Dear Liberal Carnivalers,
Situation Awareness posted the latest edition of Carnival of the Liberals yesterday. There's enough great liberal blogging to keep you occupied until the next Carnival of the Liberals on July 2nd at Globally Rational. Head on over and show your support.
BTW: I keep meaning to mention this but you can find me on Facebook. Should you be so inclined, feel free to friend me.
Liberally yours,
-- Leo ("tng") Lincourt
http://www.neuralgourmet.com
http://www.carnivaloftheliberals.com
Correction on CotL #67
Dear Liberal Carnivalers,
I made a boo-boo in the last newsletter. I mistakenly said the next CotL was at Globally Rational. Actually, CotL #67 happens to be at Situation Awareness on June 18th. Globally Rational hosts CotL #68 on July 2nd. Despite my inability to read a simple table, blogcarnival.com is not so challenged, and your submissions have been and are being directed to the right place.
Liberally yours,
-- Leo ("tng") Lincourt
http://www.neuralgourmet.com
http://www.carnivaloftheliberals.com
Carnival of the Liberals #66 has arrived
Dear Liberal Carnivalers,
The latest, greatest edition of Carnival of the Liberals is now at The Otherwhirled. Hop on over for your biweekly best of the liberal blogosphere. Edition #67 will be in 13 days on June 18th at Globally Rational.
Liberally yours,
-- Leo ("tng") Lincourt
http://www.neuralgourmet.com
http://www.carnivaloftheliberals.com
Carnival of the Liberals #65 is out
Dear Liberal Carnivalers,
I just posted the 65th edition of Carnival of the Liberals at Neural Gourmet. This biweek's focus was on skepticism and politics. Up next is The Otherwhirled on June 4th. See the link for details, but this biweek’s host encourages you to focus your submissions on why you happen to be of a liberal or progressive mind*. As always, blogcarnival.com is your friend. See you next time.
* Just a note about these themed editions of Carnival of the Liberals. I know some of you are getting tired of them. Personally, I like the idea of having themes every now and then. Ideally they’d be more spaced out over the course of the year. Having this long run of themed editions is not planned on my part, in fact, it’s distinct lack of planning that is the reason we’ve had so many in a row. So after The Otherwhirled’s carnival, let’s try to space out the themed editions a little more, OK?
Liberally yours,
-- Leo ("tng") Lincourt
http://www.neuralgourmet.com
http://www.carnivaloftheliberals.com
Last call for CotL #65
Dear Liberal Carnivalers,
Almost time for another Carnival of the Liberals. The submissions deadline is midnight tonight so it's time to get your last minute submissions in. CotL #65 will be this Wednesday, May 21st. I'm hosting at Neural Gourmet. The theme for this edition is skepticism and its' role in American politics but posts on anything of a liberal nature are welcome. Oh, and it can't go unsaid, the blogcarnival.com submissions form is your friend.
Liberally yours,
-- Leo ("tng") Lincourt
http://www.neuralgourmet.com
http://www.carnivaloftheliberals.com
Carnival of the Liberals #64
Dear Liberal Carnivalers,
Liberally yours,
-- Leo ("tng") Lincourt
http://www.neuralgourmet.com
http://www.carnivaloftheliberals.com
Carnival of the Liberals #63: Focus on human rights
Dear Liberal Carnivalers,
Batocchio has posted this biweek's edition of Carnival of the Liberals with a focus on human rights. The ten posts he selected, all well worth your time to read, can be found at his blog Vagabond Scholar.
Edition #64 will be on brought to us courtesy of Brave Sir Robin on May 7th with a May 5th deadline. The theme this time is "Thinking Liberally, Thinking Positively". That's right, no nattering naybobs of negativity this time around! Check the call for submissions at the link for the details.
Before I lose your attention completely, the theme for Edition #65 is skepticism and critical thinking in American politics. #65 will be hosted by me on May 21st. I'll post a formal call-for-submissions type post in a few days but of particular interest to me are instances where skepticism and critical thinking have given way to irrationality and how those instances have shaped politics. Conspiracy theories, anti-intellectualism, global warming (and other forms of) denialism, and reactionary populism all fall under this general rubrick and there are plenty of examples both historical and current.
Submissions reminder for CotL #63
Dear Liberal Carnivalers,
Time flies and the submissions deadline for Carnival of the Liberals #63 is already upon us. Please send in your submissions by midnight tonight. Edition #63 will be on April 23rd at Vagabond Scholar's place courtesy
of Batocchio. The theme for this edition is "human rights". You'll want
to give the call-for-submissions post a read to see exactly what Batocchio has in mind, and, as always, the blogcarnival.com submissions form is your friend.
Liberally yours,
-- Leo ("tng") Lincourt
http://www.neuralgourmet.com
http://www.carnivaloftheliberals.com
Edition #62 is here
Dear Liberal Carnivalers,
Larry has posted the latest edition of Carnival of the Liberals over at A Revolution Of One, this time with a new media theme. A very nice mix of contemplative posts in this one. Oh, and while you're checking Edition #62 out, do give the post a Digg if you can. It not only helps Larry, but it helps increase the visibility of Carnival of the Liberals which helps everyone out with more readers. Thanks everyone for being patient while Larry put together this biweek's carnival.
Edition #63 will be on April 23rd at Vagabond Scholar's place courtesy of Batocchio. The theme for this edition is "human rights". You'll want to give the call-for-submissions post a read to see exactly what Batocchio has in mind.
Posts needed for Carnival of the Liberals #62
Dear Liberal Carnivalers,
Wow. I haven't had to send out a reminder for Carnival of the Liberals in quite a while. Unfortunately though, we've only had seven submissions to date for CotL #62 which is scheduled to run this Wednesday, April 9th.
I'm hoping that's because people have been intimidated by this week's theme of "new media". So I'm going to postpone the carnival until Friday, April 11th and extend the submissions deadline through Wednesday to give everyone a chance to get their posts in.
You can get all the facts on this biweek's theme at A Revolution Of One, but in a nutshell all posts should either include "new media" or be about "new media". What's "new media" mean? Easy. It's simply any media content created by people and not large centralized content providers. It's you vs. Time-Warner, CBS, NBC, et. al. And while there's certainly a wealth of it about these days it also brings up a lot of issues. Should citizen media creators be more or as trusted than the networks? What about net neutrality and how it fosters the creation and distribution of new media?
Edition #61 is out
Dear Liberal Carnivalers,
I'm beginning to think that Carnival of the Liberals should come with a warning sticker. Something like: WARNING: HOSTING COTL WILL CAUSE WAR, DISEASE, PESTILENCE AND RUPTURING OF THE SPACE-TIME CONTINUUM. Well, maybe that's a little bit hyperbolic but it does seem like our hosts have had more than their fair share of troubles this year. In any case, Alicia has recovered from her computer woes and posted the 61st edition of CotL over at Last Left Turn Before Hooterville. Lots of really smart, thought-provoking posts this time around so go give it a read before your hard drive crashes.
Up next is A Revolution Of One on April 9th. This is a themed edition focusing on new media. Check the call for submissions post at the link for the details but basically the host is looking for posts that either incorporate or talk about new media. This is a great idea I think and I just know we're going to get a ton of incredible submissions for this one.
Carnival of the Liberals #60: Totentanz
Dear Liberal Carnivalers,
Mike at Tangled Up In Blue Guy may have declared Carnival of the Liberals #60 the Dance of Death but don't let the downer of monicker stop you from reading some great liberal blogging. While it's doubtful that any of us are unfamiliar with any of the topics covered in this edition it's important to be reminded of how strange and macbre things have become over the past years. So go give TUIB Guy some respect and see what has your fellow bloggers bummed.
It looks like this is a busy week for Mike. In addition to this edition of CotL, he's doing Tangled Bank this week and he'll be hosting the Minnesota Atheists radio show next Sunday at 9AM. You can listen in via the magic of the web. In other news, I'll be Hans Meyer's guest on Situation Awareness (part of the Free World Radio Network) on March 29th at 10AM EST talking about all things Carnival of the Liberals.
Carnival of the Liberals #58: Yanks and Brits together again
Dear Liberal Carnivalers,
Well, we may have had that little tiff a couple of hundred years or so back but that little thing wouldn't stop Carnival of the Liberals. And so the 58th edition and second Anglo-American edition of Carnival of the Liberals is up at Liberal England. 10 posts from us Yanks, and 10 posts from our British friends. Would have been up sooner, but Jonathan had to have his tea before he finished.
The Largest Minority is up next time on February 27th but Carnival of the Liberals needs hosts. In fact, we pretty much need to fill every slot from April 9th onward. If you'd like to host, check the schedule and then hit the volunteer form or shoot me an e-mail. While the wonderful submissions we continue to get, almost unbidden, are the heart and soul of Carnival of the Liberals we wouldn't exist if it weren't for our hosts. So if you've contributed to CotL before but have never hosted, why not give it a shot? It's fun!
Liberally yours,
-- Leo ("tng") Lincourt
http://www.neuralgourmet.com
http://www.carnivaloftheliberals.com
The 57th Carnival of the Liberals is out
Dear Liberal Carnivalers,
Karl over at World Wide Webers posted the latest installment of Carnival of the Liberals earlier today. There's something for everyone from iPods to porn (sort of), so don't forget to catch up on this biweek's best liberal blogging.
Next up is Liberal England in two weeks on February 13th. Just like the last time, this will be an Anglo-American edition of Carnival of the Liberals with posts from both sides of the Atlantic. Keep on sending that great liberal blogging!
Also, Carnival of the Liberals needs you! In particular we need a February 27th host but the schedule is wide open from March through the end of the year. So head on over to the CotL site and volunteer today.
Liberally yours,
-- Leo ("tng") Lincourt
http://www.neuralgourmet.com
http://www.carnivaloftheliberals.com
Carnival of the Liberals #55 is here
Dear Liberal Carnivalers,
Karen at The Greenbelt posted the latest edition of Carnival of the Liberals earlier today. Despite it being an odd week for CotL due to the scheduling change we still had a good number of excellent posts sent in.
Carnival of the Liberals #56 is next week, Wednesday, January 16th over at Blue Gal's place after which CotL resumes its normal schedule on January 30th at the World Wide Webers. Keep on sending that great liberal blogging!
Liberally yours,
-- Leo ("tng") Lincourt
http://www.neuralgourmet.com
http://www.carnivaloftheliberals.com
Carnival of the Liberals #54 is out (finally!)
Dear Liberal Carnivalers,
It's posted. Finally! Carnival of the Liberals #54 at Neural Gourmet. Apologies for the extreme lateness. To make up for it we've adjusted the schedule so we're actually going to have Carnival of the Liberals this coming Wednesday and the Wednesday immediately following. This will allow us to get back on schedule. Details in the post.
Also, I still need hosts, particularly in February and March at this stage. What I'd really like to see are people who have never hosted before step up to the plate, but our old friends are always welcome. Volunteer here.
Liberally yours,
-- Leo ("tng") Lincourt
http://www.neuralgourmet.com
http://www.carnivaloftheliberals.com
Year 3: Making Carnival of the Liberals all that and more
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Liberally yours,
-- Leo ("tng") Lincourt
http://www.neuralgourmet.com
http://www.carnivaloftheliberals.com
Draft Post For Announcements
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Liberally yours,
-- Leo ("tng") Lincourt
http://www.neuralgourmet.com
http://www.carnivaloftheliberals.com
Reminder for CotL #53 (Best-of Edition)
Dear Liberal Carnivalers,
Just a friendly reminder that Carnival of the Liberals #53 is coming up Wednesday, December 5th, 2007. This is the first edition of our third year! As such it's our annual best-of edition. Here's how it works:
- If you've appeared in Carnival of the Liberals this past year, just send me what you think is your absolute best post of 2007 (actually it's December 2006 - November 2007). That's all you've got to do!
- Be sure to send it my way (via the fine folks at blogcarnival.com -- link below) by Monday night, December 3rd at 11:59PM EST though. I'll choose the ten best out of those submitted for inclusion in CotL #53 at Neural Gourmet. Everyone else gets linked from the CotL homepage.
One quick administrative note: I'll be upgrading the CotL site sometime in the next few days so there could be an indeterminate period of downtime for the site. The blogcarnival.com submission link will be working throughout though.
Liberally yours,
-- Leo ("tng") Lincourt
http://www.neuralgourmet.com
http://www.carnivaloftheliberals.com
Carnival of the Liberals #52: Celebrating AU's 60th Anniversary
Dear Liberal Carnivalers,
Last week about a dozen other bloggers and myself attended Americans United For Separation Of Church And State's national meeting and 60th anniversary reception in Washington, DC. In addition to getting to meet and discuss issues with a large number of enthusiastic, committed activists, chapter leaders and bloggers there were sessions designed to hone our organizing, fund-raising and lobbying skills. Personally, it's sometimes disheartening observing the casual abuse and disregard of our first freedom in this time when religious extremism holds such sway. However the opportunity to join together with both believers and non-believers alike was a great reminder that very many people do take separation of church and state seriously and went a long way toward giving me renewed hope that this freedom that so many take for granted won't be thrown aside because AU will be there fighting for as long as it takes.
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