By

Kathy G.

Blogging here for the past week has been a blast — I’m going to miss it. For some reason I got my dates confused and thought I would be doing this for a few more days, so I never did get around to posts I’d planned about mine safety, the economics of unions in theory and practice, and Arthur Miller and his Down syndrome son. (All I will say here as to that latter subject is that I strongly recommend you read the stunning article about it in the current issue of Vanity Fair. It will break your heart, but in a completely unexpected way it’s inspiring too, because oddly enough it does have a happy ending of a sort). Oh well . . .

Thanks to all of Ezra’s readers and commenters for sparking such great discussions and for keeping me on my toes, and a special heartfelt thanks to Ezra for inviting me to do this. I had no idea this blogging thing could be so much fun (or so scarily addictive)!

Finally, I didn’t want to leave without saying how sad I am that Max Sawicky is ending his wonderful blog, Maxspeak. Since its inception, Maxspeak has been one of the three or four indispensable blogs for me. I was considering doing my own follow-up post to Ezra’s earlier one about five blogs that make me think, and if I had, Maxspeak would have topped the list. Here’s what I’ve loved about Maxspeak:

Ezra Klein is a former Prospect writer and current editor-in-chief at Vox. His work has appeared in the LA Times, The Guardian, The Washington Monthly, The New Republic, Slate, and The Columbia Journalism Review. He’s been a commentator on MSNBC, CNN, NPR, and more.