He has also been exceedingly critical of Christopher Buckley, both as a writer of fiction and as a political commentator.īlogger-in-Chief Ace and Ace of Spades HQ itself have both been quoted and linked extensively at other blogs such as Power Line, Hot Air, Instapundit, Protein Wisdom, and Right Wing News. The Ace of Spades HQ is often critical of other political websites, including Andrew Sullivan's Daily Dish, the Huffington Post, the Daily Kos, and Glenn Greenwald's Blog in Salon.

In a 2007 editorial for the Washington Times, editor Tony Blankley described Ace of Spades HQ as a 'very smart military blog', which became a catchphrase at the blog. Naturally, alternative streams of information will play a large role in that process.' We have, he reminded us, not simply an opportunity to inform ourselves about politics, but a 'duty' to do so. Seriously You Guys.' Joy McCann of Little Miss Attila wrote of Ace's speech that 'AoS gave a rather thoughtful set of remarks on the why New Media is an important part of policy-making, and drew a straight line between the history of policy debate in a town-hall setting and the Reagan Revolution, which rejected the notion-now so prevalent in Europe and elsewhere-that the political class can consider itself our 'betters,' and simply make policy decisions on our behalf. e gave an incisive speech on the death of democracy and the rise of tyranny, accompanied by an analysis of how Ronald Reagan re-invigorated the two-party system.

When Ace himself was honored as the 'Blogger of the Year' at the Conservative Political Union's Conservative Political Action Conference in March 2008, Brian Faughnan of The Weekly Standard wrote that 'Ace has a gift for cutting through political BS, for dissecting the fatal flaws behind liberal arguments, and for doing so with humor. Sefton.' In addition to these main contributors, other readers of his are able to post to the weblog via its 'open blog' mechanism.

ContentsĪce's co-bloggers have included 'Dave in Texas,' 'DrewM.,' 'Gabriel Malor,' 'Andy,' 'JohnE.,' 'BenK.,' 'CAC,' 'Jack M.,' 'Slublog,' 'rdbrewer,' 'Maetenloch,' 'Monty,' 'Russ in Winterset,' and 'Purple Avenger,' and current co-bloggers 'LauraW,' 'OregonMuse,' 'CBD,' Misanthropic Humanitarian,' 'WeirdDave,' and J.J. The site's leading blogger, the pseudonymous 'Ace of Spades,' has also appeared as a guest expert on Fox News, although it is quite rare for him to make media appearances. It has been quoted, mentioned, referenced or linked by The Wall Street Journal, Fox News, CNN, National Review, The Weekly Standard, and many notable online magazines/blogs, as well as on the floor of the US House of Representatives. Ace of Spades HQ, Ace of Spades, or AoS is a conservative and humor-driven U.S.-based Political Blog covering current events, legal issues, military hardware, and salacious topics in popular culture.

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