Good Lord I do believe no one is working this week — the "workplace" being, of course, the prime location for political-blog reading, which is meteorically down. So naturally i would choose this week to launch a Facebook ad campaign to promote this site.
I have got to be the worst self-promoter on Earth.
I have learned that I somewhat resemble Meyer Lansky, who, as the famous Godfather line had it, "always made money for his partners." That is to say, for certain socio-cultural causes and assorted political concerns — my "partners," if you will — I have, over the years, raised tens and even hundreds of thousands of dollars. Aside from successfully resisting the urge to murder the competition, I am however quite unlike the late Mr. Lansky in at least one other respect: He always made money for himself, too. Of this, I seem incapable.
I am a self-marketing imbecile. I'm just sorta laying that out there for you. Perhaps pity will work.
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I just learned that I'm also a rhetorical klutz. Several very generous readers understandably interpreted the above moaning about my poor marketing skills as a desperate plea for immediate financial assistance — a plea I try to keep to a biannual minimum, so as not to (excessively) berate or annoy you. I thank those benevolent readers with utmost sincerity. The above moaning, though, was chiefly about my inability to market this site, which, properly done, would make for a better fundraising campaign next April, when I do hope you'll contribute. My apologies for my rhetorical impreciseness.