Warning: If you haven't blogged by now, I'm told you're about to miss the revolution. These on-line journals covering everything from knot tying to the inner workings of Wall Street provide a place where insiders and outsiders meet to volley words back and forth over the latest issue.

Blogging is addictive, perhaps becoming an epodemic. Just ask the 2:00 am web warriors tapping their keyboards by the glow of their computer screens. Blogs do offer a constant rush of opinion: the cheering, the jeering, and certain verbal strikes which weaken the posture of those that stood unwavering. But not everyone thinks bringing punditry to the people is a good thing. New Yorker writer George Packer argues that blogging is blurring the line between journalism and pure rant. Packer believes that blogs may not be the best thing for democracy. Should this also be a concern in using blogs with education?

In that case, over the next few weeks I'll try and not to bloviate throughout this blog.