Jon Soltz, chairman of VoteVets, on Thanksgiving:

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/14/thinksgiving-soltz/

ThinksGiving: ThinkProgress Reader Jon Soltz

Our guest blogger is Jon Soltz, chairman of VoteVets.org and veteran of the Iraq war.

Every day, I keep a number of blogs open on my browser that I constantly refresh. I don’t want to cast too much praise on one blog over the other (they’re all good and all important), but ThinkProgress is one of the blogs I check the most.

For me, ThinkProgress truly has been my go-to for almost instantaneous news updates and thoughtful analysis, especially on Iraq, military and veterans’ issues. Additionally, besides some pesky trolls, the comment threads are essential in letting me know what issues are well understood by the majority of people, and which could use some additional explanation, from groups like the one I represent, VoteVets.org.

I’d be lying if I said I didn’t think so fondly of ThinkProgress because it’s one of the few blogs that consistently gives the veterans of VoteVets.org a place to air out their views. It’s not just that posts like that help out VoteVets.org as a group, but it allows the voice of America’s veterans to be heard and amplified. That is crucial when we’re talking about a time when less than a percent of the total population knows what it’s like to fight in the current wars.

It’s to all of our benefit that ThinkProgress stick around for a long, long, long time. For its on-the-ball news coverage and analysis, its ability to stoke discussion and debate, and its willingness to promote many diverse voices, ThinkProgress has truly become one of the premiere, must-read blogs around.

I hope you’ll join me in donating here to help keep ThinkProgress strong, for years to come.

– Jon Soltz

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