https://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2009/07/12/left-brain-right-brain/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usThu, 11 Jun 2026 20:19:21 -0400<![CDATA[A 2005 study by the International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining described the state of the political blogosphere in 2004 Presidential elections, at a time when this medium was beginning to be important. It was a period when 9% of Internet users categorized themselves as &#8216;frequent&#8217; or &#8216;sometime&#8217; readers of blogsites, a number significant enough to warrant attention.  Howard Dean famously issued his information bulletins through them and &#8220;the Democratic and Republican parties further signaled the established position of blogs in political discourse by credentialing a number of bloggers to cover their nominating conventions as journalists.&#8221; However tentatively, the political blogosphere had arrived.  And it was bifurcated, it seems, at birth.]]>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 04:36:48 -0400<![CDATA[Richard Fernandez]]>https://pjmedia.com/richard-fernandez/2009/07/12/left-brain-right-brain-n188793