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Winners of the AFF College Blog Competition

Friday, April 17th, 2009

Congratulations to the Arizona Desert Lamp, which took top prize in the America’s Future Foundation’s college blogging competition. The contest looks to find the best college-run conservative or libertarian blog. I’m happy to say that the top two finishers, the Desert Lamp and the perennially excellent Oregon Commentator, both group blogs, are also primarily libertarian. Third place went to Ivy Sneakers, run by Yale student Max Rosett. All were very good. I’d also put out a good word for UNR Students for Liberty, which I thought was one of the best of the remaining finalists.

I was a judge for the competition, along with Jonah Goldberg, Megan McArdle, Jennifer Rubin, Robert Bluey, and Glenn Reynolds.

Also, any time I mention the Oregon Commentator, I have to mention this wonderful feature on cheap wine tasting which, though now more than a decade old, is still one of the most brilliantly funny pieces of writing I’ve ever had the pleasure to read.

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5 Responses to “Winners of the AFF College Blog Competition”

  1. #1 |  Bryan |  April 17th, 2009 at 12:19 pm

    Where is Dan Atkinson now?

  2. #2 |  Will |  April 17th, 2009 at 1:17 pm

    With Goldberg? Ouch. He is such a drivel writer.

  3. #3 |  Timothy |  April 17th, 2009 at 1:47 pm

    Danimal is an attorney in private practice in Oregon. I haven’t talked to him in six months, but he’s doing well last I heard.

    Radley – Thanks as always for the OC shout out, as one of the progenitors of the OC blog I feel pretty proud about what it’s become since 2002 (Which is more than I can say about my blog, which sucks and is never updated).

  4. #4 |  Oregon Commentator » Blog Archive » Always The Bride’s Maid |  April 17th, 2009 at 1:56 pm

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  5. #5 |  TGGP |  April 18th, 2009 at 12:49 am

    Is that the same “Danimal” whose gospel Ilkka Kokkarinen preached?

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