Barbara O'Brien is a popular blogging advocate and left-wing blogger who writes the blog Mahablog. O'Brien's book Blogging America Political Discourse in a Digital discusses the changes blogging has made in America's political culture, and the left-right debate^[1]. O'Brien is a strong advocate of blogging as a means of giving extremists power in the media, as well as, opposing the Iraq War.^[2] She has a Bachelor of Journalism from the University of Missouri.^[3] In politics, left-wing, political left, leftism, or simply the left, are terms which refer (with no particular precision) to the segment of the political spectrum typically associated with any of several strains of socialism, social democracy, or liberalism (especially in the American sense of the word), or with opposition... Blogger can refer to at least two things: Blogger, one who maintains a blog Blogger. ... The Iraq War or War in Iraq, is both an informal and a formal American term for the military conflict in Iraq including the 2003 Invasion of Iraq by the United States, United Kingdom and Australia, overthrow of the governing dictatorship, occupation and subsequent military activities by US, UK and... The University of Missouri System is one of two public state university systems in the state of Missouri. ...

References

1. ^ Barbara O'Brien - Mahablog bio.
2. ^ Von Drehle, David "Fighting Words". washingtonpost.com, July 17, 2005
3. ^ Oregon Territory, Oregon Public Broadcasting, December 17, 2004

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External links

• Mahablog - Barbara O'Brien's main blog
• Blogging America Political Discourse in a Digital Nation - Barbara's book on blogging.