DANIEL SILLIMAN SAYS that Howell Raines’ embargo on Andrew Sullivan is really a tribute to the power of the Blogosphere:

Anybody can take on the Times, many have done it in all sorts of media, the significance is in the violent reaction. The New York Times actually cares what Andrew Sullivan says about it. Sullivan—little Sullivan with his daily ramblings on his funny media and his beagle and his personal life on the page and his strange diversions into circumcision and just weird topics—is a player with enough weight to concern the New York Times.

Interesting point.