So, now we have the reverse of bloggers hitting it big: Dave Barry, who's been publishing newspaper columns and books for two decades and is - and I dare you to provide a better example - the funniest writer in the history of the English language - is going on a potentially permanent hiatus from his syndicated column. But, he is apparently keeping his blog.

Then there's Richard Posner and Gary Becker, who had matching op-eds in the Wall Street Journal Tuesday (hardly a first for either man), and listed their joint blog there, in what almost looks like an effort to use the WSJ platform to promote the blog.