Wampum: The 2005 Koufax Awards: Most Deserving of Wider Recognition

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This is the hardest of the nomination posts to compile, one reason I chose to do it early this year - hopefully you'll all feel sorry enough for me that you'll send much Pinot Noir and pad thai (well, maybe not together - pad thai goes better with Singha, which I'm also amenable to - or to which I'm amenable.) Or you could just send cash, in large, untraceable denominations.

Below are just under 300 urls for blog most deserving of wider recognition. There were many more, but I do admit to utilizing a litmus test this year: Atrios, AmericaBlog and Firedoglake have quite the following already. Maybe this category can be reserved for the little guys. I won't share with you the exact, very elaborate formula I used, but I'll give you a hint: In order to make the cut, you had to have fewer links than say, us! Very scientific, I know. Also, you have to have at least ostensibly written on lefty politics. If your blog is solely (pun, pun) on your favorite style of Birks, we suggest you submit your site to the Bloggies or Weblog Awards.

Since I've spent all but a few hours of the past 24 (yes, how dare I actually sleep during the 'Faxes), I'm sure that I must have missed a few nominations. I've posted an Open Thread, which will remain at the top throughout the first round of the awards.

Just as in the Best New Blog, I'm not opening comments or accepting votes via email at this time. There are a lot of really good blogs here, guys. Spend some time getting to know them, and be ready to make an informed decision come voting time.

As an aside, I don't generally nominate blogs myself, and this year I won't as well, as my suggestion, to be honest, is more a "moderate" in this political climate. However, with all that is going on in the Middle East these days, I think that Allison Kaplan Sommer's An Unsealed Room offers some excellent insight into life in Israel. You can't vote for her for a Koufax, but feel free to read her anyway.

Adventures of the Smart Patrol

Anne's Anti-Quackery & Science Blog

Bill's Big Diamond Blog

Blanton's and Ashton's

Blog Them Out of the Stone Age

Blue Girl in a Red State

Brilliant at Breakfast

Brother Kenya's Paradigm

By Neddie Jingo!

Byzantium's Shores

Capitalist Pig vs. Socialist Swine

The Cassandra Pages

Circle Jerk at the Square Dance

Comments From Left Field

Curly Tales of War Pigs

The Dark Wraith Forums

Dictionopolis In Digitopolis

The Disgruntled Chemist

Easter Lemming Liberal News Digest

Eccentric Star

Echidne of the Snakes

Ethel, the Early-Warning Frog

The Garlic: All The Cloves Fit To Peel

Happy Furry Puppy Story Time

Hoffmania!

I Blame the Patriarchy

It's Morning Somewhere

Journalists Against Bush's B.S. (JABBS)

Jesse's Blog

Just A Bump on the Beltway

Keat's Telescope

The Kentucky Democrat

Lawyers, Guns and Money

Liberal Street Fighter

Liberal Truths

Liberalism without Cynicism

Living the Scientific Life

Loaded Mouth

Long Sunday

Looking for Someone to Lie to Me

Making conservatives cringe since 1977

Naked Under My Lab Coat

Night Bird's Fountain

No More Mister Nice Blog

No More Mr. Nice Guy

Norwegianity

Nothing New Under the Sun

Nur al-Cubicle

One Woman Wrecking Crew

One Good Move

The Opinion Mill

Opinions You Should Have

Pacific Views

Patridiot Watch

Patriot Daily Blog: thinkings

Pam's House Blend

The People's Republic of Seabrook

Pinko Feminist Hellcat

Political Animals

Political Cortex

Politics in the Zeros

Peace Tree Farm

Past Peak

A Perfectly Cromulent Blog

Progressive Blog Digest

Progressive Gold

The Progressive Trail

PSoTD

The Psychotic Patriot

Pudentilla's Perspective

Shining Light In Dark Corners

Steven Bates, the Yellow Doggerel Democrat

Thoughts of an Average Woman

Tiny Cat Pants

Tom Watson

To The Audient Void

Total Information Awareness

Whatever It Is, I'm Against It

WhirledView

Why Are We Back In Iraq?

Winding Road In Urban Area

Yep, another Goddamned blog

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Comments

psotd

Posted by: jacob | March 4, 2006 12:29 PM

Coalition for Darfur.
I would like to retract my vote and change it to this. I made a mistake.
Hard call but I have to go for the coalition.

Posted by: jacob | March 4, 2006 12:32 PM

Can we just vote for all of them?

If not, I'll go for Norwegianity.

Posted by: PZ Myers | March 4, 2006 12:56 PM

Another self-vote alert: Phronesisaical.

But so many good ones... Norwegianity, 3 Quarks Daily, By Neddie Jingo!, Neil Shakespeare, Whirled View. I'd encourage any of you not as shameless as I to vote for these folks.

Posted by: helmut | March 4, 2006 12:57 PM

Random Thoughts. No contest.

Posted by: Susan Nunes | March 4, 2006 01:01 PM

The Fat Lady Sings
More people should be reading TFLS. A wonderful mixture of politics, humor and personal reflection.

Posted by: George | March 4, 2006 01:43 PM

Living the Scientific Life!!! Great Blog!

Posted by: Torris | March 4, 2006 01:51 PM

Hey,

I'm gonna give a shout out for Living The Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted). There are many different publications and places to gain scientific knowledge, and has compiled an impressive number of them here, interspersed by her own insightful writings. Definitely one of the best blogs around.

Posted by: Brett A. Wolfe | March 4, 2006 02:23 PM

Posted by: Roxanne | March 4, 2006 02:24 PM

kid oakland.

Posted by: folkbum | March 4, 2006 02:29 PM

Posted by: dumpendebat | March 4, 2006 02:36 PM

Posted by: Sirkowski | March 4, 2006 03:03 PM

Taylor Marsh, man. No contest.

Posted by: Mark | March 4, 2006 03:12 PM

Phronesisaical is voted Most Deserving of Wider Recognition by me.

Posted by: MT | March 4, 2006 03:13 PM

Creek Running North.
I'd pay to read that blog if I had to.

-Jamie

Posted by: Jamie | March 4, 2006 03:50 PM

Posted by: Mike the Mad Biologist | March 4, 2006 04:23 PM

A harsh category indeed:
Preemptive Karma
gets my vote

Posted by: spyder | March 4, 2006 04:56 PM

I vote for PastPeak. Ok a decidedly depressing main topic of OIL but Jonathan manages to make it fun and readable and even uplifting at times by dipping into politics and sociology and oh soooo much more.

Posted by: Charyn | March 4, 2006 05:06 PM

Posted by: Mark H | March 4, 2006 05:55 PM

Posted by: dean | March 4, 2006 05:56 PM

Posted by: Anonymous | March 4, 2006 06:02 PM

Posted by: the_bone | March 4, 2006 06:08 PM

Norwegianity.

We worship the Wege!

Posted by: Tild | March 4, 2006 06:17 PM

Posted by: Sine.Qua.Non | March 4, 2006 06:18 PM

Thoughts from Kansas.

Posted by: Josh | March 4, 2006 06:25 PM

Bark Bark Woof Woof.

Posted by: Mustang Bobby | March 4, 2006 06:33 PM

The Reaction deserves wider recognition.

Posted by: Jasmin | March 4, 2006 06:36 PM

phronesisaical

Posted by: genevieve | March 4, 2006 06:36 PM

NorWEG(E)ianity

Flash
Centrisity.com

Posted by: Flash | March 4, 2006 06:38 PM

The best site that only gets about 2K visits a day when it deserves 250 times that many is:

Posted by: Raybin | March 4, 2006 07:01 PM

"Only... 2K visit per day"? I agree that My Left Wing ought to have more, but there are quite a few who would love that number.

Posted by: helmut | March 4, 2006 07:06 PM

Posted by: thel | March 4, 2006 07:16 PM

Posted by: Minipundit | March 4, 2006 07:16 PM

Republic of T.

Posted by: Bill Hooker | March 4, 2006 07:23 PM

This is a great big vote for "The Fat Lady Sings"...
Fabulous writing.

Posted by: Amy | March 4, 2006 07:25 PM

The maha blog,, hands down...if your not reading this blog,,YOU SHOULD BE

Posted by: justme | March 4, 2006 07:32 PM

Posted by: kathyp | March 4, 2006 07:35 PM

Effect Measure, without a doubt. The posts are always
top-class, and if the Reveres would ban that dipshit
Juan, it'd be perfect.

Posted by: Interrobang | March 4, 2006 07:39 PM

Naked under My Lab Coat

Posted by: IAMB | March 4, 2006 07:39 PM

Posted by: Ali | March 4, 2006 07:42 PM

Posted by: v spalding | March 4, 2006 07:50 PM

Posted by: eugene | March 4, 2006 07:56 PM

my left wing, for all the marbles

Posted by: sassy texan | March 4, 2006 07:58 PM

Posted by: motherlowman | March 4, 2006 08:03 PM

Bootstrap Analysis gets my vote- (and she doesn't troll for them either)

Posted by: Cindy | March 4, 2006 08:18 PM

The Disgruntled Chemist. You should see what's going on over there right now.

Posted by: exacalacalac | March 4, 2006 08:24 PM

Posted by: Wren Dishon | March 4, 2006 08:28 PM

Posted by: Rob | March 4, 2006 08:31 PM

Posted by: virgotex | March 4, 2006 08:37 PM

Posted by: joe | March 4, 2006 08:37 PM

Phronesisaical certainly deserves wider recognition. If he makes the cut, I want helmut to explain what the blog name means.

Posted by: Rodger | March 4, 2006 08:38 PM

Posted by: Lexington | March 4, 2006 08:40 PM

Why yes, I will vote for myself! It's Morning Somewhere

Posted by: oldwhitelady | March 4, 2006 08:55 PM

Kid Oakland

Posted by: Fodor | March 4, 2006 08:57 PM

Posted by: pinkko | March 4, 2006 08:58 PM

Posted by: wu ming | March 4, 2006 08:59 PM

Norwegianity, for adding some much needed leftiness to the land of Powerline and FratersLibertas.

Posted by: MNObserver | March 4, 2006 09:01 PM

My Left Wing, natch.

Posted by: Maryscott O'Connor | March 4, 2006 09:09 PM

Thanks for the mention jacob, and completely understand the call.

As for me, I have to go with

Posted by: PSoTD | March 4, 2006 09:10 PM

Liberalism Without Cynicism

Posted by: Cathy | March 4, 2006 09:17 PM

Thrilled to death to see the Coalition for Darfur here.
Snark only goes so far and hasn't saved anything yet not has it in any way brought up the moral consciousness of anyone.

Coalition for Darfur.

Posted by: Cooper | March 4, 2006 09:17 PM

Akou.

no question.

Posted by: TheBlaz | March 4, 2006 09:19 PM

Echidne of the Snakes.

Posted by: Q. Pheevr | March 4, 2006 09:19 PM

Posted by: Urizen | March 4, 2006 09:21 PM

This one is really hard, I want My Left Wing but it's not struggling as much as Kid Oakland so I go for the KO.

Posted by: caliberal | March 4, 2006 09:34 PM

The Sideshow--Sorry about that, Wege!

Posted by: Jon Stopa | March 4, 2006 09:43 PM

Posted by: sef | March 4, 2006 09:45 PM

Has to be Tiny Cat Pants. Smart, thoughtful, makes me laugh my ass off, daily.

Posted by: Margo, darling | March 4, 2006 10:03 PM

Posted by: JR | March 4, 2006 10:04 PM

One vote for Factesque.

Posted by: shari | March 4, 2006 10:05 PM

NTodd, please...with a side of fries:-)

Posted by: Kath | March 4, 2006 10:18 PM

This one could give me headaches into next year. It comes down to three for me: Street Prophets, Bark Bark Woof Woof, and Dohiyi Mir. Given that Bobby just hit 100K hits at BBWW, I think I'm going to pass him over this year (sorry, Bobby!). And of the two, Street Prophets is probably far less well-known than NTodd at DM is.

So I guess that's where my vote's going to go: Street Prophets. (Now I'll probably get banned from BBWW and DM!)

Posted by: Michael | March 4, 2006 10:26 PM

Posted by: astroprof | March 4, 2006 10:32 PM

I'm gonna put in a vote for me! The Fat Lady Sings, of course.

Posted by: The Fat Lady Sings | March 4, 2006 10:36 PM

For some reason I've been left off of the list even though most of my nominations came in this category, but I'll vote for myself anyway. I appreciate the nod for Best Writing and Best New Blog, but I was nominated in this category as well and I think it's overall the best fit. I don't want to be too ambitious after all, and I have another choice for best new blog and it ain't me (which left this as my only chance to vote for myself).

Posted by: liberalgirlnextdoor | March 4, 2006 10:39 PM

Posted by: modus potus | March 4, 2006 10:55 PM

Posted by: billybush | March 4, 2006 10:55 PM

Fat Lady Sings.

Posted by: Dark Wraith | March 4, 2006 10:58 PM

Creek Running North.

(You'll want to update the link. It's here now.)

Posted by: Orange | March 4, 2006 11:02 PM

My Left Wing.

Posted by: Nonetheless | March 4, 2006 11:04 PM

Posted by: coturnix | March 4, 2006 11:09 PM

Posted by: Jason | March 4, 2006 11:14 PM

Tough call, but of the blogs I like best on this list, I think the least-read one (for god knows what reason) is:

Posted by: bitchphd | March 4, 2006 11:14 PM

the abstract factory

Posted by: eddi vulic | March 4, 2006 11:21 PM

Posted by: Deano | March 4, 2006 11:27 PM

Posted by: beagleandtabby | March 4, 2006 11:37 PM

She rocks!

Posted by: Arachne | March 4, 2006 11:40 PM

Posted by: sa | March 4, 2006 11:45 PM

So many deserving entries, but I'll go with Adventus by rmj. Deeply intellectual, spiritual, and political--all at the same time.

Posted by: Sandia Blanca | March 4, 2006 11:55 PM

most deserving of wider recognition:
Adventus

Posted by: r@d@r | March 5, 2006 12:18 AM

I hereby (hurriedly, ineloquently, but nonetheless) vote Echidne of the Snakes for best writing, best blog, and most deserving of wider recognition (though she may already getting more of that). In the event that I can't do that--if I have to pick one category only per blog, say, and haven't read the rules properly (where would I find them?)--then I'll go with the latter category.

Posted by: Oscar | March 5, 2006 12:23 AM

Posted by: Chris | March 5, 2006 12:30 AM

Posted by: neurophius | March 5, 2006 12:34 AM

Posted by: enjoi | March 5, 2006 12:36 AM

Posted by: EsotericWombat | March 5, 2006 01:00 AM

Norbizness

Posted by: JenM | March 5, 2006 01:24 AM

I'm voting for that big softie: The Wege.
Norwegianity
If he wins, we're all in line for a hug...

Posted by: rmf | March 5, 2006 01:30 AM

Gonna have to vote for my daily reads:

Posted by: Bulldog | March 5, 2006 01:41 AM

NTodd at Dohiyimir