According to this article, for some people, yes, and a lot [h/t: Jack]. I advise you, however, not to be deceived. There is very little cash changing hands here in the Solomonian environs. That's the difference between blogging on topics of general interest (gadgets, tits, etc...) and doing political "niche"-type blogging (and not always going for the cheap shrieking headline and sensational but blown totally out of proportion scandal of the day) -- a tough way to make a living if there ever was one, and by "living" I just mean have enough traffic and feedback to feel like it's worth the time to bother. ($100K+/month for Perez Hilton? /puke)

True story... I'm at a blogging shmooze-party with open bar at some downtown Boston venue sponsored by the makers of Movable Type a couple years back, and I'm chatting with these two attractive young ladies...So of course the conversation turns to blogging and what we write about. Me: "Well, I do a lot of political-type blogging." Them: "Yeah, we can tell." Not exactly what I wanted to hear. So see, no money, and no Tiger Woods action, either.

May I point out once again that there are Amazon links for your Holiday clicking pleasure, and anything you buy at Amazon after clicking through from here will take a few percentage points out of Jeff Bezos' hands and put them into mine. There are also Google ads, but I am contractually obligated not to discuss them (basically true). And of course there is Paypal, and I thank those generous folks who have made use of that resource over the past year.