Dear List--

As many of you know, the history of the Nathaniel Branden "discussion
group" has a long and very...contentious history. Even back in the
Diana days, when the group was hosted directly on the NB site through
an interface Diana put together with some cool perl scripts, the group
just couldn't strike a balance between passionate discussion and
juvenile online hijinks and flame wars. Diana couldn't control the
group effectively with her software, and ported the whole thing over
to Yahoo.

A little while later NB and Diana parted ways, and I took over the farm.

To my recollection, the Yahoo list had some great heady days of really
good conversation, where disagreement was by-in-large handled with
intellectual grace and integrity, and then troubles began again...

To be sure, my own "moderation" abilities were stretched to the max,
and I'm sure I made some significant mistakes along the way...

Today, for a whole host of reasons, the list has become something that
neither Nathaniel nor I want to manage or support, and so, it is with
both regret and relief that I announce "the end" of the NB Yahoo!
discussion group.

I am deeply grateful to the list participants who have made this an
interesting and engaging place to be. I am even more grateful to
Walter, Allie and Dan for their support and wisdom over the years.
There is no way that the list would have gotten this far with out your
diligent attention and effort. Seriously, "thanks guys".

This will be the final post to the list. However, I will leave the
group where it is in "read-only" mode for reference purposes.

With that, it is lights out and good-night.



Best,



R. Christian Ross