Kent has a post on editing one's blog entries. My policy is simple: if I post something, I've got the right to change it. Generally, if it's been up for 24 hours, that is how it shall remain. If I change something that's not a post from today, you won't know about it. The OPML Editor doesn't publish changes to stuff before the current day in the RSS (having hacked the Editor, I am well acquainted with how it produces RSS). 
When do I change things? Well, if something is completely and totally cringe-worthy, I'll pull it. I've got lots of old blog entries, and some of them are shockingly bad pieces of writing. They have almost no value whatsoever, and so I'm ridding myself of them.
If I see a spelling mistake, typo, grammatical error, broken link or something like that, it's fair game. If someone corrects me on something, I'll generally strike out and put the correct details in. I try not to change the substance, although mistakes happen.
If I have an opinion on something, it can change. If you really care about what I think and you are just about to link to a super-old entry to pick me up on the slack, drop me an email with the URL of something I've said. My opinions do change, and if prompted, I'll be happy to post what I think about a subject. This isn't supposed to be like the Bible where if I write a funny, difficult-to-interpret line, you take that as God's ultimate, unchanging truth.
As for Dave's BlogHer post? Over-enthusiasm, methinks. Of course, it's easier to be over-enthusiastic and rein it back than be under-enthusiastic and try to rumble it up by magic.
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