I finally got on the blog. (from the first class)

Charlie,
I found your article very interesting.  Along with reading and taking
classes, blogging is another action that stimulates critical and
analytical thinking of the brain.  Blogs provide room for discussion,
argreements, and debates, opening people's minds up to the ideas of
others, and the strengthening of their own.  When two or mutiple
amounts of people have a verbal debate or discussion, most will agree
that a person can be so set on his or her points that they can tune
out their opponent until they get to speak again and remain close
minded.  Discussion over the internet makes it so that one has to
fully read and internalize all aspects of someone else's opinion,
enabling and presenting new ideas to either rebuttal or compliment.  I
also agree with Arielle though, in the fact that open blogs to all
viewers of the internet can sometimes be dangerous as it can harbor
areas of false information and the spread of rumors or threatening
data.  Some people use bloggers in a negative way, so they can easily
spread propaganda that people will believe.  I think the best type of
blogging is the one that we have now, where there is a limited amount
of people to a group that have to be invited to share their ideas.
This also helps the people of the group or class to become more
personally connected with one another, and know the reasoning and
strengths behind their views from a closer level.  It is going to be
intriguing becoming more closely connected with all the people in our
class, and blogging with them throughout our session together.