Picking up from the Kevin Drum-Matt Yglesias exchange on the Red-Queen race of contemporary pro-blogging, I will name names of people who blog too much among the folks I read. Some of the people are folks whose writing I’ve long enjoyed but whom I’ve practically given up on reading because, when faced with a count of 30 items in Google Reader – since breakfast – the heart sinks and the mind quails. And if you’ve ever seen a sinking quail you know they make awkward, fluttering crashes. It’s much easier to just click the “Mark All Read” button and resolve to catch the next batch. Vice Michael Ledeen, I say, “Slower, please.” Try “going Galt” for a half-hour at a time, maybe.
* Matt writes way too much. I read most of it because he’s my favorite blogger, but now and then I will flush as many as two-dozen posts because, shit, there’s more to life. There’s even more to blog reading.
* Megan McArdle is on this list as the contrapositive. She’s a paid, professional blogger but manages to keep her average posting rate below a post an hour most days. More like this!
* Atrios should be on the list except for one thing: Atrios has mastered the art of the short damn post. Also, half the posts are links to Yglesias, so get booked against the Matt Account