The 2005 Koufax Awards -- Nominations Are Open
Nominations are now open for the 2005 Koufax Awards. This is the fourth year of the awards, which in internet time, makes us old and venerable (or perhaps decrepit). The 2002 winners may be found here. The 2003 winners are listed here, and the 2004 winners are 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 blogs and bloggers of the left. At the 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 daily information, insight, and entertainment. 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.
For details of how the awards work, please look here. If you have any other questions or suggestions, please do not hesitate to leave a comment or send us an email.
This year, a Sandy will be awarded in each of fifteen 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. Blogs run by professional journalists and blogs sponsored by media organizations compete in their own division. Blog communities also compete in a separate category. With that understanding, which lefty blog do you consider indispensable? Atrios won in 2002 and 2003. Kos won last year. Who was best this year?
Best Blog -- Pro Division
This category is open to bloggers who are professional journalists or blogs sponsored by larger media entities. Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo won in 2002 and 2004. The category was not included in the 2003 awards. What is your favorite professional or media sponsored blog?
Best Blog Community
This category recognizes the changes in the way blogs are run. Many blogs now have content from a large number of contributors. This category is for them. For intance, Scoop sites, with their large number of diarists, are eligible for this award. The exact line between a group blog and a community is not easily described although I think I know it when I see it. The Leftcoaster with 11 contributors looks like a group blog to me, as does Crooked Timber with 16. The Huffington Post with its multitude of posters looks like a community blog as does TPMCafe. The dividing line is really up to you. I will note that an active comment board, such as at The Political Animal does not turn a blog into a community. If anyone can write a better definition, I will be happy to publish some clarification.
Best Writing
This category seeks to recognize the best writing on 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 Billmon of Whiskey Bar. In 2004, Digby carried off the prize. Who had the best writing in 2005?
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. In 2004, the best post was Billmon's What a Tangled Web We Weave, the WMD quote post. In 2005, Juan Cole of Informed Comment won for If America Were Iraq, What Would it be Like? 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.
When making a nomination in this category, please send along a link. We have hundreds, perhaps thousands, of links to track down and it really makes our life easier if you provide one.
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 Firedoglake's continuing coverage of L'affaire Plame).
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 (links here). In 2003, David Neiwert of Orcinus won for Rush, Newspeak and Facism. In 2004, the award was split between The Rise of Pseudo-Fascism by David Neiwert at Orcinus and Cheers and Jeers by Bill in Portland Maine at Daily Kos.
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, science, etc. It has been won the last three years by the incomparable Jeralyn Merritt of Talk Left for her coverage of legal issues. Last year Jeralyn split the award with another law blog, Grits for Breakfast. Jeralyn is the only person to have won a category for three consecutive years.
Best Group Blog
A group is defined as two or more regular contributors but short of whatever is needed to be a community blog. In 2003, the Daily Kos community won this category. Last year, MyDD received it. Both are Scoop sites and are more appropriately placed in the Community blog category. Which true group blog was the overall best in 2005?
Most Humorous Blog
This is a self explanatory category. In 2002, Adam Felber of Fanatical Apathy won. In 2003, Tbogg carried home the prize. Last year, The General was particularly manly in victory. Who has consistently made you laugh this year?
Most Humorous Post
In 2002, the funniest post was the parody of Peggy Noonan by Jesse Taylor, formerly of Pandagon. I am having trouble finding a link to that post. Any help would be appreciated. In 2003, it was Atrios' classic Preznit giv me turkee. Last year, the Poorman's Poker with Dick Cheney made us laugh the longest and loudest. 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. In fact, please provide a link with any nominations for this category.
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition
This category was added last in 2003 year at the request of the readers. It seeks to honor bloggers who are consistently good but for whatever reason do not receive the recognition they deserve. In 2003, it was won by the now departed South Knox Bubba. Last year, the MDWR Sandy was won by the wonderful Susie Madrak of Suburban Guerrilla, who, by virtue of the award, should no longer be eligible (she is eligible for Best Blog, of course). Who do you think is this year's undiscovered gem?
Best Expert Blog
This is another category added in 2003 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. It was won in 2003 and 2004 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. 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. In 2003, I moved the qualifying date to July 1. Now the cut off date is the beginning of the year. Any blogger whose first post was in 2005 is eligible for this category. In 2002, the award went to Roger Ailes. In 2003, the award went to DNC's blog Kicking Ass. Last year, Amanda Marcotte of Mouse Words, now of Pandagon, was the winner. Amanda made some promises to voters last year. In particular, she promised that if she won, "I will make a massive ass out myself, with drunken speechifying and boobies."
There is no rule against making such promises but there is also no statute of limitations on complying with them. Well, Amanda?
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 Coverage of State or Local Issues
This is a new category based on reader suggestions. It is intended to honor blogs with a focus on happenings in a single state or single locality. Which state or local blog provided the best coverage this year? When making nominations please include the state of locality of coverage as well as a link
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 prose and insight at Hullabaloo. Last year, the award was won by John Emerson, a/k/a Zizka, who now writes, all too infrequently for my taste, at Seeing The Forest. In 2004, the award was won by Meteor Blades, now of The Next Hurrah. Who was the best commenter of 2005?
Those are the fifteen 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. It really, really helps if you provide a link when making a nomination, particularly if you are nominating a particular post or series of posts.
Two years ago, the onslaught of traffic generated by the awards crashed Wampum. Eric has worked many hours and we have spent a considerable amount of money to make sure that does not happen again. Once we get to the voting stage of the awards, we really need Eric and his laptop to provide ballot security. His laptop recently died. If you can afford it, please hit our tip jar to keep the Koufax Awards running and running fairly.
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.
While you are here for the Koufax Awards, please feel free to look around. You may find some non-Koufax related items of interest.
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.
NOTE: When the comment thread gets too long, it is very hard for us to manage the nominations list. This thread is about 350 comments long so we have closed the comments here and opened a new thread here. Please use the new thread for nominations. Thank you in advance and we apologize for any inconvenience.
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For some reason my trackbacks are being refused so here goes...
The good folks (and apparently my new neighbors - welcome to Pittsburgh) over at Wampum have opened up the nominations for the 2005 Koufax Awards. Head over and let everyone know what the best blogs on the web are.
Oh, and don't forget us!
Comments From Left Field
Posted by: Goose3five | December 15, 2005 02:30 PM
I nominate Firedoglake for Best Series for its continuing excellent coverage of PlameGate.
Posted by: TalkLeft | December 15, 2005 03:02 PM
As a Yankees fan, I'm a firm believer in dynasties and would love to see
Jeralyn's TalkLeft (http://www.talkleft.com/) win her fourth straight Koufax.
Posted by: Mark Gisleson | December 15, 2005 03:40 PM
While I won't lose any sleep over it one way or the other, I do believe it would be at least a slight injustice to keep counting the Dailykos as an individual blog. Other than being deferential to the 800lb Gorilla in the corner, I can't imagine why it should be allowed to remain so...
Posted by: Caleb G | December 15, 2005 03:48 PM
I would like to nominate my blog for the Best New Blog category
The Supreme Irony of Life ...
Posted by: David (Austin Tx) | December 15, 2005 03:51 PM
ch ck th s t
[devoweled, not a nomination, ebw]
Posted by: Anonymous | December 15, 2005 03:53 PM
Ch ck th s t: Th W z rd f O l. http://www.d lyk s.c m/st ry/2005/12/12/21431/622
[devoweled, not a nomination, ebw]
Posted by: Anonymous | December 15, 2005 03:55 PM
For Best Single Issue Blog category I would like to nominate
Off the Kuff for Texas issues.
Posted by: David (Austin Tx) | December 15, 2005 03:57 PM
Fafblog should win in Most Humorous Blog, Most Deserving of Wider Recognition, Best Expert Blog, and I'll spend the afternoon deciding which of their entries should win in Most Humorous Post.
Posted by: tiny emperor | December 15, 2005 03:58 PM
Come on over and take a look at NoUtopia (www.noutopia.com) for this Year's Koufax awards.
Posted by: J. Culleny | December 15, 2005 04:06 PM
I always come in here to preemptively kiss-ass for the eventual winner. I don't see him anywhere, so I nominate The Poor Man for Most Humorous Blog and his Keyboard Kommando Komics for Best Series and/or Most Humorous Post(s).
Also, I think Charles Kuffner (Off the Kuff) should be in the best State/Local coverage category for his work on Texas politics and society (not Single Issue).
Two nominations in best group blog: Pandagon and Feministe.
Best Expert Blog: PZ Myers at Pharyngula for science-related matters.
Posted by: norbizness | December 15, 2005 04:08 PM
Best single issue blog: Women's Hoops Blog, http://www.womenshoops.blogspot.com/
Most Humorous Blog: Art Pottery, Politics and Food
http://planetsean.blogspot.com/
Best New Blog: FireDogLake
Best Group Blog: ThinkProgress
Posted by: truth | December 15, 2005 04:09 PM
I nominate my own Bark Bark Woof Woof for Most Deserving of Wider Recognition. IMHO, of course.
Posted by: Mustang Bobby | December 15, 2005 04:15 PM
best blog-kos
best pro blog-froomkin (he needs the props these days)
best blog community-huffpo
best writing-billmon at whiskey bar
best series-firedoglake on their continuing coverage of Rovegate
best single issue blog-effect measure, on flu pandemic issues
best group blog-shakespeare's sister
most humorous blog-wtf is it now, by the lovely maru
best expert blog-sterling newberry at bop news
Posted by: merciless | December 15, 2005 04:15 PM
Best Blog: Eschaton
Best Pro Blog: Talking Points Memo
Best Blog Community: Huffington Post
Best Series: Firedoglake's continuing coverage of L'affaire Plame, to coin a phrase.
Best Group Blog: Pandagon
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition: Dictionopolis In Digitopolis, (http://varkentine.blogspot.com/). Also best new blog. Shame is for losers.
Best Expert Blog: Also Firedoglake.
Posted by: Ben Varkentine | December 15, 2005 04:20 PM
Best Blog – Non-Sponsored Division
Pandagon
Shakespeare's Sister
Pharyngula
Legal Fiction
Majikthise
Bitch PhD
Frogs and Ravens
Echidne of the Snakes
Firedoglake
Feministe
Rox Populi
Ed Cone
Hullabaloo
Michael Berube Online
Lance Mannion
Creek Running North
Science And Politics
Best Blog – Pro Division
Talking Points Memo
Yglesias
Tapped
Ezra Klein
Dent
Xark!
Joe Trippi
Bloggermann
Alternet blogs
Daou Report
Political Animal
The Intersection
Best Blog Community
My Left Wing
Booman Tribune
TPM Cafe
Uncsrewing the Inscrutable
The Uncapitalist Journal
European Tribune
Yearly Kos
OAC Blog
Best Writing
Lance Mannion
Creek Running North
Nancy Nall
Neil Shakespeare
Michael Berube Online
Anonymoses
Best Post
Idiot America
Planet of the Hats
I Want Bigger Government
Regressives
1">Perils of Ideological Continua
Best Series
Slacktivist, reading "Left Behind" books so we don't have to.
Pooflingers Anonymous, watching Kent Hovind movies, so we don't have to.
From Science And Politics, a series on Lakoff and understanding the conservative mind: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,
Best Single Issue Blog
Evolutionblog
Total Information Awareness
Animal Crackers
Pam's House Blend
The Intersection
East Ethnia
Hugo Schwyzer
NC Conservation Network Blog
MattHillNC
Best Group Blog
Panda's Thumb
Lawyers, Guns and Money
Pandagon
Blondesense
Real Climate
ScienceGate
Cosmic Variance
American Street
Philosophy of Biology
DefCon Blog
Big Brass Blog
Liberal Coalition
Corrente Wire
American Footprints
Orange Politics
NC Conservation Network Blog
Most Humorous Blog
Jesus General
Pearlswine
Neil Shakespeare
Most Deserving of Wider Recongition
Legal Fiction
Tom Watson
Arse Poetica
Archy
Total Information Awareness
Decorabilia
Coeruleus (She Flies With Her Own Wings)
Contrary Brin
Pam's House Blend
Frogs and Ravens
Doctor Biobrain
Linkmeister
Happy Furry Puppy Story Time
Bark Bark Woof Woof
Iddybud
Brilliant at Breakfast
Lenin's Tomb
Five Wells
The Green Knight
Keat's Telescope
Science And Politics
Best Expert Blog
Pharyngula
Circadiana
Leiter Reports
Effect Measure
Afarensis
Mixing Memory
Cognitive Daily
Thoughts From Kansas
Mike The Mad Biologist
The Loom
East Ethnia
Orcinus
Living the Scientific Life
John Hawks
Brad DeLong
Keat's Telescope
Best New Blog
Buridan's Ass
Contrary Brin
Aetiology
Adventures in Ethics and Science (Dr.Freeride)
The Executioner's Thong
Dadahead
Daveawayfromhome
Best State/Local Political Blog
Orange Politics
Ed Cone
NC Conservation Network Blog
Blue NC
GreeneSpace
Sandy's Place
Ruby Sienreich
Hogg's Blog
Southern Rants
The Stinging Nettle
Dent
Best Commenter
johnnybutter
John Mackay
Eric Martin
Eric Gordy
Chris Clark
Posted by: coturnix | December 15, 2005 04:21 PM
Best Series - Firedoglake's Plame coverage
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition - The Talent Show
Most Humorous Post - either the Michelle vs. Michelle debate or "How It Went Down"
Best Group Blog - Daily Kos
Best Post - the "online magazine" post The Talent Show is dead. Long live The Talent Show.
Best Expert blog : Pharyngula
Best Writing : Digby
And the R.I.P. award should go to the Pandagon twins.
Posted by: Lib in Exile | December 15, 2005 04:24 PM
That bad link was this:
Perils of Ideological Continua
Posted by: coturnix | December 15, 2005 04:25 PM
Best Series - Firedoglake's Plame coverage
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition - The Talent Show
Most Humorous Post - either the Michelle vs. Michelle debate or "How It Went Down"
Best Group Blog - Daily Kos
Best Post - the "online magazine" post The Talent Show is dead. Long live The Talent Show.
Best Expert blog : Pharyngula
Best Writing : Digby
And the R.I.P. award should go to the Pandagon twins.
Posted by: Lib in Exile | December 15, 2005 04:26 PM
In the category of: Most Deserving of Wider Recognition:
I would certainly nominate Driftglass as the most Blogspicacious Originalist for 2005.
:-)
Posted by: Karen | December 15, 2005 04:33 PM
Best Series: RubDMC's Iraq War Grief Daily Witness, appearing on the front page at MLW... every single day.
Mindblowing.
Posted by: Maryscott O'Connor | December 15, 2005 04:41 PM
For Best New Blog, I nominate Fired Up Missouri
Posted by: Mays | December 15, 2005 04:42 PM
Best Blog: Crooks & Liars
Best Humor Blog: Jesus' General
Best Writing: I Blame the Patriarchy
Best Coverage of State or Local Issues: Tennessee Guerilla Women
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition: Blondesense
Best Commenter: Rude Pundit
Posted by: MzNicky | December 15, 2005 04:44 PM
I have to nominate TBogg for most humorous post in his Jonah Goldberg fanfic series. It's hard to choose which one -- Part One gave us "Jonah and the Ocean of Lotion" ("This pudgy slightly damp man who smelled of Ding Dongs and Hai Karate and danger"), Part Two was Doughy Pantload Tonight ("Look, lady," Jonah said to her, "is there anything here besides yourself, the Stargate and the sarcophagus and those donuts on that table over there? Because we're tired, we're hungry and I left my asthma puffer in my other pants"), and Part Three - It Was A Dark and Jonah Night (He was about 5' 7", scruffy brown hair, little piggy eyes, garbed in Dockers and a black Billy Joel River of Dreams tour t-shirt that was bunched up around his man-boobs.)
But I have to go with Part Four -- the "Flowers for Goldberg" post. I always consider it the gold standard for snark.
TBogg's just funny, that's all.
Posted by: jane hamsher | December 15, 2005 04:47 PM
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition:
Loaded Mouth
Best New Blog:
Pen & Sword
Best Series Blog:
Firedoglake
Posted by: Capitola | December 15, 2005 04:48 PM
In my opinion, the most humorous post of the past year was The Poor Man's "Greate King George and Ye Olde Parchment Paladins".
Posted by: Ted Barlow | December 15, 2005 04:51 PM
Best series: Obsidian Wings' coverage of torture and extraordinary rendition (OK, it started in 2004 but has continued).
Posted by: ral | December 15, 2005 04:59 PM
It give me great pleasure to nominate Mr. Attaturk of Rising-Hegemon as the most humorous blog in the known Universe, 2004
Posted by: bbbustard | December 15, 2005 04:59 PM
I nominate, for best writing, shakespearessister.
That woman can write!
Posted by: solitaire | December 15, 2005 05:03 PM
Best New Blog:
Dodecahedron
Blog Most Deserving Of Wider Recognition:
Dodecahedron
Most Self-Promoting Blog:
Dodecahedron
Posted by: Horatio | December 15, 2005 05:07 PM
Best Blog – Non-Sponsored Division
Majikthise - http://majikthise.typepad.com/majikthise_/
Firedoglake - http://firedoglake.blogspot.com/
The Sideshow - http://sideshow.me.uk/
Best Post
Helpless - http://sideshow.me.uk/soct05.htm#10281443
Best Single Issue Blog
Effect Measure - http://effectmeasure.blogspot.com/
Most Deserving of Wider Recongition
Factesque - http://casadelogo.typepad.com/factesque/
PSoTD - http://www.psotd.com
Blanton's and Ashton's - http://frogsdong.blogspot.com/
Best Expert Blog
Effect Measure
Posted by: PSoTD | December 15, 2005 05:15 PM
I would like to nominate
Sadly, no! for best group blog and most humorous.
Posted by: BillyD | December 15, 2005 05:18 PM
I'm going to vote for myself. Why? Because I can...
best pro blog: Talking Points Memo
best writing: billmon
best series: Katherine and me on the Graham Amendment (this has links to the first thirteen posts; there are also this, this, and this.)
best group blog: Obsidian Wings
most humorous blog: Fafblog
most humorous post: I Still Know All About These Kittens
best expert blog: Effect Measure (public health)
best new blog: firedoglake
most deserving of wider recognition: Effect Measure
Posted by: hilzoy | December 15, 2005 05:21 PM
Keep going back to FireDogLake, don't know what category.
Steve Clemons Washington Note should win for his writing and also the car accident which is in the realm of speculation of annoying, shall we say, the powers that be and for that a courage award.
I liked The Left Coaster but have been disappointed that there has been no further news on the Katrina victims who were seen behind barbed wire or fences, some by the MSM like the quoted article from the Denver Post on TLC, I wrote to the journalist at Denver Post but received no answer.
I don't have any new information but tried to have one blog that did not forget these victims and so cut and pasted the few articles I could find on these very unfortunate Katrina victims who seem to have been captured for a mind control MK-ULTRA like experiment similar to Gitmo which one US mayor stated she thought a mind control program was going on there.
http://katrinafemacamps.blogspot.com/
This site has information on how to help the Muslims who were snatched by the bush regime and is very important:
http://www.cageprisoners.com/
Some very brave US citizens are outside of the gates of Guantanamo Bay right now and they have an amazing blog:
http://www.witnesstorture.org/
Keith Olbermann's Bloggermann also deserves a courage award, one of the few MSM to consistently tell the truth on real issues.
Posted by: Lena David | December 15, 2005 05:28 PM
Because women aren't very good at self-promotion, I nominate:
Most Humorous Post: The New Youth Craze - Michelle Maklin
Posted by: Roxanne | December 15, 2005 05:30 PM
I nominate Norwegianity ((http://norwegianity.com) as the Best Blog
Posted by: Anonymous | December 15, 2005 05:32 PM
http://roxanne.typepad.com/april_fools/2005/04/the_new_youth_c.html
I nominate the above New Youth Craze spoof for most humorous post.
Posted by: jeneane sessum | December 15, 2005 05:37 PM
I nominate http://www.blogsisters.com for best community blog. or at least the OLDEST women's community blog! ;-)
Posted by: Jeneane Sessum | December 15, 2005 05:39 PM
best blog: obsidian wings (in whatever category seems appropriate)
most humorous post: any of the Poor Man's Keyboard Kommando posts
Posted by: nobody | December 15, 2005 05:40 PM
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition
Norwegianity
Posted by: rmf | December 15, 2005 05:46 PM
This post made during the heat of the Terri Schiavo controversy was not widely seen at the time, but was both unique and powerful, and was certainly the best post I've done.
http://ilpundit.blogspot.com/2005/03/open-letter-to-my-family.html
Posted by: ilpundit | December 15, 2005 05:52 PM
I'll second Norwegianity for more deserving of wider recognition.
Posted by: TalkLeft | December 15, 2005 05:57 PM
FireDogLake for Best Blog.
Posted by: Thesaurus Rex | December 15, 2005 06:16 PM
I would like to nominate Just A Bump on the Beltway for Most Deserving of Wider Recognition especially with all of the work Melanie has done on Avian Flu.
Posted by: Chuck | December 15, 2005 06:17 PM
I nominate Trish Wilson / her blog as BEST in the following categories:
i) Best Blog,
ii) Best Single Issue Blog (re family law issues),
iii) Blog Most Deserving Wider Recognition,
iv) Best Writing,
and most certainly, in v) Best Series - for her series re "Fathers 4
Justice" at http://trishwilson.typepad.com/blog/fathers_4_justice/index.html .
Thank you kindly,
Blue Maas
bluemAAs@yahoo.com
central Iowa
Posted by: Blue Maas, BSN, DVM, PhD | December 15, 2005 06:24 PM
best blog-Crooks and liars
best pro blog-froomkin
best blog community-huffpo
best series-firedoglake on plamegate
best single issue blog-talkingpointsmemo on social security
Posted by: Ravishankar Palanivelu | December 15, 2005 06:32 PM
Best Post: Atrios, Crazy Guy at a Bar.
Posted by: The Liberal Avenger | December 15, 2005 06:34 PM
Best Blog: The Left Coaster
Best Blog -- Pro Division: Bradblog
best blog community-tpm cafe
best writing-Digby
best series-firedoglake
best single issue blog-???
best group blog-The Left Coaster
most humorous blog-chase me ladies, I'm with the cavalry
best expert blog-mydd
Posted by: andy | December 15, 2005 06:38 PM
Best Blog - Dark Wraith
Best Community Blog - Booman Tribune
Best Writing - Courting Destiny
Best Group Blog - Shakespeare's Sister
Most Humorous Blog - I Blame The Patriarchy
Deserving Wider Recognition - Neil Shakespeare
Best New Blog - I Blame The Patriarchy
Best Single Issue - Waiterrant
Posted by: The Fat Lady Sings | December 15, 2005 06:42 PM
Best Writing: Shakespeare's Sister, The Green Knight, and Set Free
Best Commenter: The Dark Wraith
Best Blogs Worthy of Greater Recognition: Pam's House Blend and Agitprop
Posted by: Kathy | December 15, 2005 06:43 PM
Funniest post is called A Joke, by cargoweasel.
http://www.livejournal.com/users/cargoweasel/316274.html
Posted by: Scorpio | December 15, 2005 06:48 PM
Best Blog: Shakespeare's Sister
Best Group Blog: The Liberal Avenger
Most Humorous Blog: I know it was a one day deal and might not qualify, but Rox Populi's Michelle Maklin spoof still gets my vote.
Best Series: Blogenlust's coverage of the endless list of Zarqawi lieutenants and al-Qa'ida number threes
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition; Newshog, Comments From Left Field, Why Are We Back In Iraq?, and if self-plugging is allowed, Loaded Mouth
Posted by: tas | December 15, 2005 06:54 PM
I nominate Susie (suburban guerrilla) for Most Humorous Blog.
Her self-depricating posts, flashbacks (figurative, not literal) of previous loves, grand Philadelphia references (you gotta live it to love it), humility and generosity online & in person are second-to-none.
Check it out: http://susiemadrak.com/
Posted by: lutton | December 15, 2005 06:54 PM
Most deserving of wider recognition?
Two of them:
1. Norwegianity (http://www.norwegianity.com/)
2. By Neddie Jingo! (http://byneddiejingo.blogspot.com/)
3. why not myself, while I'm at it (Wege and Neddie like it): Phronesisaical (http://phronesisaical.blogspot.com/)
Posted by: helmut | December 15, 2005 07:00 PM
Best Blog: Alas, a blog
Best Blog -- Pro Division: Political Animal
Best Blog Community-- TPM Cafe
Best Writing -- Hilzoy of Obsidian Wings
Best Series: Katherine and Hilzoy about the Bingamen/Graham Amendment
Best Single Issue Blog: Alas, a blog
Best Group Blog: Obsidian Wings
Most Humorous Blog: Fafblog
Best Expert Blog Bitch PhD Academia
Posted by: ScottM | December 15, 2005 07:15 PM
Most Humorous Blog: A Gentleman's C
Best Writing: Creek Running North
Someone else can nominate my blog for something. Is there a booby prize?
Posted by: Michael Stiber | December 15, 2005 07:20 PM
Hopefully without being redundant, a few nominations:
Best writing: Roy Edroso of Alicublog, Lindsay Beyerstein of Majikthise, and The Poor Man.
Deserving of wider recognition: Fact-esque, Fantasy Life, and The Happy Feminist.
Best expert blog: Balkanization.
Best new blog: Battlepanda, Firedoglake and Mad Melancholic Feminista.
Best single-issue blog: Feministe
And for best post, I will engage in shameless self-promotion: "GOP: Fetuses Are Rights-bearing Subjects, Adult Women Are Not" at Lawyers, Guns and Money.
I also strongly second the Obsidian Wings series on the Whitman Amendment for best series.
Posted by: Scott Lemieux | December 15, 2005 07:20 PM
Best Coverage of State or Local Issues:
Philly Future
Posted by: PSoTD | December 15, 2005 07:25 PM
Shakespeare's Sister for best group blog.
Posted by: somewaterytart | December 15, 2005 07:30 PM
Best Blog: Digby
Best Writing: Driftglass, Wolcott
Best Series: David Neiwert: Unhinged
Best Single Issue: Pharyngula
Best Group: Pandagon
Most Humorous: Norbizness
Most Deserving of Wider Recognition: Driftglass, A Perfectly Cromulent Blog.
Best Expert: Juan Cole, again.
Best Coverage State/Local issues: Attytood.
Posted by: Grotesqueticle | December 15, 2005 07:32 PM
I'm sorry but this can't go any further without a nomination of eRiposte of The Left Coaster and his IMPORTANT series
Treasongate: The Niger Forgeries
and
WMDgate: Fixing Intelligence Around Policy
Posted by: Seeing the Forest | December 15, 2005 07:38 PM
I'd like to nominate The Poor Man for most humorous blog, not just for their Keyboard Kommando posts, but also their wicked parodies of Powerline and this year's Kipmas Wingnut Awards.
Posted by: moerex | December 15, 2005 07:44 PM
I would differentiate between group blog and community blog as follows:
Group blog -- a blog that has several contributors, but is limited in outside participation.
Community blog -- a blog that has several contributors, but is open to outside participation.
So a blog like the HuffPost, although they have several contributors, would fall more into the "group blog" category because participation from the outside is limited to posting comments, while sites like Daily Kos and Booman Tribune would fall into the "community blog" because anyone who registers can participate by posting a diary, which can be recommended and even "front-paged" so more folks might notice it.
In that vein, I nominate Huffington Post in the group blog category, and Booman Tribune in the community blog category.
Just my $0.02, of course...
Posted by: Cali Scribe | December 15, 2005 07:49 PM
Best Blog - Booman Tribune
Best Pro Blog - Froomkin
Most humorous series - Cheers & Jeers by Bill in Portland Maine
Most humorous post - The Wizard of Oil, Bood Abides
Best Humor Blog - Jesus' General
Best Series - Holden's Obsession with the Gaggle (spin Scotty spin)
Posted by: SallyCat | December 15, 2005 07:53 PM
I would like to nominate my husband's blog, CT Blue for "most deserving of wider recognition". He's part of the Connecticut blogging community, but posts on a wide range of subjects. Please take a look!
Posted by: Mary | December 15, 2005 07:56 PM
Hereby nominating my blog World Wide Webers in the category "most deserving wider recognition."
best professional blog: Altercation
best writing: Hullaballoo
best expert: Mystery Pollster
Posted by: Karl Weber | December 15, 2005 08:03 PM
Best Blog - Pro Division:
Talking Points Memo
Best Blog:
Crooks and Liars
Best Writing:
The Heretik
Lance Mannion
Best Deserving of Wider Recognition:
Idyllopus
The Fat Lady Sings
Donkey O.D.
Best Post:
It was the Best of Times, It was the Worst of Times - Part 1
It was the Best of T