The Value of Information

John Breen suggests that in his understanding of a blog, it  "is supposed to be a forum for conversation, for the exchange of opinions, ideas, and theories, and not the mere posting of information." He seems to suggest that posts such as that of Michael Perry's about the Pew Center are out of place without accompanying commentary. I must say that I disagree. I regard  such posts as indespensable to informed dialogue on this site. And I would also say that the contributions of Michael Perry to this site in informing us of the positions taken by others and of polls and the like are absolutely invaluable.  This is particularly true because in my view most of the contributors to this site take a different view from the positions implicated by Michael's posts.