Positive Liberty

Today I have several meta-blog announcements for my readers.

First, I turned on trackbacks. I have no real experience with trackbacks, but I understand that they can help readers follow the conversations going on around our blogging neighborhood. They mostly seem to be working, though I’m not at all sure how they do it.

(Technorati guys, please take note: My incoming link stats appear to be stuck again. They’re at a higher level, but have not moving for the last few days. Is it possible I’ve done something wrong in my template? I know I’ve edited it rather radically…)

Second, I have accepted an invitation to join Liberty & Power as a permanent member. L&P is a libertarian-leaning group blog at the History News Network; it’s filled with people who are far more intelligent and vastly better qualified than I am.

I accepted this invitation in part because it will mean–shamelessly–zero extra work on my part. Old-time Positive Liberty readers take note: I still plan to post all of my writings here exactly as normal; the only change is that I will crosspost a piece at Liberty & Power whenever I think it might be of particular interest to classical liberals.

So if you are reading Positive Liberty and enjoying it, nothing will really change. But if you like what I am doing, you may want to read Liberty & Power, too. Notable bloggers there include Chris Matthew Sciabarra, David Beito, Roderick Long, and Radley Balko. (Disclaimer: No, I haven’t read all of their books. Yes, I’ll get to them eventually. And by the looks of it, I’m going to have to write a bio page, too.)

The third big development is that I will be guest blogging at In The Agora during the month of March. At this time my posting here will probably be very light, as I will also be going through that final dissertation crunch. (Yeah, I know, why did everyone have to take interest in me right now?)

In The Agora is a smart, generally conservative group blog that possesses a rare commodity: visitors who make worthwhile comments. The commenters at In The Agora quite often disagree with one another rather than just adding a bunch of “amens” at the end of a post. Sometimes the discussion can be very, very sharp, but almost always it is polite and thought-provoking.

Kinda like my place. Yeah, I think I’m going to like it there too.

Lastly, a good friend of mine is visiting from abroad, so my blogging for the rest of this week will probably be light.

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