I ONLY READ IT FOR THE BLOG RECOMMENDATIONS. Week in and week out here at Tapped, I've thought to myself, why isn't Playboy magazine giving us the props we deserve? At long last the injustice has come to an end, as the magazine counts us among their top ten political blogs:
In all seriousness this was a surprise and an honor, considering the company (TPMCafe, Andrew Sullivan, Pandagon, Glenn Greenwald, The American Scene, Hit and Run, etc.) See this PDF of the full list. (And note the copyright the Playboy editors asked to have included: � 2006 by Playboy. All rights reserved.)
The proper progressive line on Playboy isn't something I've thought much about (not that there should be only one such line). Speaking personally, I too find Hef's harem thing a bit creepy. But I like Daniel Radosh.
--Sam Rosenfeld