Canada's National Post thinks about the new Gladwell blog:

How he reached The Blogging Point

In his book Blink, Malcolm Gladwell explores what he calls, "the power of thinking without thinking." Now that The New Yorker contrarian has his own blog, it's clear Gladwell also believes in the power of writing without thinking.

Last Wednesday, the best-selling, crazy-haired author began posting at gladwell.typepad.com and outlined his reasons for joining the blogosphere. "I have come (belatedly) to the conclusion that a blog can be a very valuable supplement to my books and the writing I do for The New Yorker," he wrote. "What I think I'd like to do is to use this forum to elaborate and comment on and correct and amend things that I have already written."

One of the first things The Tipping Point author decided to amend on his blog was his opinion of the Canadian health care system. In his third post, Gladwell noted that he has seen the light on Medicare since debating fellow Canuck New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik on the subject in 2000 for Washington Monthly. "In our debate, Adam vigorously defended the Canadian system, and I attacked it. But wait! That was six years ago! I've now changed my mind. I now agree with virtually everything Adam said and disagree with virtually everything I said. In fact, I shudder when I read what I said back then." So, what exactly is Gladwell's current opinion on socialized medicine? Does it have anything to do with power law distributions? You'll have to stay tuned to his RSS feed to find out.