#4 Truth Laid Bear -- N.Z. Bear
Mostly a link site (though it is the premier link site of the blogosphere). While N.Z. Bear writes some insightful posts (for examples see here and here), his primary influence has been as a kingmaker. Without his unique blog ranking system there would be no definitive "top ten" list of bloggers.

#5 Daily Kos -- Markos "Kos" Zúniga
Education: 2 BAs Northern Illinois University (Poli. Sci & Journalism), JD Boston Univ.
Occupation:Web developer; Political consultant
Connections:Works as a consultant for Howard Dean's campaign.

#6 Andrew Sullivan -- Andrew Sullivan
Education: A.B. Oxford, M.A. Harvard
Occupation: Journalist
Connections: Freelance writer for Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, the Daily Telegraph; Columnist for Esquire; Editor of The New Republic; Contributing writer and columnist for the New York Times Magazine, a regular contributor to the New York Times Book Review, and a weekly columnist for the Sunday Times of London; Guest speaker at Harvard, Yale, Boston University, Boston College, Northwestern, the University of Washington in Seattle, the University of Wisonsin Eau Claire, Georgetown, Notre Dame, Emory, the University of Michigan, the University of Texas at Austin, Oxford University, and Milton Academy. He has appeared on over 100 radio shows across the United States, as well as on Nightline, Face The Nation, Meet The Press, Crossfire, Hardball, The O'Reilly Factor, The Larry King Show, Reliable Sources, Hannity and Colmes, and many times on the Charlie Rose Show.

#7 Calpundit -- Kevin Drum (Unknown)

#8 Blogwise -- Link site

#9 Little Green Footballs -- Charles Johnson
Education: Unknown
Occupation: Web and graphic designer
Connections: Guitarist for Al Jarreau

#10 -- Volokh Conspiracy – A collaborative blog consisting of:

Eugene Volokh
Education: BS and JD UCLA
Occupation: Law professor
Connections: Clerked for Judge Alex Kozinski of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and Justice Sandra Day O'Connor of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Other: Professor Volokh has written over 30 law review articles and over 40 op-eds on constitutional law, cyberspace law, and other topics. He is the author of Mechanisms of the Slippery Slope, 116 Harvard Law Review 1026-137 (2003); the casebook The First Amendment: Problems, Cases, and Policy Arguments (2001); the textbook Academic Legal Writing: Law Review Articles, Student Notes, and Seminar Papers (2003); and the Volokh Conspiracy Web log. A 2002 survey by University of Texas law professor Brian Leiter listed him as the third most cited law professor among those who entered teaching after 1992.

Sasha Volokh (Eugene's brother)
Education: BA UCLA, Law & economics graduate student, Harvard University
Occupation: Adjunct scholar, Reason Public Policy Institute
Connections: VESOFT, Inc., the family computer-software company

Michelle Boardman
Education: JD Univ. of Chicago
Occupation: Law Professor
Connections: Clerked for Judge Frank Easterbrook on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Erik Jaffe
Education: BA Dartmouth, JD Columbia Law
Occupation: Lawyer
Connections: Clerked for Clarence Thomas and Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Stuart Banner
Education: B.A. Yale, J.D. Stanford
Occupation: Law professor at UCLA
Connections:Clerked for Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Jacob Levy
Education: A.B. Brown, M.A. and PhD Princeton
Occupation: Professor of Poli Sci. Univ. of Chicago
Connections:has been a National Science Foundation graduate fellow and a Fulbright Scholar at the University College, University of New South Wales, Australia, and has received fellowships from the Social Philosophy and Policy Center, the Earhart Foundation, and the Mellon Foundation's New Directions program. He is the author of The Multiculturalism of Fear (Oxford University Press 2000) and is currently writing a book on the historical and contemorary tension between rationalist and pluralist liberalisms.

Russell Korobkin
Education: B.A. and J.D. Stanford
Occupation: Law professor at UCLA
Connections:Professor Korobkin clerked for the Honorable James L. Buckley of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and was as an associate at Covington & Burling in Washington, DC. He has held appointments at the University of Illinois College of Law and the University of Illinois Institute of Government and Public Affairs, and as a visitor at the University of Texas School of Law.

Randy Barnett
Education: B.A. Northwestern, J.D. Harvard
Occupation: Law professor at Boston University
Connections: Senior fellow of the Cato Institute

Tyler Cowen
Education: B.A. George Mason Univ., PhD Harvard
Occupation: Prof. of Economics at Georges Mason University
Connections:Author of numerous books and articles