An interesting question about Barack.

The possibility that an ancestor of Presidential candidate Barack Obama may have owned black slaves raises an interesting question…

…does Barack owe himself reparations?

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My odds that Al Gore will enter the race for President:

6 to 4 in favor and rising.

Obama is right to worry.

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Where’s my oil?

Before the Iraq war, we were repeatedly told the war was really about oil. You can still find that sentiment in all these places: No Blood for Oil Blood for Oil No Blood for Oil: US out of Afghanistan But I don’t see tanker-loads of oil docking in D.C. So, if I can’t have my oil, I want to see an apology. Either from the “no blood for oil” nutcases, or from the Bush Administration for spending 100s of billions and STILL not getting me my oil.

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How many times a day must you post to be a successful blogger?

When I first started blogging, I set a goal for myself of posting at least three times a day.

I did that because I firmly believed the more you posted, the more people would read. It was like sympathetic magic: if you post it, they will read.

And maybe that was true in the days before RSS feeds.

Back when you had to manually check a blog to see if the author had updated it, bloggers who failed to keep their audience fed probably found themselves forgotten pretty quickly.

But with RSS feeds, I’m able to see a post by one of my favorite bloggers within minutes of them making it.

In fact, I much prefer to read insightful, well-thought out posts by Rick Esenberg…

…or fun, funky posts by guys like Lawdog…

…or unique and refreshing posts by James Harris…

…(all of whom post relatively rarely)…

…than be deluged by the flood of frivolous froth generated by uber-bloggers like Ann Althouse.

(I think Ann is often worth reading, but it sometimes feels like you’re sitting next to her at the beauty parlor and listening to her blabbing to her hairdresser. Although, I must say, if you follow that link you will discover that Ms. Althouse was a real hottie.)

So what do you guys think: is it better for a blogger to post a lot while saying very little, or say a great deal but not post very often?

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