We’re different (just like everyone else) …

Many blogs focus on one particular niche – and do an excellent job of covering the niche. At The Soap Boxers, we share articles on a broad array of topics. We think of ourselves as a web magazine, rather than a blog. It’s difficult to get a full idea of what we do from reading a couple of issues. Follow us for a week, and see if you like what you read.

Weekly Schedule

  • Monday: Ramblings from Martin
  • Tuesday: Sports
  • Wednesday: Various
  • Thursday: The Political Observers
  • Friday: Fiction Friday
  • Saturday: Various
  • Sunday: Various

The Political Observers (Thursdays)

  • Week 1: Squeaky (Conservative)
  • Week 2: Zarberg (Liberal)
  • Week 3: The Crunchy Conservative (Liberal)
  • Week 4: The Angry Squirrel (Liberal)

Weekly Writers

Name Subject Bio
“kosmo” Founder, Editor-in-Chief Kosmo lives in Iowa. He enjoys watching sports, working with computers, and writing fiction. Kosmo’s writing has also been featured in Lazy Man and Money, Life, Laughs, and Lemmings, 40 Tech, World’s Strongest Librarian, The Digerati Life, ProBlogger, Living With Balls,and Man Vs. Debt.
“Johnny Goodman” Sports Johnny hails from Nebraska. He loves his Huskers and is a big golf fan
“Martin Kelly” Writing

The Political Observers

Name Stance Bio
“The Crunchy Conservative” Conservative The Crunchy Conservative is a college educated, twenty-something mother of two boys from Iowa. She has her Bachelor of Science degree in English, emphasis in British Literature and Creative Writing.
“Zarberg” Liberal Zarberg is a 35 year old government IT professional who previously worked 5 years at a Wall Street brokerage firm.  He received a Bachelor of Music degree from Ithaca College in 1997 and currently resides in North Carolina.
“Squeaky” Conservative Squeaky lives in Fort Collins, CO. He is a former law enforcement officer currently working in IT. Squeaky enjoys golfing, skiing, biking, hiking and camping with his family.
“The Angry Squirrel” Liberal

Special Contributors

“Bob Inferapels” Entertainment Bob is all play and no work!
“Cheri Nobel” Entertainment Cheri partners with Bob on the entertainment beat.
“Gabe Tyndal” Science and Nature Gabe lives in the Midwest. He enjoys the outdoor life and has a background in biology and medicine. Gabe will write on various science and nature topics throughout the year.
James Bathgate Technology News
Jonna Wibelius International Perspective Jonna gives the opinion of US and world events through the lens of her own experiences. Jonna is a native of Sweden who lives in China. Jonna details her life in China in her popular blog SheInChina.
“Peter Rabbit” Middle East Politics
“Phil Ossifer” Phil shares his Philossify with the readers of The Soap Boxers
Tyson Turner Canada Tyson lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba and is naturally a big hockey fan. He also loves to travel and barbeque anything with meat.
Whitney Henderson You can read more about Whitney on her own blog. Writer, lawyer, lover of cheese – what’s not to like?


Names that are contained within quote marks are pen names.

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