I was interested in the comment above by Lifeofthemind (#3) about LIttle Green Footballs.

Soon after 9/11, which was when I first became interested in blogs, I was led to LGF by James Taranto of the Wall Street Journal. I found it to be immensely informative at that time, and reading it was one of the forces that moved me from left to slightly right of center. But in the past couple of years I have found it not as helpful, I’m not sure why.

At this point I find Belmont Club to be indispensable. The host’s originality, breadth and depth are not to be found anywhere else that I’m aware of, and many of the comments also evince an original and unique perspective (my own of course excluded!).

As someone said above, independent on-the-ground reporting, like Michael Totten’s, is another extremely valuable source.

In my view, it is my duty to try to contribute in a modest way financially to these efforts.

Jamie Irons