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By Noel Sheppard | September 20, 2007 - 12:36 ET A respected member of the blogging community who also happened to be serving our nation was killed in Iraq Wednesday. Frank Salvato, editor of The New Media Journal, sadly e-mailed his readers: It is with a very heavy heart and swollen eyes from the tears that I inform you all that one of our fellow writers, Sgt. Eddie Jeffers who was serving in Ramadi, Iraq, was killed today. He was patriot, humble, kind and dedicated to his mission, his country, his family and his faith. Many of you might...

The Gang of 14, Blogged Down In the Middle By Howard Kurtz Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, May 29, 2005 It was the perfect storm for the blogosphere, an issue on which both right-wingers and left-wingers could rise up in rare unison and smite the craven offenders. Both sides hated, castigated and otherwise took a dim view of the last-minute deal this week that averted a nuclear showdown over Senate filibusters. Let the mainstream media praise as bipartisan statesmen the mushy moderates who cobbled together the compromise. Many bloggers were infuriated, castigating the so-called Gang of 14 (and especially John...

Are Weblogs Changing Our Culture?     Kurt Andersen, the author of Turn of the Century, is now at work on his second novel. He's also the host of the public radio program Studio 360. Andrew Sullivan, a senior editor at the New Republic, writes daily for andrewsullivan.com. Slate has asked them to discuss the Weblog phenomenon as well as two new books about blogging, We've Got Blog: How Weblogs Are Changing Our Culture and The Weblog Handbook.     Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri   From: Andrew Sullivan To: Kurt Andersen Subject: The Blogosphere Weighs InPosted: Wednesday, September 4,...