As usual thanks to Fran for the work that goes into it. Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
Then again, we are having blogs like Beppe Grillo and Paul Krugman quoted in the salon.
It is probably most likely that blogs will be quoted below the related news items.
But we do quote op-eds, too. How is an op-ed different from a blog entry, really? Most economists teach a theoretical framework that has been shown to be fundamentally useless. -- James K. Galbraith
... and if they are less serious blogs, it would be understood that there is no necessary claim that they are any authority if they are added to Klatsch.
So I don't think any additional structure is required ... just the temerity to start doing it. I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.
It is far from systematic, but in some cases, the best source I can find is actually a blog from someone who happens to have a lot of knowledge on the particular matter in question and can provide much deeper insights than anything you find in conventional news sources.
Again, no general rules, it's all about finding the best piece of information and, possibly, that extra insight we feel can be worth sharing here on ET... Europeans think a hundred miles is a long way. Americans think a hundred years is a long time.
