Last week’s Watcher’s Winners
I think this might be the third time in four weeks that I’ve taken second place at the Watcher’s Council (although I haven’t confirmed this impression). I think that’s higher than my posts deserve, so am most grateful to my fellow council members:
Winning Council Submissions
- First place with 2 1/3 points! – American Digest – Barack Obama: Imaginary Friend of Democrats. Cause and Cure.
- Second place with 2 points – (T*) – The Razor – Symbols Aren’t Leaders
- Second place with 2 points – (T*) – Bookworm Room – San Francisco mulls expanding gay rights program at expense of academic programs
- Third place with 1 1/3 points – Wolf Howling – Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Don’t Change
- Fourth place with 2/3 points – (T*) – The Provocateur – A Conversation with Wade Rathke
- Fourth place with 2/3 points – (T*) – Right Truth – Palin’s RINO Problem
- Fifth place with 1/3 points – The Colossus of Rhodey – Why I haven’t bought a Marvel comic in a couple years
Winning Non-Council Submissions
- First place with 2 2/3 points! – Douglas Murray @ Telegraph Blogs – Geert Wilders: On Trial For Telling The Truth
- Second place with 1 2/3 points – (T*) – Doug Ross Journal – The Sublime, Timeless Wisdom of Arianna Huffington Somehow Reduced to Ashes By Anonymous Commenter at Green Room
- Second place with 1 2/3 points – (T*) – Jerome Ravetz @ What’s Up With That? – Climategate: Plausibility and the blogosphere in the post-normal age
- Third place with 1 1/3 points – Big Lizards – Here’s Exactly What We Don’t Need
- Fourth place with 1 points – Buckhorn Road – Apparently, our republic is “anti-democratic”
- Fifth place with 2/3 points – (T*) – Pajamas Media/Victor Davis Hanson – Why Fear Big Government?
- Fifth place with 2/3 points – (T*) – Zenpundit – Guest Post: Cameron on “A Response to a Most Remarkable Conversation”
- Sixth place with 1/3 points – Yaacov Lozowick’s Ruminations – Response to Naomi Paiss
(T*) – Indicates a Tie.
(D*) – The Provocateur received a 2/3 point penalty in the council submissions category for failing to vote in this week’s contest.
I won’t be participating in this week’s Council vote (too much on my plate even to pretend to the effort), but I do urge you to head over to the Council website on Wednesday to see what the submissions are. They’re sure to be good.
