Matt Zeitlin: Impetuous Young Whippersnapper

James Poulos, Postmodern Conservative, has been kind enough to bestow upon me the “Excellent Blog Award.” I particularly like his reasoning, seeing as we share very little politically and I can barely understand his posts when he really gets into the weeds of political theory.  He claims that I “Reminds me of me when I was young and responsible.”  Well, I’m now obligated to get my meme on and pass along this honorific to some other blogs, so here I go.

Minipundit - anyone whose been reading my blog knows how much I like this guy, my east coast alter-ego.  He’s like me, except with better music taste and without the typos.

Adam Elkus - the internet’s most precocious security analyst.  Even if you can’t tell your William Linds from your John Robbs and your 4G from your 5G, his stuff is consistently good.

Mike Meginnis – If there is one blogger who writes more and is read much less than he deserves, it’s my friend Mike.  Sure, he’s been linking to me since just about day one, but I read him regularly and he’s always good for keeping me on my toes about being more outraged.

Kerry Howley - You must have noticed that so far, the three blogs I listed had authors that were almost demographically identical to me — young and male.  Well, Kerry is both older than all of us guys and a woman, so how’s that for some diversity!  No, in all seriousness, she’s a pretty amazing journalist and when she does blog, she consistently finds some of the most interesting stuff on the internet to write about.  That and she’s the original blogosphere Lant Pritchett acolyte.

Will Wilkinson - In my youth (like three years ago) I was something of a libertarian. Had I stayed on that path, I would have hoped to blossom into someone like Will.  His posts do an amazing job of integrating political theory and economics to create a consistently intriguing Rawlsekian synthesis that is always this close to making me a libertarian again.

John Cain - My most prolific commenter and another good friend, his blog Soberish is updated all too rarely, but when it is, he’s a funny dude.  Not only that, but he’s also my gateway into the Science blogging community, and constantly keeps me weary of various cranks, quacks and phonies.

Phoebe Maltz - I always regret not blogging more about jewish issues, and one of the main reasons I don’t is because Phoebe oftentimes beats me to the punch and just writes about them better.   I also know way more about Sephora and Uniqlo because of reading her.

 Ned Resnikoff - Yes, I know, yet another young dude.  But “veritosity” is one of the most clever handles in the blogosphere and he’s also exceptional at the “just repeating what crazy Republicans have to say and pointing out how absurd it is” style of blogging.

Pax Americana - Sure, Corey Spaley only recently returned from a month long blogging hiatus, but really, how many MFA students are there in ’sphere writing about foreign policy?

Well, that’s nine, but I have to run.