Most popular stories of the past 7 days
(those which were visited most often)

1	Bush challenged by bovines. by Christopher Hitchens at Slate
2	Scaling the peaks of sporting endeavour MPs, showjumpers and Delia... by Alan Coren at The Times
3	The myth of monogamy by David Barash at Salon
4	A little light bedtime reading for which parental guidance is recommended by Alan Coren at The Times
5	Artists Trade Oils for Inkjets by James Magary at Wired News
6	I've never had time for focus groups, but now I might give them a second look by Alan Coren at The Times
7	Smug rebel yells by Julie Burchill at NewsUnlimited
8	A boy named Rover by Amy Silverman at Salon
9	How to Avoid a Hangover by Colleen O'Brien at McSweeney's
10	You can't answer the door with a handful of raw giblets, I speak as one who knows by Alan Coren at The Times

The most popular recently published writers
(those on the most people's lists who have had a story in the past two weeks)

1	Janelle Brown	add to my list
2	Julie Burchill	add to my list
3	Greil Marcus	add to my list
4	Andrew Leonard	add to my list
5	Christopher Hitchens	add to my list
6	George Monbiot	add to my list
7	David Aaronovitch	add to my list
8	Susan McCarthy	add to my list
9	Mark Lawson	add to my list
10	Naomi Klein	add to my list
11	Nick Cohen	add to my list
12	Heather Havrilesky	add to my list
13	Andrew Rawnsley	add to my list
14	Katharine Mieszkowski	add to my list
15	Laura Miller	add to my list
16	Paul Foot	add to my list
17	Barbara Ellen	add to my list
18	Tom Tomorrow	add to my list
19	Jacob Weisberg	add to my list
20	Amy Reiter	add to my list

The most popular writers overall
(those on the most people's lists)

1	Carl Steadman	add to my list
2	Clay Shirky	add to my list
3	Janelle Brown	add to my list
4	Julie Burchill	add to my list
5	Bruce Sterling	add to my list
6	Camille Paglia	add to my list
7	Ana Marie Cox	add to my list
8	M.J. Rose	add to my list
9	Greil Marcus	add to my list
10	James Fallows	add to my list
11	Pauline Kael	add to my list
12	Lawrence Lessig	add to my list
13	Garrison Keillor	add to my list
14	Ellen Ullman	add to my list
15	Wagner James Au	add to my list
16	Polly Sprenger	add to my list
17	Dave Eggers	add to my list
18	Andrew Leonard	add to my list
19	Scott Rosenberg	add to my list
20	James Ledbetter	add to my list

(Charts updated every two hours.)