I'll be closing down Dennis the Peasant sometime between now and New Year's.
I've been doing DtP for six years, and the fact of the matter is simply that it is now time to move on. This due primarily to the growth of the two businesses I own (or partially own). They now require much more time and attention than they've been getting in the past. As this relates to cash accumulating in my pockets, I consider said development to be a Good Thing.
Beyond that, it's time for me to face up to the fact that the political blogosphere is a near complete bore.
There are two reasons for this boredom, as far as I am concerned. The first is as follows: Six years ago, the political blogosphere was not dominated by the money and resources of mainstream media and professional political advocacy groups. Now it is. The political blogosphere has now acquired all of the defects (and none of the virtues) of mainsteam and advocacy media. With money has come self-censorship and intellectual dishonesty.
The second reason is a function of the first: Simply put, the vast majority of the political blogosphere's heavy hitters aren't worth reading. Beyond being captives of those corporate and political interests who pay them, lots of those folks can't write, are remarkably uninformed, and quite a few are just plain stupid. They are paid to bring eyeballs. They are not paid to think. And you know what? It shows...
When it ain't fun anymore, it's time to move on.
I'm movin' on...
