Instapundit is a U.S. political weblog produced by Glenn Reynolds, a law professor at the University of Tennessee. It is one of the most widely-read blogs in the world. Because he has inspired countless imitators, Reynolds is sometimes called the BlogFather.

It is sometimes considered a War Blog because of its frequent sympathetic coverage of America's war on terrorism and war in Iraq. Other common topics are technology (such as nanotechnology, space exploration, and digital photography), individual liberty, domestic politics, the media, and the blogosphere as a social phenomenon.

Most of the content consists of links to other sites, often with brief comments. Reynolds often displays a libertarian slant which tends to favor free markets and to distrust bureaucratic action in both economic and personal affairs. The European Union, United Nations, and "Big Media" are all frequent targets of negative remarks or links. Critics charge that the site has become increasingly partisan, with only positive developments in Iraq being linked to while negative developments are ignored, and with a general tendency to provide positive coverage of Republicans and negative coverage of Democrats, although Reynolds supports such Democratic platforms as civil unions, abortion rights, and stem cell research.

Because of its popularity, an Instapundit link to another site can cause the traffic of that site to spike. Such an increase is often referred to as an "instalanche" (http://www.samizdata.net/blog/glossary_archives/002000.html), an Instapundit avalanche.

Reynolds encourages readers to explore the wider blogosphere.

Blogs inspired by Instapundit

Note: Instapundit's fame has led to the common adoption of the suffix "-pundit" in blog titles.

• IsraPundit
• Isntapundit

External links

• Instapundit (http://www.instapundit.com/)
• blogs inspired by Instapundit (http://jeffwolfe.com/instapundit-inspired.html)