As I had a crazy week, I only had time to get to my voting at the last minute and found that particularly among the non-Council submissions, there were a number of strong pieces this time — and had great deal of trouble casting my ballot. So, if you’re surfing the web and looking for some interesting conservative and libertarian insights into the world and politics, this list is a good place to start.
Council Winners
- *First place with 3 1/3 votes! Joshuapundit – Memorial Day: An Honest Man Versus A Liar
- Second place with 2 2/3 votes – The Independent Sentinel –Obama’s Truth Team Engaging In Deceptive Propaganda
- Third place *t* with 2 votes – The Right Planet- BlogBurst Friday: Blog About #BrettKimberlin Day
- Third place *t* with 2 votes – The Razor- Media Bias and the Sin of Omission
- Fourth place with 1 1/3 votes – Bookworm Room- Book review: Marcus Luttrell’s “Service: A Navy SEAL at War”
- Fifth place *t* with 2/3 vote – Gay Patriot-Richard Grenell, gay conservatives & the GOP
- Fifth place *t* with 2/3 vote – The Political Commentator – The IPO: Did Facebook “Jump the Shark”?
- Sixth place *t* with 1/3 vote – The Colossus of Rhodey – This Is Even Funnier Because Of Her Obstinance
- Sixth place *t* with 1/3 vote – Rhymes With Right – Religious Freedom Alert – South Carolina Jailer Declares No Mass For Catholic Prisoners
- Sixth place *t* with 1/3 vote – The Glittering Eye – I’d Really Like to Know How They Think Things Should Work
- Sixth place *t* with 1/3 vote – Simply Jews – Viktor Dvorakovsky: an undermartyred Russian Islamist
Non-Council Winners
- First place with 3 votes! – Mark Steyn – The Facebook Caliphatesubmitted by The Noisy Room
- Second place *t* with 2 votes – Azizonomics –Keynesianism & Eugenics submitted by The Glittering Eye
- Second place *t* with 2 votes –Adam Garfinkle –Look Before You Leap submitted by Joshuapundit
- Third place with 1 1/3 votes –The American Spectator Terror by Any Other Name submitted by The Right Planet
- Fourth place *t* with 1 vote – Breitbart.Com –Former DOJ Attorney: Eric Holder Could Stop SWATings ‘in 48 Hours’ submitted by Rhymes With Right
- Fourth place *t* with 1 vote – Victor Davis Hanson –The Power of Cool submitted by The Razor
- Fourth place *t* with 1 vote – Security Clearance – Inside Jordan, Worries About Iran And Syria submitted by GrEaT sAtAn”S gIrLfRiEnD
- Fifth place *t* with 2/3 vote –The Warped Mirror –Think Progress On Preconditions For Negotiations submitted by Simply Jews
- Fifth place *t* with 2/3 vote –Jim Treacher Jay Carney explains the difference between Solyndra and Bain Capital, so try to keep up– submitted by The Watcher
- Fifth place *t* with 1/3 vote –Hugh Hewitt –The Chicago Gang Goes After Romney submitted by The Watcher
- Sixth place *t* with 1/3 vote -Nice Deb –Aaron Worthing Arrested After Kimberlin Peace Order Hearing submitted by Gay Patriot
- Sixth place *t* with 1/3 vote –Omri Ceren/Commentary Magazine–The Consequences of Obama’s Conceit submitted by Bookworm Room