Update: Why is that you give male bloggers some linky love, and they still feel the need to get in the last word?  Sigh. Ode to Russo: I cried because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no class. 

Eduwonk is now allowing comments.  Congratulations, you are officially a blog! Andy is probably right, he won't get many comments--we certainly don't--but it's a nice democratic touch. IMHO, to generate a lot of comments, you have to either a) be an independent blogger (preferably a teacher) or 2) write for a blog with wider readership like teacherken does at Daily Kos. 

However, it seems to me that Eduwonk has always been more concerned with who reads his blog, not how many people read it. Andy is the big dog on the ed policy blog-ck, and he knows it.  Alexander Russo, his sometime friend and foe, worries more about numbers and who links to him. His recent cry for "pity links" was sad--show some pride my good man!  At NCLBlog, we have found that readers tend not to click the links, so I'm not sure it's worth the effort to embed them.  I often add links just to amuse myself.  And, what I think both Eduwonk and Russo really need on their blogs is MORE COWBELL!