THE POWER OF BLOGS ... Echidne guest-blogs on The American Street about ... blogging! She muses about the Powers-That-Be, who worry about our enormous un-journalistically credentialed influence on the political process so much that they are talking about various ways to confront the danger we represent -- like treating links to a candidate's site as campaign contributions. At the same time, we are called "bloggers in pajamas" to let us know we have no real significance as purveyors of information and commentary.

Kathy Flake over at What Do I Know? also weighs in on the Blog Phenomenon.