Comments on: Bloggers, Overrated and Underrated

By: Alex King

Alex King — Tue, 12 Apr 2005 00:22:45 +0000

My vote for an underrated would probably have to go to Virtue Magazine (http://www.virtuemag.org)

By: Agent Tim

Agent Tim — Sun, 10 Apr 2005 23:47:15 +0000

I would say overrated bloggers are just bloggers who are really dedicated to what they do and do it daily. But the underrated ones often are the same way. Like these:

Virtue Magazine: http://www.virtuemag.org
A Physicists Perspective: http://www.dmobley.blogspot.com
Allthings2All: http://www.allthings2all.blogspot.com
Razor Kiss: http://razorskiss.net/wp/
Two or Three: http://twoorthree.blogspot.com/
Youngpundit: http://www.youngpundit.com/
DaddyPundit: http://daddypundit.blogspot.com/
SpunkyHomeschool:http://www.spunkyhomeschool.blogspot.com

By: A Different Mitch

A Different Mitch — Sat, 09 Apr 2005 20:54:40 +0000

For underrated weblogs, I looked for familiar sites in the Truth Laid Bear’s Ecosystem, rated as “Marauding Marsupials,” “Adorable Rodents,” and “Flappy Birds.” I got enough there, but there are more good sites further down the evolutionary scale. In no particular order:

EURSOC
Progressive Reaction (Moira Breen & David Fleck)
Feces Flinging Monkey
Sand in the Gears (Tony Woodlief)
GeekPress
Drumwaster’s Rants
Moonbattery
Professor Bunyip
Right as Usual
The Daily Meme

I assume that La Shawn’s HTML restrictions won’t let be post links, but do yourself a favor and Google these offerings. I hope I’m not too late, as these people deserve more attention and support.

And thanks to the real Mitch at “A Shot in the Dark” for his kind mention of the Chicago Boyz.

By: Josh Cohen

Josh Cohen — Fri, 08 Apr 2005 15:42:36 +0000

Overrated:
5. Joanne Jacobs
4. Roger Simon
3. Lileks
(I really like #5, 4, and 3, but I still think they’re kind of overrated.)
2. Michelle Malkin
1. Instapundit

Underrated:
5. Powerline
4. Daniel Drezner
3. Snooze Button Dreams
2. Side Salad (sidesalad.net)
1. Just One Bite (justonebite.com)

By: The Glittering Eye

The Glittering Eye — Fri, 08 Apr 2005 15:41:45 +0000

Bloggers who are deserving
I guess I’m late to this party but LaShawn Barber started up another of the overrated/underrated blogger threads and I’d like to put in my two cents. In keeping with my resolution today to celebrate the good I’d like to…

By: Kit Jarrell

Kit Jarrell — Fri, 08 Apr 2005 12:40:17 +0000

Overrated:

Instapundit – elitist clearinghouse of links and nothing more.
Wonkette – Trash.
Daily Kos – Thank God they don’t make this crap in pill form.

Underrated:

Iowahawk. The guy is brilliant.
ThisIsYourWar.blogspot.com – Go read this. It’s gut-level view from an infantryman’s perspective in Iraq.

And of course, I feel the need to jump on the self-promoting bandwagon. Forgive me, but read my blog.

http://euphoria.jarkolicious.com

By: Dummocrats

Dummocrats — Fri, 08 Apr 2005 12:00:50 +0000

Underrated Blogs
LaShawn Barber is asking for the top five overrated and underrated blogs. Here at Dummocrats, we have no desire to go negative, so we’ll just name our top five underrated blogs. First, a caveat, to us, underrated doesn’t necessarily mean…

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 08 Apr 2005 08:01:12 +0000

Overrated:

5. Hugh Hewitt
4. Ann Althouse
3. Belmont Club
2. Dan Gillmor
1. INDC Journal

Underated:

5. Arthur Chrenkoff
4. Outside The Beltway
3. Protein Wisdom
2. Wizbang
1. PunditGuy

By: Frank

Frank — Fri, 08 Apr 2005 06:41:00 +0000

Overrated:
Instapundit
Daily Kos
Atrios
Michelle Malkin
LeShawn Barber
Hugh Hewitt
Little Green Footballs

By: bleedingbrain

bleedingbrain — Fri, 08 Apr 2005 06:06:33 +0000

Most missed blog:

http://www.USSClueless.com

OverRated:

AndrewSullivan.com …Used to be good but went over to the dark side. Trying to be all things to all people I guess.

Underated:

http://www.GutRumbles.com….. Transparency of the heart. You have never seen that deep into a human soul. Huckleberry Finn in his latter years.

http://www.RightWingNews.com ….A full news organization unto himself. A must-visit site. The new clearinghouse for what I want to read.

http://www.AmericanDigest.org……Nice and rich. Refreshing take on things.

http://www.baldilocks.com…. Warrior Princess. Strong and fun.

http://www.PeakTalk.com…….A reasoned view from Europe.

http://www.amritas.com/…..Who is this guy? Endless reams of utterly fascinating stuff.

http://www.hogonice.com …. The Renaissance Man but funny. I want what he smokes.

http://silentrunning.tv/….. Surprising insight. Original.

http”//www.evangelicaloutpost.com….writes about stuff I want to read.

Blogs that are rated high and are truly good:

http://www.lileks.com……Lileks can write some very sweet prose. When he is on, he is blistering hot.

http://www.scrappleface.com ….. Amazing twist of lime. How can a person sustain that kind of output.

http://www.dailypundit.com …. A blogger’s blog.

http://www.dustbury.com…..Always fun. Always.

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 08 Apr 2005 05:29:41 +0000

Ditto on the typical overateds

Underated, in alphabetical order,
Baldilocks: http://baldilocks.typepad.com
Belmont Club: http://www.wretchard.com/blogs/the_belmont_club/default.aspx
Chrenkoff: http://chrenkoff.blogspot.com
David’s Medienkritik: http://medienkritik.typepad.com
Decision ‘08: http://feeds.feedburner.com/Decision08
Disecting Leftism: http://dissectleft.blogspot.com
Europundit: http://www.europundits.blogspot.com
Evangelical Outpost: http://www.evangelicaloutpost.com
Liberalism-Capitalism-Globalisation: http://www.johannorberg.net
Peaktalk: http://www.peaktalk.com
Professor Plum’s Relentless Rants on Eduquackery: http://professorplum.typepad.com
The New Sisyphus: http://newsisyphus.blogspot.com
Transatlantic Intelligencer: http://trans-int.blogspot.com
Wittenberg Gate: http://dory.typepad.com/wittenberg_gate

By: MC

MC — Fri, 08 Apr 2005 02:06:33 +0000

Overrated:

Instapundit – All Links, All the Time

Lileks – Lame – Someone please explain the attraction to me.

Daily Kos – Too much psuedo-activism, not enough analysis (and I’m a Democrat)

Hon. Mention: Powerline, DU, Oliver Willis, Hugh Hewitt

Underrated:

Vodkapundit – Sharp wit, balanced perspective

Althouse – Smart and Fun – One minute it’s politics, the next minute it’s American Idol

Belmont Club – Great analysis

Classical Values – A Personal Favorite

Yglesias – When Lefties read blogs, they think DKos or Eschaton. This is better.

By: Dummocrats

Dummocrats — Fri, 08 Apr 2005 01:58:14 +0000

By: mj

mj — Fri, 08 Apr 2005 00:46:07 +0000

I’m surprised people are listing the “biggies” as underrated, including this blog. Isn’t an “underrated” blog one that a lot of people don’t read or promote? Some of the blogs that people have listed get thousands of readers every day. The underrated ones would get a lot fewer than that.

By: Robbie

Robbie — Fri, 08 Apr 2005 00:06:14 +0000

Wait a minute. Is being on Blogspot an automatic disqualifier of being underrated? Does that somehow invalidate a good blogger?