Ross White is hosting the 81st Carnival of the Vanities with an Academy Awards theme. The stars began by endorsing Graham Lester's blog (he's an old Classical Values favorite, and longtime link, so that's fine with me).

My post about Jodi Wilgoren was nominated for Best Business Post, and while I don't know whether I should win (conflict of interest, folks) I vote for THREE of the candidates for Best Post on the EU -- Solomonia's post on Eurabia, Captain Ed's post on European anti-Semitism, and Smarter Cop's post on Spain. For Best Post About Domestic Affairs, I vote for Michael Friedman's gem (to which I linked earlier). For Best Giggle, I vote for Harvey's pirate lines (please buy my money from Hell with your prize money, Harvey....). And Babalu Blog, for Best Post About Real Life. That's almost enough voting; I don't want to plagiarize the Carnival, or contaminate the independent thinking of other voters.

But, even though they're all great, if I had to choose from those in the Best Post category, it'd have to be............

.................

I'm thinking............

Josh Cohen for his brilliant First Amendment analysis, and vindication of the much-maligned and misinterpreted Thomas Jefferson.

But what do I know? Millions would obviously feel differently.

I suggest attending the entire event and judging for yourself!