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It Has Run Its Course

Nov 4, 2008
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So this is farewell, of a sort. I've chosen to stop posting here regularly. It's not because of any person or persons, nothing so trite. It's just time for a change, to paraphrase the likely new president.

It's been nearly 23 months, and in that time I can't say I've seen much improvement in my writing. What I think I'll take away from this blog is the firm commitment to conservatism that has developed over the last two years. I've internalized a healthy mistrust of large government, which takes you pretty far. If you ask yourself whether something can be done on a local or state level rather than federal, that's your inner conservative. I've learned to trust that impulse.

I'll still be here, of course. I'll be reading people and making comments, and if anyone should comment on one of my past entries I'll certainly respond. But I think I've run out of things to say.

The biggest breakthrough for me in the course of writing these entries has been the realization that anyone who takes the time to write their opinion down and publish it on the Internet has no interest in changing said opinion. I used to think I could change people's minds here, but I've abandoned that hope.

Perhaps I'm wrong to think that way, but as a cynic I am rarely disappointed.

Goodbye, and Godspeed to those who stay.

Here are a few posts that I thought were particularly worth reading. Some are worth it for the content, others the commentary discussions.

Proper Execution? Dec. 30, 2006

QOTD: Happy President's Day! Feb. 20, 2007

Damn the Senate! Mar. 27, 2007

Virginia Tech Massacre. Let's Talk. April 22, 2007

I Served. May 27, 2007

For All You Non-Interventionists Out There. Jul. 23, 2007

P.O.V. Oct. 29, 2007

The Benefit of the Doubt. Jan. 22, 2008

Saw McCain Today. Feb. 8, 2008