Stop By the Cafe

Josh Marshall really doesn't need my help, but his latest venture, TPM Cafe, is a fantastic site. It's something like 6 or 7 blogs in one, a space to hash out ideas on a variety of topics, not all of them political. There's a great assortment of writers on board, from Todd Gitlin to Judith Shulevitz to Matthew Yglesias, and the "table for one" guest blogger section this week features John Edwards. I love the layout and the opportunity for commentary. Yet another major blog on the left is allowing interaction with its audience, as opposed to the right, where most of them have none (I'm thinking of Instapundit and Powerline in particular).

TPM Cafe, Kos, and, to a lesser degree, The Huffington Post are reimaging blogs as more like destinations than the views of a single commentator. They're more like portals.

Anyway, you should take a look.