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Ode to Blogs

The Rather brouhaha has signalled a coming of age in the recognition of blogs. God knows how powerful they will become now.

Some eye-catchers of late:

• That lovely Wonkette and her service to the nation in running the hilarious exchange between Jon Stewart and that almost unbelievably oafish clown, Bill O'Reilly
• Andy Sullivan and his bloggers' creed
• Good Grauniad, of course
• And our very own local Seattle Times, waking up to the un-punny fact that web logs have caught fire
• Finally, the Weekly Standard