Back from brief hiatus...

Sorry for the complete lack of posting recently. I have been pretty busy and caught up with living in downtown Toronto on my own, and couldn't seem to find any time for posting.

On the upside, I have had lots of time to think about politics and what is going on here in Canada and in the U.S. I have also given some thought to what types of things I want to concentrate on through this blog.

Ideally, I would be able to section off my blog into distinct categories so that people who aren't interested in Canadian politics can just read my other posts and vice versa. Alas, I don't have the time to create a non-blogger.com blog so I am stuff with what I have or the option of starting a second blog. If anyone has any suggestions please let me know.

Here are some great American progressive blogs that I have been reading pretty regularly:

Liberal Oasis: Has a decent blog but has great links and compiles recent posts from other leading progressive blogs. Great one-stop site.

Daily Kos: One of the top progressive blogs

Talking Points Memo: Another top progressive blog. He founded TPMCafe, which is a great forum, discussion site

Ruminate This!: Witty and succinct commentary. Updates very often so always new stuff to read.

Of late, there has been a huge amount of posts on these blogs surrounding Karl Rove and controversy surrounding the Valerie Plame affair. It was interesting to see how things percolate on blogs for awhile then start hitting more mainstream media sources.

I am convinced about the power blogs have and will increasingly gain in the media realm. More about this to come soon.