Great discussion you've started, David. I've just recently launched into the Blogosphere myself, and I would recommend http://blogger.com as a good place to set up your own blog with all the features. I started my own political blog after the Democrats took back a majority in Congress: http://www.TotallyFixed.com Which is an alias to: http://TotallyFixed.blogspot.com You can get your own blogspot name and account for free and it includes all the RSS feed tools that you'd need. I'm apparently doing well at it because I've just been hired by a local alternative energy research and promotion company to be a professional blogger for them. So now I'm going to be spending 5 hours a month writing and gathering up links and those kinds of bloggy things. I'll do an announcement on this list when the blog is officially launched. This is the ultimate kind of Hidden Tech company, totally hidden in the woods with the potential to revolutionize the world. If you're looking to do a political blog and want it to get some traffic, consider signing up with a web site like http://www.OpEdNews.com - you can get a free account and blog as a sub page on their web site. I do this in conjunction with my "home" blog and cross post a lot of my articles there. http://www.opednews.com/author/author4114.html Another good strategy is to troll the web for similar blogs, and post friendly comments on them with a link back to your own blog. Good luck on your blog adventure David, it's been a pretty good ride for me, and I'm only two months into it. Be well, David Caputo President Positronic Design http://www.PositronicDesign.com Editor and Publisher Totally Fixed and Rigged Magazine http://www.TotallyFixed.com