Fearless Philosophy’s First Blogiversary

Amazing how time flies isn’t it? A whole year has passed since I wrote my first post for Fearless Philosophy for Free Minds. I had no idea at the time if anyone would ever read my blog amongst the hundreds of thousands of other blogs in the blogosphere. A mere 80 posts and roughly 7,800 hits later, the readership of Fearless Philosophy continues to grow. While my blog is still obscure among the others, I am very pleased with what Fearless Philosophy has accomplished so far.

This is not something I accomplished on my own however; I have so many people to thank. First, thanks to my wife Aimee for putting up with me and my new hobby. Without your support and encouragement, none of this would have been possible.

Next, I want to thank Gary Borque who was among the first to link my site and the first to challenge one of my posts. Gary, you have challenged me several times since then and I thank you for it. You have always been civil and focused on the issues rather than attacking me personally. The art of debate (or even honest discussion) seems to be a lost art (if our politicians and talking heads are any indication) but you are proof that there are people out there who can discuss honest disagreements. My writing has become more focused because I never know when Gary’s going to take me to task.

A special thanks to Eric Cowperthwaite, Brad Warbiany, and Robert Bell for raising the bar with your thoughtful commentary on your respective blogs. I make a point to read your posts every day. Also, thank you for linking my posts and bringing in the traffic and helping me with the technical aspects of blogging.

Thanks also to (in no particular order): Quincy, Matt Barr, Perry Eidelbus, Mover Mike, Doug of Below the Beltway, Mr. Ogre, R.G. Combs, Countertop, Stephen Macklin, Kevin Boyd, Gullyborg, T.F. and Lucy Stern, Robert Chandler, Left-Brain Female, Obi-Wan, Owlish, Dan Melson, Buzz Brockway, Bob Walters, Icarus Goodman, Everyone in the Life, Liberty, and Property Community, and Everyone in the Fair Tax Fans Community.

I am sure I’ve missed someone, please accept my apologies if I have. Thanks to all the other bloggers out there who have linked individual posts, linked the site, debated and discussed issues with me. Thanks to the readers who regularly read my blog (even those of you who have never left a comment, I know you are out there) and everyone who has one way or another helped me out along the way. It’s all of you who make this hobby enjoyable.

I would like to pose one question to my readers: What are your favorite Fearless Philosophy posts (for year one) and why?

Also, feel free to comment on any of my posts of the past year that you missed the opportunity to comment on here. Perhaps you would like me to clarify a point, ask me something that I haven’t covered already or would simply like to say hello; it’s up to you. Comment on whatever you like.