Season's Change--Announcements
Effective immediately this substack will be entirely paywalled, with no more than 2 posts per week going up with no charge. Otherwise for now, the charge for viewing posts will be $5.00/month or $50.00/year, prepaid via VISA, Mastercard or American Express.
We will continue, and even expand upon, our hard-hitting information with a particular focus on the actions a person can take, the ideas upon which those actions can be rationally based, and even a bit on the brighter days ahead with the Dreams and Goals which we mostly all seek. The details are different for each and every person, and we are very committed to never forgetting that.
Naturally we hope you can glean value from this. We not only seek subscribers, but we seek subscribers who believe they have obtained fair or better value for their payments. So we are always open to hear suggestions or advice, and even complaints. We hope the value is sufficient that each subscriber seeks to tell others of that value. In our view, this is the only way numbers can grow in order to create the better world that so many of us would prefer to see.
NOTES ABOUT SUBSTACK. For starters, we do NOT recommend the "Substack app," no matter how often it's advertised. Arranging payment is simple, as is signing in for any particular session. In the upper right corner of the homepage--accessible in any browser as "urtops" in the com domain--is a "Sign In" button. This may be used each time signing in by email or by password, which can be set up once. Logging off is likewise simple, or a user can remain logged in. We no longer require a valid email for subscription, but it is likely that substack requires one for payment or even to set up a password. These are among the things we don't know and while we recognize that substack is indeed a larger media company with many of the negatives that entails, we also recognize that for the moment, substack is the most efficient way for us to write and for you to read.
So welcome aboard! We hope to offer the value you seek and wish you the very best this summer season and many seasons beyond. "There's no way out but through" and speaking generally, we're all deep in it now! Our very best wishes to you and yours.