)
Most Humourous Post: Fafblog's interview with a 1970 IBM selectric typewriter. Sorry that i can't give you the URL, but believe it can be found fairly easily.
Best Single Issue Blog: Today in Iraq http://dailywarnews.blogspot.com/
Best Group blog: Crooked Timber hands down
Best Writing: Riverbend
Posted by: frankly a at December 13, 2004 08:58 PMBest Blog - Josh Marshall
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/
Best Writing - The Gadflyer's Fly Trap Blog
http://gadflyer.com/flytrap/
Best Group Blog - Demagogue
http://demagogue.blogspot.com/
Most Humorous Blog - TBogg
http://tbogg.blogspot.com/
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition - The Carpetbagger Report
http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/
Best New Blog - New Donkey
http://newdonkey.com/
Best Blog - Daily Kos
Best Post - "Just Go..." Riverbend (Baghdad Burning)
http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com/2004_05_01_riverbendblog_archive.html#108392335918002921
Best Series - 100 Days of Rwanda (by NYCO)
http://www.silent-edge.org/mt/rwanda/
Best Group Blog - Crooked Timber
Most Humorous Post - "Back to the Bee." Mr.Sun
http://mrsun.us/2004/06/back-to-bee.html
Best Expert Blog - War and Piece (Laura Rozen)
Best Commenter - Meteor Blades
Posted by: joejoejoe at December 13, 2004 08:58 PMBest Blog
Eschaton http://atrios.blogspot.com
Best Writing
Digby's Blog http://digbysblog.blogspot.com
Best Series
Holden's Obsession with the Gaggle
Best Group Blog
First Draft http://www.first-draft.com
Most Humorous Blog
Rising Hegemon http://rising-hegemon.blogspot.com
Most Humorous Post
Jesus Comes to Crawford http://rising-hegemon.blogspot.com/2004/08/busy-days-at-crawford.html
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition
Joshowitz' Blog http://joshowitz.blogspot.com (hey, it's my site)
Best Expert Blog
Informed Comment http://www.juancole.com
Best New Blog
Bouphonia http://bouphonia.blogspot.com/
Best Commenter
Lime Rickey
Also, I would like to nominate riverbend's blog (http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com) as most Accurate Description of Iraqi Life (or some other category that awards the bravery of Iraqi bloggers)
Posted by: joshowitz at December 13, 2004 08:59 PMBest blog: Pandagon
Best series: In One Eye (monocle.blogspot.com) for ongoing coverage of No Child Left Behind
Best humor: Jesus's General http://patriotboy.blogspot.com , although I'm sure he would not want to be nominated for these French awards.
Posted by: Darlucky at December 13, 2004 08:59 PMBest Blog:Daily KOS
Best writing:Atrios
best group blog: liberalstreetfighter
Best Single Issue Blog:Liberal oasis
Great job everyone.
Posted by: Thor Mathison at December 13, 2004 09:02 PMHmm. I need some time to think before I decide. In the meantime, though, I'd like to make the same suggestion I did last year: Eliminate any paid ringers from the competition (i.e Kevin Drum). Blogging for tips takes a certain insane dedication that deserves recognition. Writing for a paycheck, on the other hand, is... well, just another gig.
Posted by: Susie from Philly at December 13, 2004 09:03 PMBest Blog -- Orcinus, Eschaton, Talking Points Memo
Best Writing -- Hullaballo, Orcinus
Best Expert -- Informed Comment
Funniest -- World o'Crap
Best Group Blog -- Pandagon
Most Deserving -- Xoverboard, Nathan Newman
Best New Blog -- Bob Harris, Turning the Tide
Someone needs to nominate Daniel Radosh for something... The problem is, which category?
Best Blog: Washington Monthly
Best Writing: Legal Fiction
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition: Matthew Yglesias
Best New Blog: Legal Fiction
KOS - Best Blog
Best Expert Blog - Washington Monthly
MyDD - Most Deserving of Wider Recognition
Ann Sullivan - Best Commenter
Posted by: DudaDay at December 13, 2004 09:08 PMBest Blog: Eschaton by Atrios
Best Writing: Josh Marshal - Talking Points Memo
Best Series: Holden's obsession
Best Single Issue Blog: Today in Iraq
at http://dailywarnews.blogspot.com/
Best Group Blog: AMERICAblog
Most Humorous Blog: Jesus General
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition: Bartcop
Best Expert Blog: Iraq Coalition Casualty Count
(icasualties.org)
Best New Blog: James Wolcott
Best Commenter: Lime Rickey (Eschaton)
Posted by: Perdita Durango at December 13, 2004 09:10 PMPlease use the new nominating comment thread here. I'll be closing comments on this thread soon.
Posted by: MB at December 13, 2004 09:12 PMbest new blog: Julie Saltman (saltman.blogspot.com). she's sharp and witty.
Posted by: John at December 13, 2004 09:15 PMMost Deserving of Wider Recognition -
Pen-Elayne on the Web
http://elayneriggs.blogspot.com/
Most deserving of wider recognition: Steve Gilliard - http://stevegilliard.blogspot.com
Best group blog: Pandagon - http://www.pandagon.net
Posted by: janeboatler at December 13, 2004 09:17 PMBest Single Issue Blog: Panda's Thumb
Best Expert Blog: Pharyngula
Posted by: jackd at December 13, 2004 09:18 PMBest Message Board:
It's Happening
Best Mayor:
Regis aka Pat McGroin
Best Mayor Elect:
Corny
Best BS blog:
Kidcanuck's IH archive
From the Cradle to the Grave
IH Forever !
Posted by: kidcanuck at December 13, 2004 09:20 PMBest Writing:
Josh Marshall (He's in a world of his own, his blog is a must-read, but there should be a category for "most insightful" or "best investigative reporting" or "best thinker" or something. his posts are always very insightful, interesting, and informative.)
Most Humorous Blog:
Wonkette
Best Overall:
DailyKos
Best Series:
Cheers and Jeers at DailyKos
Best Blog
Daily Kos
http://dailykos.com
Best Writing
David Neiwert, Orcinus
http://dneiwert.blogspot.com/
Best Post
"Wednesday and Everything After," by me.
http://folkbum.blogspot.com/2004/02/wednesday-and-everything-after-im.html
It's kind of a magnum opus from the ground after the Wisconsin primary and Dean's loss there.
Best Series
Soj's series on Jack Idema. There are links to all 24 parts in the left sidebar of her blog.
http://www.weblog.ro/soj
Best Single Issue Blog
The Daily Howler, Somerby on the media.
http://www.dailyhowler.com/
Best Group Blog
Liberal Street Fighter, dKos expats (Meteor Blades, theoria, and more) have made a home here.
http://liberalstreetfighter.com
Most Humorous Blog
Gen. J. C. Christian, Patriot
http://patriotboy.blogspot.com
Most Humorous Post
Gen. J. C. Chrsitian, Patriot, goes looking for the little sailor.
http://patriotboy.blogspot.com/2004/10/stewardship-and-ladies.html
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition
Feministe
http://feministe.us/blog/
Best Expert Blog
The Panda's Thumb, a group blog by evolutionary biologists
http://www.pandasthumb.org/
Best New Blog
Liberal Street Fighter, again.
http://liberalstreetfighter.com
Best Commenter
Hmmmm . . . How about dKos's Maryscott O'Connor?
There are so many...
I'm elminiating the "usual suspects" from my nominations. ;-) Without further ado:
Best Blog: Steve Gilliard - he always makes me think, even if I don't always agree with him.
Best Writing: Tom Dispatch - far and away the most consistently well written "blog" on the web, left or right.
Best Post: Wounds that Won't Heal - a self serving nomination, to be sure.
Best Group Blog: BlondeSense - three funny and intelligent ladies who will kick your ass.
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition: Spontaneous Arising - Michael Hawkins has a real thing going here...watch this one.
Most Humorous: Rox Populi - Roxanne can bring a wicked smile to my face on even a bad day.
Best New: All Spin Zone - Ah, the heck with it. Why not? This one's for my mates Kate and Doc.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at December 13, 2004 09:23 PMBest Expert Blog: ACSBlog
Posted by: Eli at December 13, 2004 09:24 PMBest series:
Josh Marshall's series on the Delay Rule vote, with direct reader action!
Josh Marshall's long standing series on Jim Tobin, did Josh push the NH Dems to sue forcing DOJ's hand?
Josh Marshall's series on Bernard Kerik, he was a week ahead of the press on this one.
Posted by: miguel at December 13, 2004 09:24 PMI will toss my hat into the ring for best blog or maybe best new blog:
Guns, Germs & Steeled
http://blog.nodvin.net/
Stephen
Posted by: Stephen Nodvin at December 13, 2004 09:27 PMNew uncrowded thread opened up over here.
Moving it on over, folks. Plenty of room.
Posted by: MB at December 13, 2004 09:34 PMhttp://haloscan.com/tb/digby/110226934277166780
My nomination for best post is Digby's "Evolutionary Theology".
Best Series: MyDD on the Evolving Partisan Index
Most humorous: Happy Furry Puppy Story Time
http://norbizness.com/
Posted by: Felix at December 13, 2004 09:39 PMThis is a really cool idea (and I'm deeply honored to have been nominated; thanks, Jonathan.)
One suggestion -- a nomination for best group blog:
Posted by: Rachel at December 13, 2004 09:45 PMBEST ATTITUDE: LowRentRat.com
DAMN IT!!!
Best Blog:
Eschaton
Best Writing:
Digby, Digby, Digby, and also Digby
Best New Blog:
James Wolcott
Best Blog - Eschaton http://atrios.blogspot.com/
Best Single Issue Blog - Informed Consent (Juan Cole) http://www.juancole.com/
Best Group Blog - DailyKos http://www.dailykos.com/ (I know Kos didn't want votes but it's still the best)
Most Humorous Blog - TBogg http://tbogg.blogspot.com/
> Most Deserving of Wider Recognition - Flogging the Simian http://www.weblog.ro/soj
Best Series and Best writing, Bob Harris's travel journal over on thismodernworld.com:
http://www.thismodernworld.com/bob.html
If you haven't read it, you should read the whole thing, absolutely fascinating, eye-opening, and the best writting i've seen on any blog.
Posted by: miguel at December 13, 2004 09:58 PMComments here are now closed. Please use the new thread.
Posted by: MB at December 13, 2004 10:04 PM