Welcome Denver Post readers! TalkLeft has an op-ed in today's Denver Post about blogging the Republican Convention--and a recap on blogging from Boston during the Democratic convention. It's a perspective on blogging vs. the mainstream media, mixed with my individual impressions.

You can follow the live RNC and protest coverage of all the liberal bloggers here. It's continuously updated.

Update: For a view from the other side, check out this Weekly Standard article. The last paragraph gets it right:

John Hinderaker, one of the bloggers behind Powerline, summed up the mood of the blogosphere by comparing journalism with brain surgery: "A bunch of amateurs, no matter how smart and enthusiastic, could never outperform professional neurosurgeons, because they lack the specialized training and experience necessary for that field," he said. "But what qualifications, exactly, does it take to be a journalist? What can they do that we can't? Nothing."

[link via Instapundit.]

Update: Atrios responds to Hindraker by pointing to Jim Boyd's op-ed in the Star Tribune expressing regret that the Hindraker piece was published. Go read Boyd.