A thoughtful blog that's not afraid to have fun. Posts on Anselm, Catholicism generally and planning are the heady stuff, but don't ignore the rants about politics - they're light reading, very funny, and very perceptive.

An excellent blog covering British politics, film and various matters pertaining to history and culture. The essays on film here are particularly good, and unlike most things on the Internet, deserve to be read multiple times.

The only trouble with this blog is that its author doesn't blog enough. Yet what she has written so far is tremendous - she manages to make Leo Strauss, Machiavelli, Confucius and many others accessible all while commenting on anime and anything else that comes to her mind. Highly recommended.

Covers law, libertarianism, books (esp. fiction), and people being idiots. Tons of fun and you can learn a lot, too.

Right-wing, updated frequently, and a great place to participate - it's easy to join the conversation and quite a lot of fun, too.

The world's most influential website - it has remade the Democratic party entirely in its image and likeness, having installed Dean as chair, being directly responsible for the death of the centrist DLC, and winning the midterm Congressional elections not-so-long ago. However, if it is to be judged on its content, it pales in comparison to more informative, thoughtful sites (contrast with Marginal Revolution) and in its perpetual ranting does not allow its readers to make a judgment (contrast with Little Green Footballs, which makes its opinion clear but holds back on telling you everything you need to think). When more thoughtful and engaging Progressive blogs emerge, DailyKos will be a thing of the past. For now, it is beginning to represent the worst of US politics.

A really bright and beautiful blog, reflective of the work of the blogger (she designs greeting cards). Lots of fun to look at and read.

Excellent blog - frequently updated, lots of interesting posts following the important political news of the day, and articulate opinions voiced there by the writers and commenters alike. And let's not forget the American Idol posts.

The editor's review marks this blog low for no reason - for what this blog is, it's very good. Most PR blogs sound the same, there's almost a PR style of writing. You can see this on display in everything from edelman.com to briemanakul.com/blog - there's nothing wrong with it, again. The issue is whether the blogger has anything new to offer, and I think this blogger most certainly does. Check out her post with the social media resume, and take note of her entries on employers and your web presence.

I've already voted down DailyKos despite its importance - the argument there was that it could provide a lot more to its readers in content and tone than it does. But there are far, far better Progressive blogs than this one, too. This is a place for like-minded individuals that want to stay in their own box. It's no different than Ann Coulter or Rush Limbaugh's fanbase. If you want Progressive blogs that are far more thoughtful and interesting, see Majikthise or amyking.org/blog. If you want the same old stuff, feel free to go here and read the same thing over and over again.

Boring. For people that think reading news about the same thing over and over again is an intellectual activity. Your time is better spent at blogs that discuss policy present-and-future in detail, like Cato Unbound, or at blogs that discuss issues of law and economics, like Volokh.

The art is jaw-droppingly good. A must for anyone even remotely interested in art.

This blog is undergoing some maintenance, but it belongs to the poet Amy King who is based in Brooklyn, and can only be ignored at one's own peril. The author is a very thoughtful liberal and an amazing poet, and should be read very carefully as her views are far more nuanced than those of many on the Left and Right, and far more insightful than many in lit crit circles.

What is best about this blog is that the point of view you're getting is very clear, but there's no bullying in terms of accepting its views. Statements that seem hyperbolic - i.e. the Palestinian Authority is full of terrorists - are backed up with articles from credible media sources, and the tone of the author is very restrained considering the issues he's dealing with. I wish the content were a bit more diverse: it feels like the same issues are being gone over day-in, day-out, and while that's important, it does tend to breed an attitude of "we're so right on these issues, no one who argues otherwise could be right on anything else." While I myself have that attitude, I do welcome correctives to it.

You have to register to post comments, the posts are GOP talking points mainly, and while the prose is clear there's little or none of the authenticity that makes blogging something people want to do, and blogs things people want to read. The GOP would do better if it gave attention to conservative blogs which already exist, rather than blog just because everyone else is doing so.

This is nothing against Right or Left leaning blogs, but rather against campaign blogs generally: given how finite their purpose is, and of how little use their content is, how can they be taken seriously as media?