Matt Yglesias

Matt Yglesias is a popular American blogger and one of the prominent voices on the centre-left wing of the blogosphere. Blogger logo Blogger, a coined word created by Pyra Labs, is a service that provides Web-based tools used by individuals to publish to the Web. ... Blogosphere (alternate: blogsphere) is the collective term encompassing all weblogs or blogs; blogs as a community; blogs as a social network. ...

Life and career

Matthew Yglesias attended Harvard University where he studied philosophy. He graduated magna cum laude in 2003. He was editor-in-chief of The Harvard Independent, a weekly newsmagazine, and also wrote for several other campus publications. Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and a member of the Ivy League. ... The term Philosophy derives from a combination of the Greek words philos meaning love and sophia meaning wisdom. ... Latin honors are Latin phrases used to indicate the level of academic distinction with which an academic degree was earned. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Yglesias started blogging in early 2002, while still in college, focusing mainly on American politics and public policy issues. He was encouraged in his early efforts by fellow-bloggers such as Matt Welch and Jeff Jarvis. His blog, initially on Blogspot and later on Typepad, was qualitatively different from other progressive blogs, and indeed different from most political blogs: his academic training in philosophy is often reflected in the density and abstruseness of his writing. While solidly liberal, Yglesias was one of the handful of left-wing bloggers who supported the American invasion of Iraq in 2003. The Federal Government of the United States was established by the United States politics is dominated by the two major parties, the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. ... According to Thomas A. Birklands book An Introduction to the Policy Process, there is a lack of a consensus definition of public policy. ... Blogger logo Blogger, a coined word created by Pyra Labs, is a service that provides Web-based tools used by individuals to publish to the Web. ...

The quality of his blog writing and analysis caught the attention of the American Prospect magazine, and he joined the journal as a staff writer upon his graduation in 2003. His posts appear regularly on the magazine's collaborative weblog TAPPED. He has also written for mainstream publications such as the New York Times Magazine, and has made occasional appearances on radio and television as a politicial commentator. The American Prospect is a monthly magazine which focuses on US politics and public policy. ...

Yglesias remains a qualified supporter of the war on terror and democracy promotion in the Middle East. He is one of the few bloggers whose work is cited regularly (and respectfully) on both sides of the blogosphere, receiving frequent mentions from left-wingers such as Atrios and Kevin Drum but also from right-wingers like Instapundit and Andrew Sullivan. He is often referred to in the blogosphere as Big Media Matt, a semi-affectionate nickname coined by Atrios after his recruitment by the American Prospect. The War on terrorism or War on terror is a global effort by the governments of several countries (primarily the United States and its principal allies) to neutralize international groups it deems as terrorist (primarily radical Islamist terrorist groups, including al-Qaida) and insure rogue nations no longer support terrorist... A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ... Dr. Duncan Black, known under his internet publishing pseudonym as Atrios, is the author of the popular liberal weblog Eschaton, which receives an average of over 100,000 hits per day. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... Instapundit is a U.S. political weblog produced by Glenn Reynolds, a law professor at the University of Tennessee. ... Andrew Sullivan (born 10 August 1963) is an Anglo-American journalist and intellectual, known both for his heterodox personal-political identity (HIV-positive, gay, libertarian/conservative, and Catholic) and for his pioneering efforts in the field of weblog journalism. ...

As of May 2005, Yglesias has found a new home at Josh Marshall's group blog, TPM Cafe, having abandoned his earlier Typepad address. Besides analytic philosophy, Yglesias has a passion for basketball and occasionally posts about the NBA. 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in May May 26: Eddie Albert May 25: Ismail Merchant simba the bear May 25: Sunil Dutt May 25: Graham Kennedy May 22: Thurl Ravenscroft May 21: Howard Morris May 21: Subodh Mukherjee May 21: Stephen... Categories: Stub | 1969 births | Bloggers ... Basketball Basketball is a ball sport in which two teams of five players each try to score points by throwing a ball through a hoop. ... The National Basketball Association of the United States and Canada, commonly known as the NBA, is the premier professional basketball league in North America. ...

External links

• Yglesias at TPM Cafe (http://www.tpmcafe.com/author/yglesias)
• Yglesias at Typepad (http://yglesias.typepad.com/matthew)
• TAPPED (http://www.prospect.org/weblog)