[1208] Of five thinking blogs

I am not a fan of tagging but since I have been tagged twice, first by John Lee and later, Nik Nazmi, I will play along regardless.

To be honest, I do not read too many blogs and those that I read, they are popular economics and political blogs hosted in the United States. If I were to tag them, they would probably not be bothered to response at all. At the same time, I think it is good to promote local blogs and so, I would limit my choices to local blogs. Support your local blogosphere! Yeah!

But it is unfair to list only five blogs as my list of blogs that get me thinking goes beyond the number five. But for the sake of staying true the rule that comes along with the tagging process, I will list five, randomly, whatever that crosses my mind first.

Number one is Arrested Development by Elanor Tan. Delightfully full of economics, sometimes when she does not extensively quote articles from somewhere, from time to time, she forces me to reassess my worldview.

Number two, in no particular order, is, or rather, was Volume of Interactions by Aizuddin Danian. Though he seems to blog, or blogged, almost everything under the sun, his observation of our society is somewhat neutral. This is especially welcoming given how the local blogosphere now and then engages itself in a battle between liberal and conservative camps. Too bad that he seems to have stopped blogging.

Third is Cikgu Lee by, Cikgu Lee. This is a fun read but yet, deep. It is an unfortunate fact that this blog is sparsely updated.

Fourth is SaifulIslam.com, by Saiful Islam. One of the more rational and more importantly, I think, intellectually honest, unlike some self-proclaimed defender of Islam that is more interested in polemics, disinformation and cheap publicity. Though I rarely visit his blog, whenever I do, he provides me with insight on how a traditionalist’s mind might work, bringing in understanding, clearing out misunderstanding.

Finally, hell, what the heck. He responded to my query earlier and I am hoping that he would respond to this one too. One of my favorite economists, Professor Greg Mankiw. Do not forget to buy his favorite textbook!

Alright, I am done. For the tagged, you guys might want to play this silly game and list down five blogs that excite you to have mental masturbation.

p/s — another person tagged me and he is author of myAsylum. I will just reused this post.