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Managing My Blogroll
25 May 2008 01:08 pm
And now for a post that has nothing to do with Obama. I'm gonna adjust my blogroll in the next couple days--mostly, I'm gonna add some folks (Balloon Juice, Kathy G, Amptoons, Jed Report...). FIrst, taking my que from Balloon Juice, I wonder if you guys have any reccommendations for blogs I should be reading, that I'm not. Also, what are the online ethics of pruning your blogroll? I mean, I read--and when lucky, write for--Slate, but they don't need any help from me. I'm more concerned about blogs that I don't read much anymore. Any thoughts?
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Well the only new blog that I don't see talked about enough around but that I recently added to my blogroll and adore is yours LOL
Other than that I think the other ideas I have are all sites you are familiar with like Poblano's blog (fivethirtyeight) and so on.
I am very fond of "angry asian man" though in the spirit of blogs aimed at a discussion about race but this one is from the perspective of the Asian-American community.
We've just been tidying ours up, so:
My assumption is that blogrolls are, and should be, about your preferences. That said, blogs that you know about, but that don't get a lot of traffic, would probably very much appreciate being on your blogroll, so if you like them, I'd leave them up even if you don't actually read them much anymore. I don't think there's any obligation to list anyone, though; it's more about courtesy and wanting to give good people a hand.
For the record, "Amptoons" is probably "Alas, A Blog".
Rootless Cosmopolitan (tonykaron.com) is great on foreign policy/Middle East issues.
For truly underappreciated blogs, my nominee is 13th Floor, Governing magazine's blog. Full of bizarro stories of the sort that would be a lot more likely to come to the attention of, oh, a magazine devoted to serving the needs of state and municipal officials than to you or I.
http://governing.typepad.com/13thfloor/
This is your blog, If I follow a link I want to be pointed to the ones your reading or recommend. If your not reading it don't point me that way.
Ta-Nehisi,
Check my blog out when you have a chance,
http://pcashperspective.wordpress.com/
Thanks,
P.Cash
I'm also a new reader. I deleted Instapundit from by bookmarks and found a couple people who I actually enjoy reading.
Check out http://www.globalcompassion.com (sets of people and culture photos from around the world featuring one outstanding photographer each week)
Check out Al Giordano's The Field - about the best reporting on primaries and politics in general. Also, Tiny Revolution and Lawyers, Guns and Money. Recently, I've been enjoying tis one, too: South Jerusalem: Gershom Gorenberg and Haim Watzman.
Old favorite, still one of the best political commentary on the net: Digby's Hullaballo.
I'll take a link if I can get one!! I blog for my own amusement about local (Capitol Hill in DC) issues; mostly about boozing, dealing with my kid, and other silliness; but I have been blogging about getting navigating the maze of DC Public Schools which some other folks might like to read about.
http://hillratdc.blogspot.com/2008/05/ludlow-taylor-pta-meeting.html
it should be blogs you are feeling that are not super well known.
You have HuffPo on there, and I suspect every single person who reads this goes there, its one of the most popular sites in the net period. In other words, it doesn't belong. If I may make a few suggestions of blogs I know you will appreciate:
http://field-negro.blogspot.com/
a black lawyer from philly, who like you, blogs on various aspects of black life, politics, etc.
http://www.racismreview.com/blog/
A blog started by the former president of the American Sociological Association. Racism Review is intended to provide a credible and reliable source of information for... [those] who are seeking solid evidence-based research and analysis of “race,” racism, ethnicity, and immigration issues, especially as they undergird and shape U.S. society within a global setting.
you've gotta love that.
Don't delete the obvious blogs... you never know who may stumble upon your site from a random Google search and be opened up to a whole new world of lefty thinking!
I'm a fan of the Black Snob - she's funny, and does some pretty interesting writing.
I read Altercation daily, so I think that would be a good addition to your blogroll.
http://mediamatters.org/altercation/index
But I actually came over here today to see if you were up on the news that Politico.com just broke: the excerpts from former Press Secretary Scott McClellan's new book - What Happened.
Apparently, what happened is the American people got rolled. We all knew that was true, but to have yet another insider - and this one the voice of the President - say, "yeah, that's what happened" really spun me up to post on my blog. Now I am checking for reactions around the web.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0508/10649.html
Hey, I've I been blogging for a few months now, usually from a progressive viewpoint, but mainly through a critical lens that happens to criticize both left and right wing politics. I think you may find some of the ideas interesting.
I appreciate your writing and ideas.It's given me pause for thought many times. Keep up the good work.
http://oddlyamerican.wordpress.com/
See www.copinthehood.com. I talk about policing, Baltimore, and your book. I liked it.