Captain Ed Moving to Hot Air
One of our favorite conservative blogs has always been Captain’s Quarters, authored by the famous Captain Ed. As of March 1st, however, Captain’s Quarters will be shutting down and Captain Ed moving over to another of our favorite conservative sites, Michelle Malkin’s Hot Air.
This move is part of a growing process of consolidation in the blogosphere, as the best writers merge their personal blogs with larger group blogs and/or cross-post across a range of sites. Here at PoliGazette, we have also added some new contributors in the last several weeks, representing the best from across the middle realms of the conventional political spectrum. We welcome your suggestions for others that should be invited to join PoliGazette.
Group blogging can sometimes be a challenge, especially when the contributors to a single site adopt strongly differing views on a particular issue. We’ve certainly seen that here at PoliGazette in the recent controversies over Barack Obama’s presidential candidacy. What makes it work, however, is a commitment to avoid the errors of extremists who make their personal relationships contingent upon shared political orthodoxy. While we may occasionally trip up individually, we here at PoliGazette try to maintain a strong commitment to ideological diversity. Our general orientation is moderately conservative, but we welcome perspectives from reasonable liberals and, in fact, find ourselves occasionally agreeing with liberals on various issues, from immigration (Jason) to global climate change (Michael).
We hope you will help us continue to grow the PoliGazette community. Tell your friends to check us out and continue to challenge us!
Now that’s what I call a great post. Well said Jason.