A New Wave?

The Minneapolis Star-Tribune has moved its web page to a blog. I don't know if they're the first, but it could be a trend. ......and how is there not a 1-1 comparison between most op-ed pages and their associated hideous letters to the editor, and an online blog with its trailing comments? OK, the former will probably have fewer typos.

I'm serious- although only in the very narrow sense that blogging is the first break in the aristocracy of opinion since the 15th century. Until blogs, the ability to spread opinion, freedom of the press or not, stems from owning a press in the first place*. Whatever the current shortcomings of blogs, they are the thin end of the wedge.

Of course, even with blogs, the same principle might apply. I, for one, welcome Blogger as my new press overlord.....

{*"Freedom of the press is limited to those who own one." - A. J. Liebling}