I picked up substack recently in order to follow economist Paul Krugman who quit his job at the New York Times because of their increasingly heavy-handed editing of his opinions. I was pleased to find that another of my favorite columnists had also joined and was writing again (Dave Barry). These are two among the new voices there that make it worth visiting, now joined by Terry Moran. He has already started his new career as an independent journalist, reporting from Springfield OH. I can't wait to see what he comes up with.

Substack has a lot of independent, generally progressive voices, but is almost unbearably drenched in anti-trump self-righteousness (even if you agree with it), but it is free. It has a pay version, which creates a very promising pathway for independents. Krugman's pay version is $70 per year. That's a lot of money for one voice, but could lead to a solid income with enough subscribers. I haven't committed to Krugman, but am considering it.