About searching for "political weblogs": my first instincts were saying – "Don’t touch them!". At the same time, something else (that ‘something incognito‘) was saying – "Go on!", because one of the boundaries walkingtalkingwriting crosses is political debate – especially debate ABOUT Hope and Protest.
But "Plogs" are legion:
… where to start ? Wikipedia lists 23 political, 37 liberal, 11 libertarian, 8 conservative, 3 warblogs. That hardly scratches the surface, and then there all those political Magazines too.
… and who to trust on the search? Perhaps those who write History (the History News Network). But USA based, and as they say ‘History is always written by the victors’. Not always true; the History of the Fall of Constantinople in 1453 was written by the ‘losers’, the Byzantines fleeing to the west rather than the victorious Ottomans. In Iraq I wonder if the same isn’t happening – too soon to say we think!
… DIVIDED VOICES, or should we call it ‘ESSENTIAL VOICES’. We search for authenticity, rather than the merely strongly opinionated, political ranters, or spin doctors. In Iraq, riverbend (Baghdad Burning) of course.
… voices that reach out over the divide. My first choice is Open Democracy and its Links, and themes of:
arts & culture
people
democracy & power
ecology & place
faith & ideas
globalisation
media & the net
people
I think that covers it!
mmj