Best Defense wins National Magazine Award

Posted By Joshua Keating Thursday, March 18, 2010 - 6:00 PM Share

By Joshua Keating
Best Defense chief awards correspondent and hype man

Tom was unable to post today because of some rare technical difficulties, but in his absence we got some great news here at FP world headquarters. The Best Defense has won the 2010 Digitial National Magazine award for best blog!

The photo on the left, taken just moments ago, shows the "Ellie" en route back to Washington in the victorious grip of Executive Editor Susan Glasser.

Congratulations to Tom as well as the incredible community of readers who've helped make this blog a must-read.

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RE ORIENT

9:39 PM ET

March 18, 2010

WOW

Commandante Ricks!

Great news! Kudos to you and your team of special correspondents, columnists and fellow commenters!

Full ahead Captain!

R.HOWE

9:47 PM ET

March 18, 2010

Congratulations to Mr. Ricks

Congratulations to Mr. Ricks and to the entire FP staff. This site is an oasis on the web of thoughtful engagement.

ERIC_STRATTONIII

10:08 PM ET

March 18, 2010

Congrats to the Writer and his Staff

Congrats!

TYRTAIOS

10:15 PM ET

March 18, 2010

BRAVO ZULU

Splice the mainbrace for Tom Ricks and crew - BRAVO ZULU! : )

RUBBER DUCKY

11:10 PM ET

March 18, 2010

Yes! Bravo Xray!

Well deserved. As an old skipper often said, "Never a doubt."

JPWREL

11:30 PM ET

March 18, 2010

An outstanding effort by Tom

An outstanding effort by Tom and his staff, congratulations to all! Also, many of the reader/commenter’s are superb in their own way with insightful observations, specialized knowledge and experience including a sense of humor.

ANON_ANON

12:33 AM ET

March 19, 2010

grats

BILL KELLER

12:39 AM ET

March 19, 2010

Well done

and thank you for the blog's availability.

DMDENNIS

1:51 AM ET

March 19, 2010

Congrats!

A well-deserved award!

ZATHRAS

3:12 AM ET

March 19, 2010

Credit Goes Where Credit's Owed

Congratulations to Tom Ricks, a fine journalist who applied skills learned in that trade to the blogosphere. His blog is a resource, and frequently an inspiration.

I did have a question about that award. It looks as if Susan Glasser is taking it to Washington aboard an Amtrak train. I'm not sure she'd get it through security at an airport. The thing looks like a weapon.

DAVE-T

2:39 PM ET

March 19, 2010

Kudos! Great way to kick off the weekend.

I really enjoy this site. Thank you....

CHARLIEFORD

5:08 PM ET

March 19, 2010

Couldn't live without it!

I can still recall my excitement and relief when, amid the welter of voices screaming about Iraq ca. 2004 or so, I finally figured out Ricks was the man.

This blog just keeps the joy alive.

Thanks for it, and congrats.

JSINAIKO

7:42 PM ET

March 19, 2010

BD is my favorite - smart,

BD is my favorite - smart, conversational, extremely well-informed, and with the smartest commenters around.

Many thanks Tom, for providing this space for all of us to argue, agree (occasionally) and learn. I learn something cool and interesting every time I log on here - from Tom, one of his collaborators, or a commenter.

Thanks people!

MEG

9:50 PM ET

March 19, 2010

thanks to you and those who comment

This is such a well-deserved award. I hope you're not really experiencing technical difficulties, but out bicycling or kayaking (naaaaaaaaah, too early in DC for that) somewhere beautiful!