blogosphere roundup - april 29 - may 5

Let's take a look at some of the best blogs of the week, both on a local and national level.

1. Burnt Orange Report shares a comprehensive economic profile of the city of Dallas.
2. Capitol Annex features a fantastic guest blog from Barbara Ann Radnofsky, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate.
3. The Huffington Post blogger (and former Dittohead) Jim Derych says that the Republicans are officially out of ideas.
4. Pink Dome reports on former porn star Anna Nicole Smith's victory, booting her case to the California courts, in the U.S. Supreme Court. The justices voted 9-0 in Smith's favor.
5. Chris Bowers at MyDD debunks common myths about the bloggers in his post about "the emerging anti-netroots narrative."
6. Bay Area Houston Blog reports that the Texas Senate has failed Texas teachers yet again, denying a proposed raise and stipend.
7. Rechan at LiveJournal Democrats shows that Bush's criticism of "The Star-Spangled Banner" being sung in Spanish is hypocritical. Read more about flip-flops from Lamar Alexander and Laura Bush.
   
8. Dallas Blog tells us that Texas Democrats are winning the blog war.
9. At the Huffington Post, Arianna Huffington speaks out about Net Neutrality filling us in on why it's important and why it should be renamed.
10. In the Pink Texas explores a possible change in the high school curriculum that's being spearheaded by Sen. Florence Shapiro (R-Plano).