# Lefties: Rightish-wing blogs **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 24, 2004, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefties-rightish-wing-blogs/276551 "2004-11-24T23:14:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefties-rightish-wing-blogs/276551/1 "2004-11-24T23:14:07Z")
[This might be better in GD] Lefties and Dems, which are your favoured rightish wing blogs? Which do you read for erudition and which to enjoy the moonbats? ---
**Author:** ![Orbifold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orbifold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orbifold)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefties-rightish-wing-blogs/276551/2 "2004-11-24T23:22:30Z")
May I recommend [Obsidian Wings](http://obsidianwings.blogs.com/)? They’re not entirely right-wing: they have contributors from both ends of the spectrum. But I find all of their posts to be interesting and well thought-out. (No moonbats on either side, in other words.) ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefties-rightish-wing-blogs/276551/3 "2004-11-24T23:26:23Z")
Though I wouldn’t class myself as a leftie, I am definitely a leftie as far as this board is concerned. I read [Andrew Sullivan](http://www.andrewsullivan.com/) because I found him in the Sunday Times. He’s spot on sometimes, and sometimes full of shit, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2004, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefties-rightish-wing-blogs/276551/4 "2004-11-28T15:52:55Z")
On the left wing, I mostly enjoy Max Sawicky’s blog and still return there but his economics pieces leave me behind - because of my ignorance and his erudition. I find myself liking both Daily Kos and Free Republic for their content but disliking them for the style. ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2004, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefties-rightish-wing-blogs/276551/5 "2004-11-28T21:16:48Z")
I can’t really classify any of these politically, as I have been recently introduced to most of them. However, both of them are very interesting: [http://www.kevinsites.net/](http://www.kevinsites.net/) This guy is in Iraq. Fantastic photos and very good writing. [http://chrenkoff.blogspot.com/](http://chrenkoff.blogspot.com/) Aussie fellow with his ear to the political ground. Lots of links to other blogs here. Enjoy. ---
**Author:** ![lavenderviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cdc98d/32.png) [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefties-rightish-wing-blogs/276551/6 "2004-11-29T06:02:39Z")
[http://www.blogsforbush.com](http://www.blogsforbush.com) is a good starting point for finding lots of different conservative-leaning blogs. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefties-rightish-wing-blogs/276551/7 "2004-11-29T06:09:33Z")
[Instapundit](http://instapundit.com%5B/url) is one of the biggest. He basically just links to other blogs that interest him, plus making short comments on them, but he tends to have a good ear for what’s going on. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefties-rightish-wing-blogs/276551/8 "2004-11-29T07:38:20Z")
Nothing beats [FreeRepublic.com](http://FreeRepublic.com) – they’re all loonies there, and they simply _think_ they’re sensible. 😃 Democratic Underground is almost a mirror analog, except (a) they stop for sanity checks from time to time, and (b) the weekly “Top Ten Conservative Idiots” list is a jewel. Though I never saw the appeal of _Instapundit_ myself; I can’t see the point in taking the opinion of someone who thinks wearing racist T-shirts to collegate board meetings is a good idea… ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefties-rightish-wing-blogs/276551/9 "2004-12-04T11:24:51Z")
I must confess to being disappointed that so few dopers read rightish-wing blogs - how can you defend a position without knowing yout opponents? But it’s more likely that most dopers didn’t even see the thread.