Virginia Right!

The Council has spoken, the votes have been cast, and we have the results for this week’s Watcher’s Council match up. “You can’t hit what you can’t see” – Hall of Famer Walter Johnson “Do not say the Dark Lord’s name!” – Professor Snape, in ‘Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix” by J.K. […]

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Welcome to the Watcher’s Council, a blogging group consisting of some of the most incisive blogs in the ‘sphere, and the longest running group of its kind in existence. Every week, the members nominate two posts each, one written by themselves and one written by someone from outside the group for consideration by the whole […]

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Indian Summer, the dream time, neither totally here nor there… Welcome to the Watcher’s Council, a blogging group consisting of some of the most incisive blogs in the ‘sphere, and the longest running group of its kind in existence. Every week, the members nominate two posts each, one written by themselves and one written by […]

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The Council has spoken, the votes have been cast, and we have the results for this week’s Watcher’s Council match up. There is no traitor like him whose domestic treason plants the poniard within the breast which trusted to his truth. – Lord Byron The first method for determining the intelligence of a ruler is […]

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My, how things have changed. Once upon a time, there was a Ba’athist Arab dictator in the Middle East who had murdered thousands of his own people. He had even admittedly used poison gas on people not belonging to his oewn ethnic group on numerous occasions, and there was absolutely no doubt about it. There […]

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Ah, the sultry days leading up to the end of summer, when the warm weather brings out the torpor and laziness in all of us and little gets accomplished except by the determined and the desperate. Of course, these days that group would include the members of the political class and their veritable army of […]

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Ten years ago, the original Watcher had an idea. Blogging carnivals, featuring posts from different bloggers were all the rage then, but our illustrious Founder had a different idea. Instead of a haphazard and changing bunch of contributors every week he put together the concept of a set membership, a Watcher’s Council that would promote […]

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This Monday was President Obama’s 52nd birthday ( I believe) and it’s only fitting that we recognize the occasion here at the Watcher’s Council. It’s become quite obvious over the last 5 years that our president has a leadership style unique in our history, one that involves a high level of personal responsibility: His hard […]

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I’m sure the families of Brian Terry, Chris Stevens, Glen Doherty, Tyrone Woods, Sean Smith and over 300 Mexicans murdered because of Fast and Furious are happy to know that.Words – polite words anyway – fail me. Welcome to the Watcher’s Council, a blogging group consisting of some of the most incisive blogs in the […]

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The Council has spoken, the votes have been cast, and we have the results for this week’s Watcher’s Council match up. But first, we have some important business to take care of, we do. We have an important day coming up, the birthday of our very own Courtney Messerschmidt!!! Yes, our very own GrEaT sAtAn”S […]

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Welcome to the Watcher’s Council, a blogging group consisting of some of the most incisive blogs in the ‘sphere, and the longest running group of its kind in existence. Every week, the members nominate two posts each, one written by themselves and one written by someone from outside the group for consideration by the whole […]

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Alea iacta est…the Council has spoken, the votes have been cast, and we have the results for this week’s Watcher’s Council match up. This week’s winner, The Right Planet’s The Closest I’’ve Ever Come to War is that rare thing, a personal narrative that hits home as Sard takes a look at war and the […]

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Welcome to the Watcher’s Council, a blogging group consisting of some of the most incisive blogs in the ‘sphere, and the longest running group of its kind in existence. Every week, the members nominate two posts each, one written by themselves and one written by someone from outside the group for consideration by the whole […]

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  The Council has spoken, the votes have been cast, and we have the results  for this week’s Watcher’s Council match up. “A little rebellion is a good thing. ” ― Thomas Jefferson This week’s winner, Joshuapundit’s   The Coup In Egypt And Why It’s Important   looks at  one of those ‘little rebellions’ , what it […]

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Welcome to the Watcher’s Council, a blogging group consisting of some of the most incisive blogs in the ‘sphere, and the longest running group of its kind in existence. Every week, the members nominate two posts each, one written by themselves and one written by someone from outside the group for consideration by the whole […]

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The Council has spoken, the votes have been cast, and we have the results for this week’s Watcher’s Council match up. Be careful what you wish for..because you just might get it. This week’s winner, The Razor for Why a Supporter of Gay Marriage Isn’t Happy with the Supreme Court Decision on Gay Marriage is […]

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Welcome to the Watcher’s Council, a blogging group consisting of some of the most incisive blogs in the ‘sphere, and the longest running group of its kind in existence. Every week, the members nominate two posts each, one written by themselves and one written by someone from outside the group for consideration by the whole […]

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Welcome to the Watcher’s Council, a blogging group consisting of some of the most incisive blogs in the ‘sphere, and the longest running group of its kind in existence. Every week, the members nominate two posts each, one written by themselves and one written by someone from outside the group for consideration by the whole […]

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Alea iacta est…the Council has spoken, the votes have been cast, and we have the results for this week’s Watcher’s Council match up. Is it is, or is it ain’t? This week’s winner, The Noisy Room’s The Sandbagging of America is a sharp, well written examination of Edward Snowden and the NSA scandal, and her […]

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