We Americans have an obsession with creating Top Ten lists at the close of every year, for reasons I have not bothered to figure out. So I woke up today deciding to create my own Top Ten list of the best political blogs in 2008. As with all Top Ten lists, this list is completely subjective and is based entirely on my personal experience in visiting various blogs over the past year.

A fellow blogger Misr Digital (misrdigital.tk/) and Human Rights activist, who has won awards for his efforts is being silenced by YouTube and Yahoo!.

In the first scholarly research examining the role of black bloggers in the blogosphere, Brown University researcher Antoinette Pole assessed how bloggers of color use their medium for purposes related to politics. She found that black bloggers are, in fact, mobilizing readers to engage in political participation. Additionally, Pole found that black bloggers do not feel discriminated against or excluded by other bloggers.