Philosophy
Here's a call I make every once in a while that is probably worth making again. Are there bloggers out there that you read regularly who are not getting the readership they deserve? What are your favorites that more folks should know about? (Feel free to mention your own.)
- Wealth, Hard Work, And Virtue
Listening to Mitt Romney's speech from last night, a constant strain in conservative rhetoric really stood out, the conflation of wealth, success, and virtue. The idea is that if you have a lot of money, it means that you worked harder than those...
- Best Blog Others May Not Know About
We all have our blogs that we check out regularly -- some are major names, others not so much. What would you recommend that you think more people need to read? Looking for blogs here that are insightful, but underrated (you can include your own if you...
- On Vanity
Ginger Meyerson of The Hackenblog has picked up on a recent trend in a fascinating direction. Where a number of bloggers have parlayed their successful novelty blogs into books, Mayerson goes at it honestly and has started The Journal of Bloglandia, collecting...
- Going Meta
I try not to write too much about the activity of blogging itself, but yesterday we passed a milestone here. The 100,000th person came to the playground. That really is a pretty amazing thing, something that probably merits some self-reflection...well,...
- Thinking Blog Award
Aspazia tapped me with this meme that's been circulating -- the Thinking Blog Award. I usually don't do these, but I do think there are some smart lesser known blogs I would love to see get a wider readership. (hint: it also helps to get someone...
Philosophy
Underread Blogs
Here's a call I make every once in a while that is probably worth making again. Are there bloggers out there that you read regularly who are not getting the readership they deserve? What are your favorites that more folks should know about? (Feel free to mention your own.)
- Wealth, Hard Work, And Virtue
Listening to Mitt Romney's speech from last night, a constant strain in conservative rhetoric really stood out, the conflation of wealth, success, and virtue. The idea is that if you have a lot of money, it means that you worked harder than those...
- Best Blog Others May Not Know About
We all have our blogs that we check out regularly -- some are major names, others not so much. What would you recommend that you think more people need to read? Looking for blogs here that are insightful, but underrated (you can include your own if you...
- On Vanity
Ginger Meyerson of The Hackenblog has picked up on a recent trend in a fascinating direction. Where a number of bloggers have parlayed their successful novelty blogs into books, Mayerson goes at it honestly and has started The Journal of Bloglandia, collecting...
- Going Meta
I try not to write too much about the activity of blogging itself, but yesterday we passed a milestone here. The 100,000th person came to the playground. That really is a pretty amazing thing, something that probably merits some self-reflection...well,...
- Thinking Blog Award
Aspazia tapped me with this meme that's been circulating -- the Thinking Blog Award. I usually don't do these, but I do think there are some smart lesser known blogs I would love to see get a wider readership. (hint: it also helps to get someone...