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Overlooked Blog Review - Big Dog’s Weblog

Big Dog is an anonymous milblog written by a 24 year retired veteran of the United States Army. He is also the hosts a radio show on conservative talk radio station, Wide Awakes Radio (which is currently down for upgrades). Big Dog primarily writes on political subjects and current events from a conservative perspective and has been blogging since August 2004. Far from being a typical partisan cheerleader, a regular feature of the blog is the “Jackass of the Month award”, this month’s award going to Republican politicians.

The blog design is clean and easy to access without the cluttering of a tremendous amount of widgets and blogrolls that characterize so many other blogs. The content, not ads, take center stage.

The writing is clear and relevant to the issues of the day. Big Dog brutally slays opposing points of view without descending into the fecal-slinging typical of the gibbering yard apes that can populate the blogosphere. The blog is frequently updated with several new posts a day covering whatever is news at the moment. The one drawback is that there doesn’t seem to be much in the way of discussion on the site.

Big Dog’s Weblog is active in several conservative blogging groups and provides unique and insightful commentary (albeit direct and blunt) that makes it a must-read particularly for those interested in popular conservatism.

If you would like to suggest a blog for the Overlooked Blog Review, please contact John Bambenek at jcb.blog {at} gmail [dot] com. You can read the guidelines for nominating here. Blogs profiled are given a free month membership to Blog Soldiers.

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Overlooked Blog Review: American Future

Good foreign affairs blogs are hard to find. Most are simply random people bloviating on what they thing really goes on in the world. However, American Future is different. Of the three contributors, two are Foreign Service Officers with the State Department. The main author is also well versed and trained in the subject. Far from armchair generals, they know what they are talking about. They bring crisp and informed commentary to the foreign and national security headlines.

Generally focusing on commentary in the media, they dissect opposing opinions point by point and convincingly show their point of view. It is free of the vile and inflammatory attacks that characterize most attempts to engage other points of view. Most conservatives would feel at home at this site (though I disagree with them about whether Hezbollah won or not).

The design is clean and puts a clear emphasis on the posts, not all the “widgets” that have proliferated in the blogosphere. It’s down-to-earth and straight to the point.

American Future is a must-read for anyone who wants to keep up with foreign policy and national security issues.

If you would like to suggest a blog for the Overlooked Blog Review, please contact John Bambenek at jcb.blog {at} gmail [dot] com. You can read the guidelines for nominating here. Blogs profiled are given a free month membership to Blog Soldiers.

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Overlooked Blog Review – Urbanagora

The point-counterpoint style columns and blogs are ubiquitous and run very close to being cliché. However, Urbanagora overcomes that problem with two solid writers who do the Hannity and Colmes format the right way.

Brian Pierce and Billy Joe Mills are both columnists for the Daily Illini and two of the more influential political writers in central Illinois. They both are solid thinkers who communicate their points well. In fact, it is hard to read anything they write without coming away thinking you can’t really disagree with it.

There commitment to serious discussion with opposing points of view is a refreshing change from the WWE-style form of political discussion that is all-to-common in the blogosphere and cable news channels. In fact, both writing from a college town, they overcome the typical mudslinging that pervades the conversations among the supposed “intellectual elite”. Those mediums spend their time presenting personalities and suck up all the oxygen in the room leaving nothing left for ideas. Billy and Brian bring ideas.

By stimulating serious conversation between opposing points of view, they are doing the University community, and the blogosphere a great service. This is the way political discussion should be done.