looking at his front page right now, about 20% of the posts have some significant perspective from him. because of Schneier's credibility and clear explanation

looking at his front page right now, about 20% of the posts have some significant perspective from him. because of Schneier's credibility and clear explanations, a lot of people who aren't security professionals follow his blog as their primary source for security news. also when he highlights a story, it often leads to additional coverage on places like boing boing, slashdot -- and Hacker News. so his style's optimized for that.