Bookworm on Jul 19 2008 | Filed under: Watcher of Weasels
Even though the Watcher has retired, the Watcher’s Council marches onwards. As is always the case, the articles on which we voted were excellent so you can count on it that the Winner’s were good. On the Council side, first place went to Wolf Howling for Critiquing the Obama Manifesto on Iraq, a pretty scathing [...]
Bookworm on Jul 15 2008 | Filed under: Watcher of Weasels
The Watcher is retiring which I can assure you is a great loss to sensible thought in the blogosphere. The Council, however, does not wish to retire, and is in the process of reorganizing so that we can continue in his absence. We hope to continue in more or less the same form as before, [...]
Bookworm on Jul 15 2008 | Filed under: Watcher of Weasels
For the first time, I think, since I joined the Watcher’s Council, I was completely out of the loop for a voting cycle — so much so that I didn’t even read the contributions. However, because the Council’s reputation precedes it everywhere it goes, I can assure you that the following winners and placers are [...]
Bookworm on Jul 02 2008 | Filed under: Watcher of Weasels
I swear to you, I just don’t know how it is that, week after week, the Watcher’s Council manages to put forward such high quality work from all over the blogosphere. Here are this week’s entries, both Council and non-Council, with every one of them worth the read:
Obama’s 8 Years As State Legislator Makes Him [...]
Bookworm on Jun 27 2008 | Filed under: Watcher of Weasels
As I’m sure many of you have noticed, summer has me turned around, with my bloggin taking place in the afternoon and evening, rather than the morning. That’s because the morning tends to be devoted to the kids’ concerns. I simply can’t get any sustained time at the computer before about 3 in the afternoon.
As [...]
Bookworm on Jun 25 2008 | Filed under: Watcher of Weasels
Here’s what I’ll be reading in the next 24 hours from the Watcher’s Council:
Council links:
More Quincy
Done With Mirrors
Moonbat Kucinich Wants to Impeach Bush
The Colossus of Rhodey
Left Continues Denigration of McCain’s Military Service, POW Heroism
Rhymes With Right
South Africa’s Neville Chamberlain
The Razor
Dick Morris Gets One Right
Hillbilly White Trash
The Whole Shebaa-ng
Soccer Dad
Gay Pride Week
Bookworm Room
Afghanistan Update
The Glittering Eye
My [...]
Bookworm on Jun 20 2008 | Filed under: Watcher of Weasels
Voting every week at the Watcher’s Council is one of my more challenging tasks — something I say seriously, not facetiously. I’m constantly impressed by the high quality of the submissions, both on the Council and the non-Council side. It’s a very difficult from week to week to choose the two articles from each category [...]
Bookworm on Jun 18 2008 | Filed under: Watcher of Weasels
As always, the Watcher’s Council has a wonderful cornucopea of intellectual delight. Since my blogging this morning has been nil (because (a) nothing piqued my interest too much; (b) I had a very late night; and (c) kids), I’m delighted to make this offering to you:
What the Free World Would Do Well To Emulate
The Colossus [...]
Bookworm on Jun 13 2008 | Filed under: Watcher of Weasels
The results are in at the Watcher’s Council, and they are good. As always, the submissions were superb, which made voting very difficult. Nevertheless, vote we did, and I can now give you the results.
I recommend every article, but have no quarrels at all with Joshuapundit’s blow-out victory for a post in which he examines [...]
Bookworm on Jun 08 2008 | Filed under: Watcher of Weasels
I always admire the Watchers’ collective wisdom. This past week, both the winners (Council and non-Council) are the writings I voted for. Nor can I disagree with the way the rest of the articles ended up placed:
Votes
Council link
2 2/3
Memorial Day
Done With Mirrors
2 1/3
The Costs of Withdrawing from Iraq
The Glittering Eye
1 2/3
The Media Furor Over McClellan’s [...]
Bookworm on Jun 05 2008 | Filed under: Watcher of Weasels
It’s time again to place my vote as a Council Member at the Watcher of Weasels. Today, I’ll have the pleasure of reading the following posts and articles:
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Bookworm on May 29 2008 | Filed under: Watcher of Weasels
Well, I voted for Soccer Dad, but the Watcher himself (or herself) was kind enough to vote for me — breaking a tie between Soccer Dad’s post and mine. I have to admit to being rather pleased, because I thought this was a week of exceptionally good contributions from Council members, and actually didn’t think [...]
Bookworm on May 28 2008 | Filed under: Watcher of Weasels
One of the pleasant tasks I have tomorrow is to review the nominations at the Watcher of Weasels and vote on my favorite. The following are the offerings for this week:
Council links:
Dear Mr Hoyt
Soccer Dad
In Which It Gets Worse
Done With Mirrors
Cowbama Diplomacy and Iran
Wolf Howling
An Honest Assesment of the MSM’s Problem
Rhymes With Right
Reflections on [...]
Bookworm on May 26 2008 | Filed under: Watcher of Weasels
Oh me, oh my! Here it is four days since the Watcher’s votes came in and I haven’t shared the outcome with you. I have a research project I need to do, and I spent a day in cheerful dalliance (watched the wonderful new Narnia movie), so I’ll just give the outcome to you in [...]
Bookworm on May 20 2008 | Filed under: Watcher of Weasels
…I’ve got the reading material for you. From the Watcher’s Council, this week’s choices are:
Council links:
Is Human Moral Progress Inevitable?
The Colossus of Rhodey
Net Loss
Done With Mirrors
Renaming the Paradigm *UPDATED*
Bookworm Room
No One Will Solve Our Energy Problems For Us
Hillbilly White Trash
George Bush Isolationist
Soccer Dad
Time To Remember The “Global” In The War On Terror
Cheat Seeking Missiles
Seattle Times [...]
Bookworm on May 18 2008 | Filed under: Watcher of Weasels
I have been remiss, since I haven’t yet posted the winner’s in last week’s vote over at the Watcher of Weasels. As is always the case, the collective wisdom of the Council yielded sterling results. Sitting here today, trying to keep an eye on two young girls baking brownies, I no longer remember precisely which [...]
Bookworm on May 15 2008 | Filed under: Watcher of Weasels
Apologies for my silence today, but I let deadlines pile up and I now have to face that dismal music. It’s entirely my own fault, because I wanted to blog, not do paying work, but the paying work has to be done — and I certainly owe it to my clients to do their projects [...]
Bookworm on May 11 2008 | Filed under: Watcher of Weasels
The results are in for the last round of voting at the Watcher’s Council, and the first place winners in both the Council and non-Council categories were entirely predictable because they were that good. Second place winners weren’t so bad either. So, here are the results of the votes:
Votes
Council link
4
Who Cares About Israel, Anyway?
Joshuapundit
2
Party Like [...]
Bookworm on May 02 2008 | Filed under: Watcher of Weasels
Showing myself to be in synch with my fellow council members, my first place votes in each category — council member and non-council member — won. So, without further throat-clearing, I present the first and second place winners in each category.
On the council side, a much deserved first place went to Right Wing Nuthouse for [...]
Bookworm on Apr 24 2008 | Filed under: Watcher of Weasels
Sadly, the Watcher of Weasels suffered some sort of catastrophic technical failure and was unable to fulfill the ordinary Watcher functions this week. At Joshuapundit, however, Freedom Fighter has kindly taken the time to assemble links to the articles the Council Members would have voted on, had there been a vote, so you can [...]
Bookworm on Apr 17 2008 | Filed under: Watcher of Weasels
Today is the voting day over at the Watcher’s Council, so I’m going through the posts fellow Council members selected for the week. You really can’t do better than this stuff, and I recommend each post highly:
Bullshit!
Done With Mirrors
The Candidates on the Economy: Taxes
The Glittering Eye
Does America Need a New Enemy? One Brit Thinks So…
Hillbilly [...]
Bookworm on Apr 11 2008 | Filed under: Watcher of Weasels
Both of the posts I voted for as my favorite Watcher nominations won 1st place. I was actually a little uncomfortable about Fjordman’s post, the winning non-council post, since it does seem to be the first step in a national front movement in Europe. Nevertheless, I thought it was a good post because [...]
Bookworm on Mar 28 2008 | Filed under: Watcher of Weasels
Watcher’s results are in, and this time I’m on top of things.
On the Council side, first place went to Done With Mirrors for the best post I’ve seen about the media’s “Grim Milestone” watch: Get Your Grim Milestone Today? Second place was for my post, “What Would You Do?,” which asked what you would do [...]
Bookworm on Mar 21 2008 | Filed under: Watcher of Weasels
I’m about to start on a scintillating morning of research about federal diversity jurisdiction and choice of law questions. Please excuse, therefore, the brevity with which I present the winners from last week’s and this week’s Watcher’s Council votes. I can assure you that the winning posts were excellent, as were those that did not [...]
Bookworm on Mar 20 2008 | Filed under: Watcher of Weasels
The bad news is that Big Lizards is leaving the Watcher’s Council, which has enjoyed the wonderful bounty of his posts for a year now. The good news, however, is that, if you are interested in joining the Watcher’s Council, now is your chance to apply.
In my search for one other silver lining, it also [...]
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