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"The stream of Time, irresistible, ever moving, carries off and bears away all things that come to birth and plunges them into utter darkness, both deeds of no account and deeds which are mighty and worthy of commemoration. . .Nevertheless, the science of History is a great bulwark against the stream of Time; in a way it checks this irresistible flood, it holds in a tight grasp whatever it can seize floating on the surface and will not allow it to slip away into the depths of Oblivion. "
- Anna Comnena (1083-1153), The Alexiad
"I have taken all knowledge to be my province."
- Francis Bacon, 1592
Longtime readers will know that Winds of Change was one of the most linked-to blogs here, and definately one of my favorites.
Joe Katzman is the exact opposite of the type of thing I was talking about below. He's always promoted civil discussion focusing on matters of real import, policy over pure partisanship. Well, he's moving to America, and we're lucky to get him, but apparently he will be wrapping up his tenure at Winds.
If there was ever any other Blog I felt a part of, it was probably Winds of Change - one of the few I semi-regularly contributed comments to. Joe Katzman has a knack for focusing on the truly important rather than just the ephemera-of-the-day (a truism about the whole gang there - birds of a feather flock together, and in this case of fine feather indeed). Joe will continue to do great work here, and in a few months (if everything INS related works out), will be doing it in California, with his bride.
Hoody-Hoo! Congradulations on everything!
(And, of course, lest readers get confused, Winds of Change will continue to go strong).
(Clarified in the comments, Joe says he's not even completely leaving Winds. So we just get good news - though Gawd knows that Canada could use more guys like him, so could we, so we'll take him in and be thankful for the blessing).
