Brainy-blog changes

A couple of interesting moves on the intellectual-blogs front. Matthew Yglesias announced late yesterday that he's migrating from the umbrella of the Atlantic to the more overtly ideological (i.e., liberal) Center for American Progress. He'll continue to blog -- readers will just have to change their bookmarks -- but will also be available to give advice about some of the center's other Webby projects. Certainly a loss for the formerly Boston-based Atlantic, whose owner, David Bradley, often boasts of his knack for recruiting "extreme talent." Also an interesting professional decision by Yglesias, a Harvard grad and philosophy major who occasionally riffed on philosophical matters on his site. Perhaps it signals a greater interest in shaping policy than in getting longer pieces into a prestigious magazine.

Also, Slate this week mothballed its group legal blog Convictions. Among other reasons (people seem to think the site never gelled, though I liked it), Phillip Carter, who served as a quasi-moderator, signed on with the Obama campaign. An Iraq war veteran as well as a practicing lawyer, he'll be its veterans director. Carter had also blogged for the Washington Post, at Intel Dump, which will be taken over by guest writers for the time being.

My main concern re Convictions: Where am I going to get my Eric Posner fix? The agitation he inspires among liberal law professors (he has his father's contrarian gene) is priceless, even if you're liberal.