The School of Athens by Raphael
Well gentle readers, now I’ve gone and done it. I’ve been invited to participate in The Watcher’s Council, a group of some of the most interesting blogs out there. Not only will my association with these great folks increase readership of this scruffy little blog, it will give me the opportunity to be more widely read elsewhere. I never expect to make a living from this endeavor, but writers want people to read their writing. By all means, visit these sites/articles, and see what I mean.
Welcome to the Watcher’s Council, a blogging group consisting of some of the most incisive blogs in the ‘sphere, and the longest running group of its kind in existence. Every week, the members nominate two posts each, one written by themselves and one written by someone from outside the group for consideration by the whole Council.Then we vote on the best two posts, with the results appearing on Friday morning.
Council News:
This week, we introduce another fine member to the Watcher’s Council, Mike McDaniel of Stately McDaniel Manor! His stellar work has appeared at PJ Media, The Truth About Guns, and at Bearing Arms and we are both pleased and proud to have him on the team. Check out his debut Council article this week!
Council Submissions:
Stately McDaniel Manor—-Schools and Concealed Carry: Overregulation and Micromanagement
Fausta’s Blog—-Mexico: Del Castillo crying foul over Sean Penn
GrEaTsAtAn’SgIrLfRiEnD—The Authoritarian Counterinsurgency Toolkit
Joshuapundit—-A Few Words About New Hampshire
The Noisy Room—-Beyonce Goes All In On RACISM: Honors Black Panthers… Hates On Cops
The Right Planet—-President Obama Speaks at Baltimore Mosque with Known Ties to Terrorism
VA Right!—-What Trump’s ‘YUGE’ Victory in New Hampshire Means to the Rest of the Candidates
The Daley Gator—-Can you be crazy and still attend Yale?
The Razor—-Why I Could Live With President Sanders
Puma By Design—-Commie de Blasio’s Horse Carriage Deal Goes South
The Glittering Eye—-Breaking Radio Silence
Nice Deb—-Hillary Taps Most Corrupt AG in American History To Appear in Campaign ads in S.C.
Bookworm Room—-The reason behind free education — to get more of these people
The Independent Sentinel—-White House Orders Climate Change War Games Because He’s Delusional
Non-Council Submissions:
Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion—-Freddie Gray Defense: Legally irrelevant whether Freddie’s knife was illegal
Submitted by Stately McDaniel Manor
PJ Media—-What No One Seems to Know About Ted Cruz’s Past
Submitted by Fausta’s Blog
Dov S. Zakheim/the National Interest—-The Great Reversal: Obama’s Military Buildup
Submitted by GrEaT sAtAn”S gIrLfRiEnD
Jason L. Riley/WSJ—-An Alternative Black History Month
Submitted by Joshuapundit
Bill Gertz/Washington Free Beacon—-China Continues Cyber Espionage Submitted by The Noisy Room
The Gates Of Vienna—-Desiderata For Our Time
Submitted by The Right Planet
Bearing Arms—-NY Times Reporter Flummoxed By Polite, Knowledgeable Gun Owners
Submitted by The Daley Gator
Taki Theodoracopulos/Taki’s Mag—- Athenian Spectacles
Submitted by The Razor
Breitbart-—Los Zetas Cartel Used Network of Ovens to Hide Mass Extermination in Mexico’s Coahuila
Submitted by Puma By Design
JK Trotter/Gawker—-This Is How Hillary Clinton Gets the Coverage She Wants Submitted by The Glittering Eye
Paul Sperry/NY Post—-Obama bullied bank to pay racial settlement without proof: report
submitted by Nice Deb
Roger L.Simon/PJ Media—-Obama’s Islamophobia
Submitted by The Watcher
Caroline Glick—-Syria and the real demographic threat
Submitted by The Watcher
The Watcher’s Council can also be followed on Facebook and Twitter. Please, gentle readers, return each Friday, same bat-time, same bat channel, for the results of this week’s voting.
See what I mean, gentle readers? I’ve been following many of these blogs for years, including that of Bookworm, a woman I’m glad to count as a friend. We’ve often linked each other’s writings. I suspect that from now on, you’ll all have a few more “must read” sites on your daily illumination lists.
Stately McDaniel Manor 
Impressive Mike! You are my favorite writer but I will read others you have suggested. Thanks for this post.
Dear Carol:
As always, you’re too kind.
Having found this site, with so much I read, how will I ever get anything done.
Dear Bill Cook:
Reading resets the mind, making it possible to do all else.
Congrats Mike! – will it buy you a cup of coffee ?
Dear Videodrone:
Well–that and a few bucks…