What has been generated via these so-called establishment Canadian blogs (like the Post's mostly uninspired editorial board one with its atrocious format) that makes them worth anyone's time, including that of the bloggers themselves? Beyond just more navel-gazing and the symbolism you seem to be so protective of? Those guys you mention today are certainly glad for the paycheques that come from big media corps but--at least in the case of Wherry and Zoilus, whereas young Mr. Nestruck recently wrote rather strained opinion piece railing *against* blogs in the papaer--seem genuinely more interested in being a part of something that is anything but whatever this or that Canadian Association represent. Why whittle everything down to the dull and boring disclosure of biases, especially in a media culture infested with nepotism, given how a Leah McLaren or a Jacob Richler (to name but two blatant examples) would never be able to withstand the scrutiny that came with putting themselves out there via a personal site? (Because I'd read both their blogs ...) Marc Weisblott