2003 Koufax nominations: Best Single Issue Blog
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
Comments
If we're still narrowing, then I'd vote:
Drug War Rant, Juan Cole, Orcinus, Ruminate This, Talk Left, and Verified Voting.
Posted by: norbizness | January 5, 2004 08:27 PM
talkleft-no doubt
Posted by: chicago reader | January 5, 2004 09:12 PM
Top three: Talk Left, Juan Cole, and the (incomparable) Daily Howler
Posted by: pontificator | January 5, 2004 09:43 PM
TalkLeft
The Daily Kos
Liberal Oasis
MaxSpeak
Nathan Newman
Orcinus
Brad DeLong
Juan Cole
Posted by: Patrick Nielsen Hayden | January 5, 2004 11:19 PM
Alas a Blog
Brad DeLong
Orcinus
Talk Left
Tim Lambert's Deltoid
Posted by: Kristjan Wager | January 6, 2004 03:07 AM
ConfinedSpace is the business!
Posted by: Alex | January 6, 2004 07:39 AM
Confined 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 | January 6, 2004 08:40 AM
Ampersand, En Banc, Orcinus and Talk Left.
Posted by: Jonathan Edelstein | January 6, 2004 09:32 AM
Kos, Liberal Oasis, Orcinus, TalkLeft.
Posted by: Charles Kuffner | January 6, 2004 09:50 AM
What 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 | January 6, 2004 10:35 AM
Confined Space. I read it at work.
Posted by: robbie | January 6, 2004 11:57 AM
Many 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 | January 6, 2004 02:40 PM
TalkLeft, En Banc, & Daily Kos
Posted by: TolucaJim | January 6, 2004 03:05 PM
Top three:
Daily Howler
Daily KOS
Brad DeLong
Posted by: Aaron | January 6, 2004 03:25 PM
Talk Left, Nathan Newman
Posted by: natasha | January 6, 2004 03:48 PM
Confined Space, without a doubt!
Posted by: Laura | January 6, 2004 04:07 PM
My short list:
Daily Howler
Juan Cole - Informed Comment
Orcinus
Riverbend
Posted by: Swopa | January 6, 2004 07:16 PM
Confined Space is the bomb! Definitely gets my vote.
Posted by: Robin | January 6, 2004 07:18 PM
I'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 | January 6, 2004 07:57 PM
Daily Howler, hands down.
GB
Posted by: Gerard Barton | January 6, 2004 08:55 PM
My 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 | January 6, 2004 09:34 PM
The Media Horse and the Incomparable Daily Howler get my votes.
Posted by: Observer | January 6, 2004 10:34 PM
Juan Cole, MaxSpeak, Nathan Newman, Orcinus, and The Right Christians.
Posted by: Al-Muhajabah | January 6, 2004 11:14 PM
Confined Space....has given a voice to people like me whose lives have been devasted by loss from industrial deaths
Posted by: donna Spadaro | January 7, 2004 12:51 AM
Alas, 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 | January 7, 2004 09:55 AM
Talk Left
Kos
Orcinus
Brad Delong
Posted by: kevin | January 7, 2004 12:10 PM
Riverbend & Talk Left
Posted by: ritam | January 7, 2004 12:24 PM
Confined Space would be outstanding even if Jordan was not my friend and colleague. Really!
Posted by: Michael S | January 7, 2004 12:34 PM
The Right Christians, Talkleft, Juan Cole, Kos, DeLong.
Posted by: jackson | January 7, 2004 01:55 PM
I 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 | January 7, 2004 02:57 PM
TalkLeft
Orcinus
MaxSpeak
Media Whores
Daily Howler
Bloviator
Posted by: skimble | January 7, 2004 04:08 PM
Daily Howler: Media
Orcinus: Domestic terrorism
Tim Lambert's Deltoid: John Lott
AB
Posted by: Angry Bear | January 7, 2004 09:48 PM
Talkleft
Daily Kos
Nathan Newman
Posted by: Manish | January 8, 2004 01:26 AM
DeLong
Juan Cole
MWO
Right Christians
(Should 'politics' really count as a 'single-issue'?)
Posted by: Andrew Edwards | January 8, 2004 06:42 AM
DeLong and Cole.
Posted by: JP | January 8, 2004 10:00 AM
Brad de Long
Max Speak
Nathan Newman
Posted by: john | January 8, 2004 11:01 AM
Tim Lambert and Talk Left.
Posted by: Jane | January 8, 2004 11:05 AM
from opposite sides of the free trade question, Brad DeLong and Nathan Newman
Posted by: julia | January 8, 2004 11:22 AM
Brad DeLong
Juan Cole
The Right Christians
Posted by: Steve | January 8, 2004 12:59 PM
1. Daily Howler.
2. Daily Kos.
3. Liberal Oasis.
Posted by: Tim P. | January 8, 2004 12:59 PM
Daily Howler
Posted by: Mike T | January 8, 2004 01:08 PM
How 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 | January 8, 2004 03:04 PM
Orcinus
MaxSpeak
Daily Howler
Can't decide which is my favorite, but these three consistently deliver.
Posted by: dpow | January 9, 2004 12:19 AM
in 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 | January 9, 2004 01:26 AM
Brad DeLong
I voted for it as best blog, so it must be the best single-issue blog too.
Posted by: SJS | January 9, 2004 01:45 PM
My kudos for best single-issue blog goes to Emily at http://afterabortion.blogspot.com/
Posted by: Alexandra | January 9, 2004 05:57 PM
Last one speaks-- great compendium of info on the hoax that is the drug war
Posted by: Floyd Billingsly | January 9, 2004 07:50 PM
dKos and riverbend
Posted by: Mark H | January 10, 2004 06:24 AM
Last One Speaks is thoughtful, insightful, and refreshingly pragmatic.
Posted by: Karen | January 10, 2004 08:23 AM
For 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 | January 10, 2004 10:57 AM
Last One Speaks. Just look at it and you'll see why.
Posted by: Jules Siegel | January 10, 2004 07:06 PM
Daily Howler
Talk Left
Posted by: (: Tom :) | January 10, 2004 09:19 PM
Riverbend
Kos
TalkLeft
Posted by: lea-p | January 10, 2004 09:21 PM
Last One Speaks
Daily KOS
Drug War Rant
Posted by: Tim | January 10, 2004 11:38 PM
Daily Howler is a daily must!
Posted by: Penny | January 12, 2004 07:29 PM
Where do you go for the real health & safety news? Confined Space by Jordan.
Posted by: G. E. | January 12, 2004 08:41 PM
Confined Space
Posted by: Edward Padgett | January 13, 2004 02:23 AM
Confined 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 | January 13, 2004 09:27 AM
Confined Space!
Posted by: Steve | January 13, 2004 10:01 AM
Passion and humor that can't be beat.
Posted by: Patricia Moss | January 13, 2004 12:41 PM
Confined Space gets my vote, hands down.
Passion and humor that can't be beat!
Posted by: Patricia Moss | January 13, 2004 12:42 PM
I love how things are told without messing around!
Posted by: Teri | January 13, 2004 02:42 PM
TalkLeft and Colorado Luis
Posted by: kos | January 13, 2004 03:22 PM
Confined 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 | January 14, 2004 07:52 PM
Confined 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 | January 15, 2004 09:05 AM
Maxspeak
Juan Cole
Posted by: Jeff | January 16, 2004 12:38 PM
Last One Speaks for its clear-eyed commentary.
Posted by: Zelda Diamond | January 16, 2004 04:55 PM
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 | January 16, 2004 08:52 PM
1. Orcinus
2. Media Whores Online
3. MaxSpeak
Posted by: Peter Horace | January 16, 2004 09:25 PM
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 | January 18, 2004 03:57 PM
Confined 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 | January 19, 2004 09:26 AM