Thomas P.M. Barnett :: Weblog

Once again, welcome to all of you who came over in the C-SPAN deluge. I'm delighted that you're here.

On the off chance that you haven't read the comment policy, I thought I'd reprint it here. It's linked from every post, but maybe you haven't clicked through.

Before I quote it, I want to emphasize one point. Good comments are brief comments. Do feel free to write long comments/posts elsewhere and give us a link in the comments. Some of the comments have been getting too long.

You, the reader, can greatly improve the usefulness of this site. Please do contribute your pertinent comments and links. There will be spam and impertinence, but I'll zap those (as quickly as I can).

Please comment and argue civilly.

Everyone is welcome to comment. However, the comment must be pertinent to the thread. And, while you are free to disagree with Tom, if every comment you write is in fundamental disagreement with Tom, there are other websites where your time would be better spent.

No lecturing Tom. He has described this weblog as his 'virtual living room'. Don't taunt Tom (or anyone else!). I want our conversations here to be great.

Comments should be reasonably brief. There are many fine, free weblog services where your long writings can be posted. Self-linking/manual trackbacks for pertinent posts are encouraged. Lay translation: if you have a long comment, post it on your weblog, then put a link in the comments. If you'd like us to read an article, link it (don't copy it in).

If/when you have problems or questions, please email me at webmaster@thomaspmbarnett.com.