Category: Watcher of Weasels

In keeping with the new Watcher’s Council policy, I’m including here a verbatim reprint of the post announcing this week’s winners at the Watcher’s Council. I should add here that I don’t mind doing this at all. Rob (aka JoshuaPundit, aka the Watcher) is a wonderful writer, and I enjoy

My apologies for not writing today.  My mom is in quite genuine pain from a pelvic fracture (common in elderly ladies who take a fall), but because she couples that pain with her usual narcissistic, manipulative, histrionic behavior, I responded by helping her out quite nicely and then going off on

At the Watcher’s request, I’m trying something new this week:  instead of just posting the winners, I’m posting here the entire article that the Watcher writes when he posts the winners.  Considering that our Watcher is a seriously good writer, this can only improve my blog’s quality: The Council has spoken,

The year may be waning, but the Watcher’s Council never wanes. Week after week, its stalwart members keep an eye on the weasels of the world. Here are this week’s nominations: Council Submissions The Independent Sentinel – Drudge Beware: FEC Joins Attacks on Free Speech of Conservatives Simply Jews –

Another week, and another batch of Watcher’s Council winners. After reading the nominations and voting, I was, as always, quite awed by the brain power the council members bring to today’s news. If you haven’t already read these posts, whether Council or non-Council, please take a few minutes to do

Watcher’s Council members are once again considering their weekly nominations and, as always, it’s a choice between fabulous, wonderful, and incredible, all of which can make voting quite the challenge. Before you dive into the nominations, there are a couple more things you might like to consider: (1) the Watcher’s

The votes have been counted and the Watcher’s Council has now spoken. Also, be sure to check out the anointed Weasel of the Week, someone who’s essential weaselness can no longer be contested. Council Winners *First place with 2 1/3 votes!– The Noisy Room – The Brookings Institution and Qatar

I always preface these weekly nominations posts by saying something about how wonderful all of the Watcher’s Council’s nominations are, and that this is the case whether the Council members wrote the the nominated pieces or whether they’re nominations for posts outside of the Council. Part of me fears this

The Council has spoken, and I admit that I was gobsmacked to see that I won for a third week in a row. My fellow Council members are so informed and write so well, it always shocks me that I’m even in the same league with them. Please be sure

One of the great pleasures of Thursdays is reading and voting on the Watcher’s Council nominations for the week. Two other pleasures, both of which I meant to link to earlier, are reading the forum (this one asking whether, First Amendment notwithstanding, Islam in America needs some government limitations) and

The Council has spoken and to say that I’m deeply flattered is an understatement. I know my fellow Council members, not just through their writing at their own blogs, but through the regular and extremely social back channel conversations we have almost every day. They are wonderful people in every

Another week and a new batch of wonderful Watcher’s Council nominations. Also, because the Watcher’s Council has a lot to give, be sure to check out the “Weasel of the Week” nominations. Council Submissions The Noisy Room – Bloody Jihad Comes To Oklahoma The Independent Sentinel – Mexican Woman Sues to Strike Down US

The Council has spoken, and I’m really flattered. Also, be sure to check out the winner of this week’s “Weasel of the Week” contest. As you know, there’s always something exciting happening at the Watcher’s Council site: Council Winners *First place with 4 votes! – Bookworm Room – Socialized medicine and passive-aggressive genocide

I hope you don’t get bored when, most weeks, I note here that it’s the “usual good stuff” from the Watcher’s Council. I like that phrase because it so accurately describes precisely what happens on a weekly basis at the Council: Council members look at their own week’s worth of

Another week has gone by and it’s time for another Watcher’s Council vote. The following are this week’s nominations, and I’m not exaggerating when I say that they are all excellent. As always, I’m speaking only the truth when I say that it’s going to be very challenging for me