January 19, 2007

The Council Speaks

The Watcher's Council results are in. The winning Council post was Rhymes With Right's MLK Day--A Singular Holiday with yours truly's The Beauty of Fairness ekeing out a narrow second place. The winning non-Council post was Small Wars Journal's A Framework for Thinking About Iraq Strategy followed by Confederate Yankee's Discrediting Jamil's Sources.

This was my last week on the Council, so if you know a good blogger who is looking for greater exposure, head over to the Watcher's place and drop him a line.

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January 12, 2007

The Council Speaks

This week's Council results are in. The winning Council entry was Done With Mirrors' Why Is There Still a CIA?, and the winning non-Council entry was Blackfive's A Strategy for the Long War. The full list of nominees is here. Congratulations to the winners.

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January 11, 2007

Belated Watch

I somehow missed posting to the Dec 29 Watcher's Council results. Done With Mirrors won the Council vote with Follow Your Surges, followed by The Coming of Neo-Multilateralism by American Future, IRANIAN Military Seized in Raid on Iraqi Insurgents -- (And the NYT Deplores It) by Joshuapundit and The Dark Side of "Traditional Values" by Right Wing Nut House. On the non-Council side, the winner was From Khomeini to Ahmadinejad by Matthias Küntzel followed by Is Federalism Tainted by Slavery and Jim Crow? by The Volokh Conspiracy, The Sandy Berger Experiment: Bush Official Destroyed 9/11 Documents by Doug Ross and Emaciated or Emancipated? by The Possum Bistro.

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January 10, 2007

Nominations

This week's Watcher's Council nominations are up.

Borrowing a page from Dave Shuler, this week's Council entries include:

Dave Shuler discussing the growing environmental disaster in China due to their reliance on coal, an important and underappreciated issue that is already affecting the U.S. as pollution travels across the Pacific, and an issue that will become more important as the discussion about global warming continues.

American Future takes on the rather silly meme that argues that if one was wrong about the Iraq War, one's opinion should never again be heeded.

Eternity Road has an interesting essay about the history of warfare and what it implies about our current conflict.

Done With Mirrors asks an excellent question: why do we still have a CIA? As I've written about this myself, I particularly enjoyed reading this well-researched piece.

The Colossus of Rhodey talks about the continued dominance of the American Left on university campuses, an issue I'm quite curious about, as I'm 15 years removed from college and, while certainly the student body where I went to school tilted well to the left, I was well-known on campus as a righty and I never faced any trouble with any of my instructors.

Rhymes With Right takes a look at Mitt Romney's budding presidential campaign, another issue of some interest to me given my disdain for the two presumptive leading Republican candidates, McCain and Giuliani.

SoccerDad takes a look at the troubles of Iraqi soccer today and compares them to life under Uday.

Rightwing Nuthouse effectively (and humorously) punctures the ravings of Dennis Prager and Rep. Virgil Goode over the horrors of a Muslim Congressman taking a ceremonial oath on a copy of the Koran.

Joshuapundit takes a look at the state of Islamic jurisprudence with 'You're the Qadi,' a multiple choice exam examining some decisions in Islamic courts. My only quarrel with this kind of this is that it's always tough to know how representative such selections are.

The Education Wonks ask how to deal with an unusual disciplinary situation, highlighting some of the strange problems modern educators have to address.

The Sundries Shack fisks a Howard Fineman column that asks what Americans want in a President, noting that the answer (as it usually is when pundits ask such questions) is amazingly similar to what Howard Fineman would like in a President.

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January 05, 2007

The Council Speaks

There were some very good articles among this week's selection. I was particularly partial to Sneaking Suspicion's 'At Risk of Repetition' and The Glittering Eye's 'The house always wins,' but just about every article in this week's list was an interesting read. Full results here.

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December 27, 2006

This Week's Nominations

Here are all the links submitted by members of the Watcher's Council for this week's vote.

Council links:

1. Robot Rights
   The Colossus of Rhodey
2. The Coming of Neo-Multilateralism
   American Future
3. NY Times To Terrorists: Bomb the Tunnels! Bomb the Tunnels!
   Rhymes With Right
4. Two Red Herrings Out of Three Ain't Bad
   Soccer Dad
5. Negotiating with Iran
   The Glittering Eye
6. The Dark Side of "Traditional Values"
   Right Wing Nut House
7. Is a Teacher's "Classroom Coming-Out" Protected Speech?
   The Education Wonks
8. Follow Your Surges
   Done With Mirrors
9. IRANIAN Military Seized in Raid on Iraqi Insurgents -- (And the NYT Deplores It)
   Joshuapundit
10. Why Facts Don't Matter
    Andrew Olmsted
11. Islamists on the Run!
    The Sundries Shack

1. "Social Conscience"? Ho, I'll Bet
   The Four Color Media Monitor
2. From Khomeini to Ahmadinejad
   Matthias Küntzel
3. Nifong's Sinking Ship
   Durham-in-Wonderland
4. A Month of a Unilateral "Cease Fire"
   Elder of Ziyon
5. The Hanoudi Letter: The Second Anniversary
   The Hanoudi Letter
6. 2007 Predictions: How the World Will Turn -- We Think
   The QandO Blog
7. Unable Danger?
   Captain's Quarters
8. American Historical Association Against the War
   Spinning Clio: Where History and Politics Meet
9. Emaciated or Emancipated?
   The Possum Bistro
10. Never Mind
    Marginal Revolution
11. The Sandy Berger Experiment: Bush Official Destroyed 9/11 Documents
    Doug Ross @ Journal
12. Is Federalism Tainted by Slavery and Jim Crow?
    The Volokh Conspiracy
13. Truly MADDly Deeply
    Dodgeblogium

Also, for any who are interested, a slot has opened up on the Council, so if you have a website and would like to sign up, send a note to the Watcher.

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December 22, 2006

The Council Speaks

The top entries from the Watcher's Council this week are: Directions on Iraq: A Blogging Colloquium (Updated) by The Glittering Eye, and The ROC by The Fourth Rail. 

Congratulations to both winners, they're very interesting and worth a read.

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December 20, 2006

Council Nominations

This week's nominations are now available for review:

Council links:

1. Directions on Iraq: A Blogging Colloquium (Updated)
   The Glittering Eye
2. Pinning the Blame on Iraq
   American Future
3. Death of Pinochet
   The Colossus of Rhodey
4. Right of Return
   Done With Mirrors
5. We Live in Interesting Times
   Gates of Vienna
6. What Moynihan and Kirkpatrick Saw
   Soccer Dad
7. A Long Goodbye
   Right Wing Nut House
8. One Principal's Pathetic Potty Policy
   The Education Wonks
9. Ex-president and Jew Hater for Sale -- Jimmy Carter's Dirty Little Secret
   Joshuapundit
10. So, Mr. President. What Will It Be?
    The Sundries Shack
11. Should Executions Be Painless?
    Rhymes With Right
12. Tenets for a Useful Military
    Andrew Olmsted

1. The ROC
   The Fourth Rail
2. Evaluating Iraq Policy through Two Lenses
   Democracy Arsenal
3. The Face of the Faculty
   Campus Newspaper Confab
4. One Muslim Voice on the Holocaust, Unheard
   The Y Files
5. Michael Wright and Pundita Rumble Over Iraq
   Pundita
6. ABC News International: Charm Schools Reaching the New Metrosexual Male
   Crablaw's Maryland Weekly
7. The Uncertain World of 1946 and the Future We Created.
   Varifrank
8. Save Time With Hard Truth?
   Classical Values
9. Why They Deny the Holocaust
   Latimes.com
10. Extortion, Its Own Self
    Cold Fury
11. There's a Sickening Conference of Hatred Going on in the World Right Now...
    IMAO
12. In Search of a National Security Policy
    Coffee Corner
13. Kofi Rips Off NY Taxpayers, Among Others
    Blackfive
14. Reflecting on the Music Piece
    Dodgeblogium

I'm not sure yet who I'll be voting for. I'd be curious to hear what articles my readers like most (or least), and why.

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December 15, 2006

The Council Speaks

The winning entries in the Watcher's Council vote for this week are The Peace Myth by yours truly and The Clash of Convictions and the Remaking of the World of Wars by Winds of Change.NET.  American Future was the only member unable to vote this week...  and the only member affected by the 2/3 vote penalty.  Thanks to everyone for all the great entries this week...  I'm eager to see next week's entries!  Here are the full tallies of all votes cast:

For those who are interested, my votes were for The Clash of Convictions and the Remaking of the World of Wars and President Bush's Way Forward in the non-council category, and for War and War and The Real Holocaust Deniers in the council categories.

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December 08, 2006

Watcher's Council Winners

The winning entries in the Watcher's Council vote for this week are On Negotiating with Iran and Syria -- Part II by American Future, and "Come for the Egalitarianism, Stay for the Bestiality and Tyranny" by Dr. Sanity.  Here are the full tallies of all votes cast:

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December 06, 2006

The Council Speaks

I joined the Watcher's Council this past week, and this week's votes nominations are in.

Council links:

1. How to Lose Support for a War
   The Glittering Eye
2. On Negotiating with Iran and Syria -- Part II
   American Future
3. Dennis Prager Dead Wrong On Ellison & Koran
   Rhymes With Right
4. Carter Slanders, Russert Defers
   Soccer Dad
5. The Road to Hell
   ShrinkWrapped
6. Hiding Behind the Wall...
   Joshuapundit
7. A Welcome Division: Let's Talk Coffee
   Right Wing Nut House
8. Who Loses
   Done With Mirrors
9. Suspending Disbelief In Oregon
   The Education Wonks
10. What the U.S. Needs from its Armed Forces
    Andrew Olmsted
11. The Latest Chapter of The Incredibly Shrinking Church
    Gates of Vienna
12. Meet the New Strategy. Same as the Old Strategy.
    The Sundries Shack

1. The Biggest Gang In Iraq
   Global Guerrillas
2. Michael Moore Issues Iraq Withdrawal Fatwa
   American Thinker
3. Put Your Hand in the Puppet Head
   A Crafty Madness
4. Defending the 17th
   Baseball Crank
5. "Come for the Egalitarianism, Stay for the Bestiality and Tyranny"
   Dr. Sanity
6. Coulter Gets Results!
   AnnCoulter.com
7. History's End, History's Beginning
   The Adventures of Chester
8. Memo to Grand Imam Tantawi
   The Big Pharaoh
9. Has Bush Surrendered On Presidential Prerogative?
   Captain's Quarters
10. The Militarization of the Police
    The QandO Blog
11. Democrats, Terrorists and 'Brotherly Way'
    World Defense Review
12. "Dance With Me, I Want To Be Your Partner, Can't You See?"
    Sigmund, Carl and Alfred
13. Moderately Uninformed
    Confederate Yankee
14. Creative Destruction in the Music Industry -- The Way Ahead
    Dodgeblogium

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