{"id":486,"date":"2003-12-11T16:57:24","date_gmt":"2003-12-12T00:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/archives\/2003\/12\/11\/my-2003-koufax-award-nominees\/"},"modified":"2003-12-11T16:57:24","modified_gmt":"2003-12-12T00:57:24","slug":"my-2003-koufax-award-nominees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=486","title":{"rendered":"My 2003 Koufax Award nominees"},"content":{"rendered":"

Okay, it’s time for the second annual Koufax awards!<\/a> These are the awards for “left-wing blogs” in particular (last year, I won the award for best blog design).<\/p>\n

My favorite thing about these awards is that – hopefully – it’s a chance for folks to highlight great posts from 2003 that we’ve all forgotten about. There’s a tendency for the blogoverse to have a very short memory….<\/p>\n

Anyhow, head on over there to make nominations, if you want to (note that we’re not voting yet – just making nominations – but not every nomination will make it to the voting ballot, so if you like something that’s already been nominated, re-nominate it yourself). You’re allowed to nominate more than one thing per catagory, if you want to. And if you’re a blogger, you’re encouraged to nominate yourself – in particular, for the “best post,” “best series,” and “best new blog” catagories.<\/p>\n

Here are my nominations. I really suggest following the links, if you have time – these posts are really great reads, imo.<\/p>\n

Best Blog: Nathan Newman<\/a>.
\nBody and Soul<\/a><\/p>\n

Best Writing: Body and Soul<\/a>.
\nPedantry<\/a><\/p>\n

Best Single Post (I’ve emphasized posts that are over a few months old here, since I think people may have forgotten about some of these)\n\n

  • I’ll probably vote for “So Great a Cloud of Witnesses,” <\/a>from Ladysisyphus’ Livejournal. But here are some other posts I’ve enjoyed this year…\n
  • Alas a Blog, The Absent Fatso<\/a>. (Self-promotion? Me? Never<\/i>.)\n
  • Alas a Blog, Why does the Republican party oppose banning late-term abortions?<\/a> (I’d never self-promote, honest<\/i>!).\n
  • Very Very Happy’s defense of France<\/a>.\n
  • Pedantry, An alternative to normative liberal political theory” part two<\/a>.\n
  • Alas, a Blog, “Where are the Feminists?” <\/a>(post by Bean)\n
  • Late Night Thoughts, “The Attractions of the Isms.”<\/a>\n
  • I wanted to nominate Body & Soul’s post memorializing Fred Rogers, but as far as I can tell it no longer exists online. :-(\n
  • Body and Soul, “My Own Thoughts on Extremism”<\/a> (guest post by Don Johnson).\n
  • Body and Soul, “Images of a Kinder, Gentler War”<\/a>\n
  • The Head Heeb, “Krio and the courts”<\/a>\n
  • Long Story; Short Pier, “Radio Free Portland.”<\/a>\n
  • Body and Soul, “A Long and Rambling Post about Women and War”<\/a>\n
  • A Pillow Book from the Land of Artichokes, “Sex”<\/a>\n
  • D-Squared Digest, “Log Books – an Impudent Suggestion”<\/a>\n
  • Pedantry, “Why Israel and Palestine are not morally equivilent”<\/a><\/ul>\n

    Best Series of Posts: I’m going to do the self-promotion thing again and nominate two series of my own:
    \n    The Wage Gap Series<\/a>
    \n    The Partial Birth Abortion Ban series<\/a><\/p>\n

    Also, I’ll nominate Pedantry, “an alternative to normative liberal political theory,” in three parts: Part One<\/a>, Part Two<\/a>, and Part Three<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    And Body and Soul, “Looking for Alternatives,” Part I<\/a>, Part II<\/a>, and Part III<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    And Making Light, posts on the lootings in Iraq – start here and scroll down<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    And Prometheus 6, for his “Startin’ Stuff” series on reparations<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    And Nathan Newman, for his series of posts on the minimum wage<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    Best Single-Issue Blog: MsMusings<\/a>
    \nAlso,     Baghdad Burning<\/a><\/p>\n

    Best Group Blog: Crooked Timber<\/a><\/p>\n

    Most Humorous Post: D-squared digest, for the SSdB series.<\/p>\n

    Best Blog Design: My vote definitely goes to Jenn Manley Lee<\/a>.
    \nBut I think     Feministe <\/a>deserves a nomination, as well.<\/p>\n

    Best New Blog: Baghdad Burning<\/a><\/p>\n

    Best Special Effects: BlarghBlog, for the Flower and Rock series<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    UPDATE<\/b>: How on earth did I forget about Echidne of the Snakes<\/a> for best new blog? May the goddess forgive me.<\/p>\n

    * * *<\/p>\n

    Postscript: Speaking of shameless self-promotion, Alas is – amazingly – now in second place in the (right-wing dominated) Whizbang awards, “Best Playful Primate” catagory<\/a>. I’m not as interested in the Whizbang awards as I am in the Koufaxes, but I am incredibly amused by this turn of events, and I encourage you all to keep voting for Alas <\/a>over at Whizbang. (Remember, every 12 hours, you’re allowed to vote again!)<\/p>\n

    In contrast, I don’t encourage you to vote for Alas at the Koufax – I mean, I’m honored to be nominated, but I think people should just nominate their favorites, whatever those may be..<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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