First of all, thanks so much to those who have participated in the Hullabaloo Holiday fundraiser this year so far. I can’t tell you how grateful I am for your support.
I don’t know if anyone noticed but when I moved the site over to this new domain this year, I decided not to run ads. It cost me some money but as with most websites, ad revenues had dropped and I just thought it wasn’t worth it anymore to have all those distractions on the page. I would never criticize anyone who does it, though. It’s hard out here for online media. But I’ll admit that ads drive me crazy, so I figured I’d just as soon tighten my belt a little and let them go.
There is a new big thing with a lot of good writers doing subscription substack newsletters (I’ve endorsed Eric Boehlert’s Press Run on here a few times) that seem to be making good money for them so maybe that’s the wave of the future. I hope for the best for them. Any way people can make this writing thing work for them is great as far as I’m concerned.
Meanwhile, I’ll keep doing old fashioned political blogging because frankly, I still think it’s a great medium and I still think it adds something to the political conversation. The fact that after all these years people continue to stop by here and read our scribbles tells me that it does have some value. As long as they do that, and a few of you help to support the effort, we’ll keep doing it.
(And, by the way, I’m still mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore. In case you were wondering …)
So thanks again for reading and if you would like to put a little something in the stocking, you can do so here or at the snail mail address on the sidebar.
And Happy Hollandaise!