I often wonder if I would get more readers if I got into more food fights. I don't get into pissing contests with other bloggers, I try to be calm and reasonable when I write, though there are some exceptions. I always ask myself, but what if I'm wrong? I gave up posting on big name lefty sites for the same reason I suspect a lot of lefties gave up posting on big name righty sites - there is not interest in dialogue or understanding, just serial abuse of the heretic.
(How do you explain the popularity of Instapundit then? Because you know there will always be fresh post when you go there. I can only surmise that the professor has hordes of grad students posting since no human being can post that frequently and retain a job, stay married and be a father. Oh, scratch the job thing, he's a professor.)
I'm not a big fan of Michelle Malkin because I think she often goes overboard (though less so than Ann Coulter). On the other hand, she provokes an even greater overreaction on the part of lefty readers. Hey, posting contact information to the internet that is provided "for immediate release" in a press release is not an offense. Making death threats (which she didn't do) is. To all those chewing the scenery over Michelle, when she is the calm, reasonable one, it's time to stop throwning the food and start eating it while hoping you got more traffic out of it than she did.
