So we’re still having a few problems with the RSS feed, but comments should be working fine now. Shoot me an e-mail if you’re still having trouble accessing comments or the full RSS feed.

Last week I received a number of very kind notes from readers congratulating me on the new blog, and I regret I haven’t been able to respond to all of them, so I just wanted to say thank you in case you were one of the folks I didn’t get back to.

Adam Serwer is a writing fellow at The American Prospect and a graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He also blogs at Jack and Jill Politics and has written for The Village Voice, The Washington Post, The Root, and the Daily News. Follow @adamserwer