Alienation, autonomy, and ideology
These are posts on blogging from the blog Base and Superstructure. Mostly these are meta-blogging posts, where I’ll be writing a bit about what it’s like to run a blog.
As 2025 draws to a close, I feel like I’ve hit a nice medium (pun intended) in my two writing platforms – this blog, plus my Medium page. I’ll say a bit in this post about the blogging half.
Perhaps I’ll mirror it in a Medium article.
Read on for some thoughts on the blogging world today. And, as always, I hope you enjoy reading. Send along your comments and suggestions for what to cover next!
Hi all! Normally you’d be getting a post from me on this date, since it’s a Monday. However, that’s not going to happen today.
Why? Because I’m traveling! I’m in London sightseeing and visiting my sister and her husband, who live there.
At least, I hope that’s where I am. In fact, I’m writing this on October 1 and setting it for future publication. So, hopefully I made it and will be returning to the U.S. in a couple of days from when you’re seeing it published.
Anyhow, not to worry, I’ll be releasing a new post on local elections in a few days. So, that will serve as the post for this week.
Hi all – just wanted to send a note that I’m taking a break this week for my 42nd birthday!
Hope everyone has a great week. I’ll be back on the regular schedule next week.
In the sixth anniversary post of the blog, I told readers I enjoy writing the annual anniversary post. And it’s true. I do! It’s fun to look back and think about how far the blog has come. We’re well past the half decade point, and we’ve made it through a lot of news and events – a brutal presidential campaign, a pandemic, and what I can only describe as a revanchist response to the cultural politics of the 2010s.
Whew – that’s a lot! Thanks for reading.
I always aim to keep things fresh, and this past year saw the addition of a major new component: the philosophical counseling page. I’ve been accepting clients for a couple of months. Check it out!
I’m also still writing over at Medium.
With all that said, let’s take a look at the data from Base and Superstructure.
Hello readers!
Just wanted to drop a quick note that I’m taking the week off for travel. I’ve been in the Houston, Texas area for a family reunion.
Hope everyone’s having a great week so far. I’ll be back next Monday on the usual schedule!
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