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It’s that time again — Holiday Fundraiser at Hullabaloo!
by digby
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It’s been quite a year here at the old Hullabaloo homestead. Many good things have come my way and I’m so grateful for them. Last spring I was surprised and thrilled to learn that I had won the Sidney Hillman prize for opinion and analysis, something this old country blogger never expected in her wildest dreams. After all, I’ve just been scribbling away on this humble site, pretty much writing whatever comes into my head. It’s a very rare privilege indeed to have been acknowledged for that work and I couldn’t have been more elated by the honor.
Blogging is its own form of writing — an ongoing stream of consciousness conversation that lasts, in my case, for years. On good blogs, some posts always stand alone as essays but I think it’s the evolution of ideas and observations that take place over time that makes a blog stay alive and meaningful. That’s how it works for me anyway. It was extremely gratifying to be rewarded for writing in this new form.
And aside from the ongoing privilege of howling about everything from Chris Matthews to torture here in my own place, if you’ve visited Salon.com in the past few months you’ve noticed my name as a contributor there. They were kind enough to offer me the opportunity to post some of my writing and I’m very grateful for the privilege. Salon was one of the first online sites I ever visited and it’s been a mainstay of the liberal side of the political and cultural internet for decades. It’s good fit and I’m enjoying it a lot.
This year has also seen some new faces at Hullabaloo which makes me very happy. In addition to my long time contributors Dennis Hartley, tristero and David Atkins I’ve been happy to add Tom Sullivan, Gaius Publius and Spocko to the roster as well as welcome back my old friend Batoccio on occasion. These writers are all bloggers from way back whose writing and activism I’ve admired. It makes me very happy to be able to provide a platform for their ideas and I’m thankful for their contributions.
Those of you who’ve stuck by me through thick and thin all these years can also take a little bow. None of this would have happened without you helping to support me these past few years with your donations. Each holiday season I come to you with my request to keep this site going and you always come through.
I’m asking you to do it again this year.
For all the opportunities and honors I’ve had this past year, it’s this site that sustains me intellectually and spiritually — and financially. It’s what makes everything else possible and therefore, nothing I do supersedes my commitment to blogging. I may be a dinosaur, but I’m determined to survive with my dinosaur cred intact. (And everything old may just be new again — the Washington Post referred to this blog as “old-school chic” just the other day!)
So, once again I’m asking for your support. If you think the kind of independent blogging I do is something that still has value and you think that people like me, Atrios, Marcy Wheeler, John Amato, Howie Klein and others still contribute value to our political dialog, please consider dropping a few bucks in the kitty so Hullabaloo can keep going for another year.
You can make a one time contribution via paypal or by credit card. You can buy a monthly subscription too. Or you can send your donation via snail mail to this address:
Digby’s Hullabaloo
2801 Ocean Park Blvd.
Box 157
Santa Monica, Ca 90405
Happy Hollandaise everyone! And thanks again for your past support. It means the world to me.
Cheers,
digby