Hinderaker Cuts to the Chase

Concluding a long post filled with analysis of the French election by a long lost college friend, John Hinderaker reminds us of what I agree is one of the greatest values of the blogosphere:

I’ve often asked myself what makes the blogosphere worthwhile. Certainly a big part of the answer is that the world is full of smart people, a large majority of whom didn’t go to journalism school and don’t work for newspapers or magazines. One of the basic things blogs do is give those people a voice.