As a fan of the Mound of Sound, who writes a progressive blog as the disaffected liberal, I have been slow in congratulating him on the excellent update of his blog. It is a delightfully clean, attractive and well-organized website. And, as usual, written in a knowledgeable, crisp and erudite manner.
Frankly, it embarrasses me. I have been thinking on and off of updating Babel after the adventures of more than ten years of its evolving nature. While I have had some time off lately to think about its future, there is something about its present formula that works.
I think what scares me is the time the Mound of Sound obviously spends discussing his postings with a collection of very knowledgeable commentators. I always have a problem determining what to do with comments that are longer than my original posting.
Over the years, I have knowingly cut down most of my daily (and only one per day) articles to between 300 and 400 words. I find that I get the most readers with the shorter versions. I seem to recall an apology some ancient writer made in a letter saying he did not have the time to make his letter shorter.
Another thing is that my readers seem to know what to expect from me. I try to stay within the political parameters of the subject. I have spent 60 years involved in politics and enjoyed it. My only excuse for writing as much about Trump over the past five years was the ease of showing how bad he was at the political scene. I was afraid he would leave incoming president Joe Biden with nothing but scorched earth.
This is a very disappointing time in Canadian politics. From what I read in progressive bloggers.ca, there is not much positive to say about any political party. Our submissions are a collection of daily whines—many of them at the point where you know their attitude and are needless to read. One exception is our disaffected liberal, who brings clarity to complex matters. He writes good!
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