tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-361802412011-12-13T19:53:30.197-08:00Penetrating social and political commentary...Rickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03750146830682218859noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36180241.post-50060285782881543082007-01-13T08:33:00.000-08:002007-01-13T09:10:53.315-08:00

David Sifry, a guy who actually studies things like the blogosphere, reported in February, 2006 that there were least 27.2 million blogs and that the number of blogs doubled every five 1/2 months.That would put the total number of blogs at an eye-popping 110 million (27.5 x 2 x 2) if it were true, though I suspect that blog creation must have slowed down at some point over the past 12 months.

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Call me cynical, but when I see Grover Norquist on BBC news talking about why the US should engage Iran and Syria in talks about the future of Iraq, I'm more than a little skeptical. (I looked for a link to the on-air story but failed to find one. Trust me, I saw his bearded mug on the BBC America broadcast at 11:00 PM EST on Monday night, November 13.)Norquist was following up a report that UK

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