Rules of the Game

While I'm provisionally making this blog accessible to all, I'm limiting the privilege of posting to friends and others by invitation only. That's because my experience as a reader of blogs has caused me to view with skepticism the proposition that reader posts add value to a democratic, open online community. Most posts I've read have been hostile and tedious, adding nothing but a certain poison to the atmosphere. So to spare myself and anyone else who happens upon this space, I'm not permitting posting by all and sundry. If that turns out to be impossible, I'll fold my blogo-tent and steal away.