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Jeremy Young, a.k.a. “Nonpartisan“, the founder and editor the respected and popular, left-wing, history group blog, Progressive Historians, had some kind words for me when he was interviewed by Scott McLemee, for an article  for Inside Higher Ed.com:

“I’m a liberal,” Young says. “ZenPundit” (Mark Safranski) is a conservative. So what? His history blog is one of the most best reads on the ‘Net. Whether he’s discussing small wars theory, political history, or Jack Kerouac, he’s unfailingly thorough and offers a unique, insightful perspective on every issue he covers.”

That was darn nice of Jeremy to offer up ( incidentally, Young has an article online over at HNN, “A Historian Against Obama“, arguing that progressive hopes for a Barack Obama administration may be misplaced), particularly in a venue where readers were not likely to have heard of Zenpundit. I think much the same way about visiting Progressive Historians where Young has a stable of  talented contributors, mostly younger scholars, digging into a wide range of historical and political issues and frequently engaging in vigorous debate. Despite my being on the conservative side of the spectrum I’ve never been made to feel anything but welcome in the comments section despite a wide divergence in political and economic views ( very wide, in some instances, as many Progressive Historian bloggers are well to the Left of Young, to say nothing of me).

This is how the blogosphere ought to be more often. Thanks Jeremy, much appreciated!

Defense & The National Interest has a/is becoming a blog !

Zounds! But I’m honored to make the short blogroll – Hoo-HA!

To those two dagger-in-clenched-teeth, swashbuckling blogs, Coming Anarchy and Pacific Empire, for their recent mention of zenpundit.com. Much obliged gents!

Just FYI, I am far from finished with the dynamic blogroll, the master blogroll and various pages, some of which are hidden from view at present. The new site will continue to evolve in the coming weeks, based in part upon the many suggestions received from readers in the last few days, for which I am obliged.

Small request: If you are experiencing difficulty viewing ZP on the extreme left in less than full-screen and are using Firefox – emailing a screenshot would be much appreciated by me and may help Mrs. Z rectify the problem ( we’ve tried it on four different computers here and the problem is just not coming up; it may possibly be a script error but seeing the problem will help her diagnose it).

To those blogfriends who let their readers know about the move to Zenpundit.com and their many kind words. A list including:

Simulated Laughter – New!

I’m particularly pleased to blaze a get-a-new-blog trail for A.E. who will now be found at the much sharper and crisp-looking (his writing was always sharp) blog  Rethinking Security.

Strategist – New!

MountainRunner -New!

Shloky

Opposed Systems Design

Soob

Whirledview

Pundita

bastard.logic

Wizards of Oz

Much appreciated, people!