My Picks: Bloggers

Blogs can be infuriating. But they are also indispensable. They now play host to the most important conversations in politics and media. The distinction that once loomed large between new media and old is now blurry. Some bloggers are more influential than many newspaper columnists, and most newspapers now host blogs.

Jonathan Chait
At the New Republic
A liberal with a nice voice and pithy takes on the day's news out of Washington.

Hot Air
A solid conservative blog that brings together a lot of great material from the right.

Glenn Greenwald
At Salon
His outrage during the Bush-Cheney era won him a large and devoted following. Now his willingness to criticize the Democrats show he's not simply cheering for the home team.

The Corner
At National Review
National Review's multiauthor blog often includes fine analysis and lots of links to conservative commentary.

FiveThirtyEight
The New York Times recently began hosting Nate Silver's delightfully granular blog about the numbers that underlie politics.

The Buzz
At the St. Petersburg Times
One of several excellent state-level political blogs.

The Monkey Cage
Five professors of political science do an excellent job publicizing political science research and making it applicable to the real world.

John F. Harris is the editor in chief of Politico.

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