I finally sat down a while ago and analyzed my blog's visitor statistics... Although I don't have a huge comment history, I can see that I have a solid (and appreciated) cadre of return users. Interesting to me as well is the fact that I have people from all across the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom visiting my blog. I welcome you whole-heartedly and, if you feel like it, welcome comments from international bloggers as well - I'm always curious as to a non-US resident's view of the topics I choose to cover, which focus exclusively on American politics.

A comment on commenting:

• ALL points of view are welcome. If you don't agree with me (and many don't), feel free to tell me so. I ask only that you do what I would do if I visited your blog - keep it respectful.
• Try to stay on-topic. When I first started the blog I realized I had to enable the anti-spam feature to prevent, well, spam comments. I still, however, am getting comments that really have nothing to do with the post to which the comment is linked. If you have some burning desire to raise an issue that doesn't refer to one of my posts, go to my profile and send me an email. I'll try to respond as time permits.

I think that's all I have for now. And again, welcome, and THANK YOU for visiting!