Blog by Hugh Hewitt

I just finished reading Blog by Hugh Hewitt. In this book, he compares what is happening in the area of information sharing and information gathering to what happened during the Reformation. The Reformation shook everything up in the 1600's when the printing press and growing literacy took control of Biblical interpretation away from the elite few in the Church and allowed average people to read and understand God's word for themselves, in their own language. Now, blogs give the average person the opportunity to write and express their opinions and takes on the news of the day. Bloggers have driven some very high profile investigations that most likely would have been ignored by the mainstream media (Swiftboat Vets, Rathergate) and have even driven an important political campaign. Do you think Howard Dean would be the new DNC chair if his campaign had not been so high profile? Thank bloggers and his savvy use of the internet for that.

Hewitt recommends that individuals who want to have an influence on their world, their business, their church or any other organization should get blogging. If you like to write or like to express your opinions, do research and figure things out - read Hewitt's book. I have linked the title to his blog.

---Katie