Between Christmas and the new year, the Dish tracked details of the fundie-undie bomber here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. Andrew's first impressions on the terrorist attack here and some broader perspective here. An email from Nigeria here. Some of the sanest perspectives were here and here. Among those calling for torturing Abdulmutallab were Marc Thiessen (over and over), Pat Buchanan, Bill Kristol, Michael Goldfarb, and Charles Krauthammer. (And for the hell of it, Cliff May joked about killing innocent detainees and the Corner defended the Crusades.) Reader discussion here and here. Andrew had it out with Glenn Reynolds here and here. He also called for Napolitano to resign here, here, and here (dissents here and here).
Andrew dubbed Levi Johnston the "real rogue" of 2009, but cast some doubt on his credibility. Coverage of Palin's custody battle against Tripp's baby-daddy here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. More lies here. Todd Palin led the charge to ban bloggers. More cowardice here and here.
Mousavi anticipated his own death here and here. Netanyahu called the settlement freeze "apartheid." Andrew jumped on the neocon campaign against Hannah Rosenthal here, here, and here. He got on Mike Allen's back over Cheney here and here. Marriage equality popped up in Argentina and Malawi. Karl Rove divorced. And the Dish remembered Bowe Bergdahl, the captured US soldier.
In his latest column, Andrew evaluated Obama's first year in office. He also took a long look at the first decade of the war on terrorism. Readers responded here and here.
Looking back at the most significant posts of the year, Andrew plucked out "The Presider," "A Question Of The Rule Of Law," "Clinging To The Wreckage," "What Happened In 1990?," "It's So Personal: A Round-Up," "Mousavi: 'I Followed Them'," "They Tortured A Man They Knew To Be Innocent," and "Email Of The Year." For the most popular posts based on traffic, click here. We also took stock of the Dish's 2009 traffic and beyond.
In the final results of the 2009 Dish Awards, Ed Schultz won the Moore, Rush Limbaugh won the Hewitt, Glenn Beck won the Malkin, Bill O'Reilly won the Yglesias, and Jonah Goldberg won the Poseur. Oren Lavie's "Her Morning Elegance" edged out Cartman's "Poker Face" for the best Mental Health Break, a commentary on gun violence won for the coolest ad, and the Face Of The Year was a tie.
Some fun, year-end virals here, here, and here. Year-end lists here. The last of the Depressing Christmas Songs here, here, and here. More Recession View updates here, here, and here. A fresh view from Alaska here. Beards of the year here and here. Some of the most animated emails of 2009 here and here. More feedback on the Window View book here and here.
We posted a separate wrap for the Day of Ashura protests; read it here.
— C.B.
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