Koufax Awards

The Koufax Awards have been announced.

Many, many thanks to readers who voted mine the best "Expert Blog" and made my piece, "If America were Iraq, What would it be Like? the best post of 2004. These are humbling awards to win.

A warm congratulations to Markos Moulitsas of Daily Kos for winning Best Blog. It was close between Kos and Atrios's Eschaton, which had won twice before. Also congrats to Josh Marshall for winning Best Blog Pro Division.

Well, I had better stop there or just quote the post, to which I've already linked-- but congrats to all fellow winners in all categories.

And a big vote of thanks from me to Dwight, MB, and Eric for running the contest. They are a central element of civil society in the left weblogging world. Please send them money by paypal.