I was going to write this whole post solving, for Ann Althouse, the mystery of why progressive bloggers don't like her. But never mind. Really, I just beg you to go watch her flip out on BloggingHeads when Garance mentions the Jessica Valenti episode (which is certainly the root of my dislike for Althouse). Click on this link, scroll to 5:07, and settle in for the Greatest BloggingHeads Performance of All Time! I wish I could keep it in my pocket for moments when I'm feeling blue.
Update: Althouse's comments actually got me thinking about conservative bloggers I like. The problem is, so many of them are libertarians. The crew at Hit & Run, Julian Sanchez, Will Wilkinson, Michael Cannon, Megan McArdle, Tyler Cowen, Bryan Caplan, and so forth. But they're not really Republicans in any serious sense of the word. I've always liked the crew at Tigerhawk, and I don't really know how Ross Douthat votes but I'm hoping, for the sake of this paragraph, that he swings right (and categorizing Reihan strikes me as hopeless). Captain's Quarters has long struck me as pretty savvy, and I think The American Spectator's blog is actually pretty good. I used to read The Corner, and still think they're really interesting, but for some reason, their site keeps freezing Firefox, so I don't go as often anymore. Who've you got?
Oh, and so long as I'm responding to Althouse more substantively, I really have no idea where her policy preferences lie. What I assume she considers a playful, ironic approach to politics has always struck me as superficial and Maureen Dowd-ish, and I don't enjoy it. But my primary reaction to Althouse stem from her treatment of Jessica, which was, to me, unforgivable.
