Thank you.

Happy New Year 2025!

Acknowledged gratitude is the essential act of honesty.

—John H. Finley, Jr.

As we all take a breath amid the close of the momentous year 2024, I wanted to express my deep appreciation to the subscribers to this Substack.

You are an amazing group of individuals by any objective metric. I’m honored by your participation.

Special thanks are due to paying subscribers. You make this project possible.

In the coming year, I will be increasing the number of dedicated posts for paid subscribers, including several long-form pieces. I welcome your suggestions for additional products.

A word of thanks is due the Substack platform. It is eliciting a range of voices. This includes many who depart or dissent from increasingly rigid, circumscribed orthodoxies and catechisms enforced by legacy institutions throughout the Collective West.

Voices from around the nation and around the world, from various generations and circumstances and perspectives, are finding and spurring one another. Many are animated by a future-facing spirit, embracing experimentation. This holds the prospect of innovation and progress that would render even our recent ancestors breathless—perhaps tinged with generously intended envy amid suitably heightened expectations.

Again, thank you—and Happy New Year 2025!