I’m going to be stepping away from the site this week; but I’ll be leaving it in the hands of an eclectic trio of guest bloggers that I think you’ll really enjoy. I’ll pop in here and there with a post. But I am taking a week away from the site to … well, it sounds so matter-of-fact and prosaic to just say it, but to get married. If all goes according to plan I’ll be back fulltime next Monday or Tuesday.
Starting Monday, Jon Chait of The New Republic will take over for a couple days. He has a new article out this week on the Dems and just why they should do everything in their power to stop Bush in his tracks on phasing out Social Security. (I’m hoping the TNR Internet gods will choose to make his piece available to non-subscribers, given its inherent newsworthiness and the fact that I imagine he’ll be referring to it with some frequency. No need on the companion piece by Gregory Mankiw, for reasons noted here.)
Signing on for the last couple days of the week will be Harry Shearer, actor, political wit, voice on The Simpsons, Derek Smalls of Spinal Tap, creator of Le Show and so much more. Notwithstanding the fact that I’ll be in my last couple days of bachelorhood I’ll definitely be stopping by a lot to see what on earth Harry chooses to write about.
Then over the weekend and through Monday, Ed Kilgore of NewDonkey.com and the Democratic Leadership Council will return for more excellent posting and probably a bit more of what will hopefully be fruitful antagonism with parts of our readership. (Among other benign qualities, blogs can, I think, be a wonderful venue for group or perhaps couples therapy for squabbling national political parties.)
So, my deep thanks to each of them for minding the fort while I’m away.
I’ll be around till early afternoon today.
