The coolest thing about the blogosphere--Delaware and everywhere else--is that it truly does represent a free market in ideas. Good stories survive, get noticed, get repeated, get attributed. . . . Bad stories die. While Delawareliberal remains, overall, staunchly pro-Obama, donviti has turned a more critical eye on the Illinois Senator (and even a less jaundiced one on the She-Clinton) with Let’s face it. He is still the lesser of the 2 other evils . dv has also put forth several really interesting questions about religion and public discourse, most recently I Agree with the Pope . The DL franchise is broadening, with posts from Cassandra m and Pandora , both welcome additions to the posting (as opposed to commenting) blogosphere. Speaking of new entries, over at Down with Absolutes Dominique has stepped up while Mat's out running commo for Hartley-Nagle to keep some regular posting going on. She's already hosted two excellent (and well-attended) discussions on public ed...

Ryan Silberstein of Jokers to the Right has stepped into the breach for Around the Horn Friday next week. Send your nominated stories by Thursday to ryan.silberstein@gmail.com, or turn yourself over to his not-so-tender mercies.

My wife is still in the hospital for in-patient rehab, and I am swamped, so Brian has agreed to do the first-ever Delaware Libertarian Around the Horn Friday. Please send submissions of your favorite posts by Thursday to pallikaros@yahoo.com , or find yourself at his tender mercies. Who is willing to step up next?

Nancy has her version of ATHF up and running. It's become an incredibly interesting thing to see, week by week, how each blog spins it, and what each blogger chooses from all the offerings. Nancy, as usual, ... is Nancy. Which seems to be a good thing this week.

Nice work .

Shirley presents her first venture in the new rotating Around the Horn Friday ; go there now and read it. As usual, the Curmudgeon take is both unique and entertaining. While you're there, browse and take a look at a day in the life of Chainsaw and GirlGeek . Good stuff, consistently.