Take A Peek…..

…at Balloon Juice.

Balloon Juice is the blog of one John Cole, a well-known conservative blogger…with an important distinction: he is one of the most independent-thinking bloggers on the Internet. On several key issues he has broken with his own party and taken a lot of heat from (and lost) readers. He analyzes each issue, then filters it through a series of values that don’t have as top priority winning an election.

Just a few minutes ago we linked to a post we found that was truly remarkable because it showed an independence of thought and considerable thought throughout the piece. You can agree with Cole or disagree with him but no one will ever call him a political hack. His only talking points are his own, coming from his own steadfast political values and conscience.

Plus, he’s fun to read. And we’ve discovered by our emails (urging us to do a Take A Peek on him) that he has an increasing number of people on the right, center and left who admire his political and intellectual honesty.

Yes, he may lose some readers who are mad because he won’t tell some of them what they want to hear. But we bet if you Take A Peek you’ll keep Taking A Peek and he’ll gain even more readers than he lost as people experience the excitement of reading a courageous, skillful, and idealistically consistent writer.