Judge Posner on blogging

This article from the ABA Journal e-report discusses Seventh Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner’s view of blogs and blogging after he spent a week as a guest blogger on lessig blog for Stanford Professor (and former Posner clerk) Lawrence Lessig. Just like Judge Posner’s many posts, the article is an interesting, informative and amusing read.

Though I encourage reading the whole ABA article, this set of quotes seemed especially choice on a Friday afternoon (and coming from a person who made his name on law-and-economics insights):

“What worries me about the phenomenon is the time being consumed,” says Posner. “There’s a lot of interesting material in the blogs and comments, but is it the best use of time?”

In the interest of full disclosure, I should note that I have sent an e-mail to Judge Posner — the author, recall, of the majority opinion in Booker — offering him the opportunity to guest blog in this space. I have not yet heard back from the Judge (though I noticed here that Judge Posner is already committed to guest blogging on Professor Brian Leiter’s blog later this year).

Happy holiday weekend.