Blogcritics Editors' Picks - Oct. 21 to Oct. 28
Published October 30, 2005
(For the week of Oct. 22 to Oct. 28)***
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POLITICS: Lisa McKay's Picks of the Week
There was a lot of interesting reading in Politics this week, particularly with regard to the nomination and subsequent withdrawal of Harriet Miers. As always, Blogcritics' own political pundits covered the stories from every angle.
Al Barger got all prescient on us in Harriet E. Miers and Blood in the Water, where he told us before Miers did that her nomination would be withdrawn, and filled us in on why the right wing just wouldn't get on board.
Humor writing is probably the hardest type of writing to pull off well, and to do it well in politics is harder still. While most of the writing on the Miers story was of the serious variety, ProgressiveDepot made a lot of readers laugh out loud in First Draft of Harriet Miers' Withdrawal Letter Found.
A look at what has been a very rough patch for the President and his supporters, Is the Bushites' Day of Reckoning at Hand?, by Natalie Davis, nicely chronicles what might well be payback time for the Commander-in-Chief.
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CULTURE: Lisa Hoover's picks of the week
The Lures of the "Online Predator by Fighter, Oct. 23
Fighter outlines more than 20 different ways online predators lure their adult victims. This is a great read for anyone you think might be vulnerable to this kind new kind of danger.
Lists: It's Not Who You Are, But Where You Are by Gypsyman, Oct. 25
Gypsyman says that every time you turn around, someone's put together another "Top Ten" or "Top Twenty" list for some topic or another. He thinks we can do without all these constant "Best of..." lists. That's a great point so that's why he makes my...um...list for this week.
Everytime You Add a Movie To Your Queue An Angel Gets Its Wings by Tiffany Leigh, Oct. 25.
- Blogcritics Editors' Picks - Oct. 21 to Oct. 28
- Published: October 30, 2005
- Type: News
- Section: Culture
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Hey, just read Progressive Depot's Harriet Miers letter y'all picked here. Now that was pretty good writing, right there.
I made it, Ma! Thanks for the nod, and I'll have to check out some of these other articles that slipped by me.
Thanks very much! It's on my fridge. I'm still in a honeymoon blush with the site, and am enjoying contributing to the discussions.
Thanks so much for the link. I've posted the button on my blog's sidebar.
Cool, it's nice to be surprised when I go visiting people's sites and see the button there being "worn" proudly.
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