Tim Blair has a wonderfull piece on the greatness of blogs.
I'll spoil the best part for you:
"And the Net? Sure, there are nutcases aplenty, but what about all these blogger people? Does ever a day go by without a Layne, a Welch, a Reynolds, a Solent oranother blogster providing something cutting, logical, well-researched, informative, and sweetly written?
Not in all the time I've been reading them. Not one single day."