Since the Spring/Summer of 2001, I have been sharing my thoughts with the world as a “blogger”. Except for a couple of breaks here and there and an occassional long weekend or vacation, I have posted virtually everday - sometimes 4 times a day. I have enjoyed almost every minute of it.

Now, I have a talk show - The Joel Gaines Show. And this show is taking on a life of its own. Scheduling guests, working with a great producer and an awesome technology staff, trying different equipment, different formats, show clocks, and of course the inevitable branding - all of these things are starting to get done. I am changing to another new media format. No more “blogging” - not even “audio blogging”. I am a show host now.

So, this is bittersweet for me, but it is time to say goodbye to daily posts and scanning some 300+ news items per day. Hosting a talk show allows me to present my ideas more dynamically and I really enjoy that. I guess I never did get over my stint on terrestrial radio back in 2005-2006.

I will still update this space - at least until I decide to repurpose it. But it will be transcripts of interviews and random posts that I might roll into a show each week. I really don’t HAVE to post anymore and that freedom - so long as my voice is heard each week “on the air” - is not hurting my feelings.

If you are interested, go to JoelGainesShow.com and subscribe to the feed. We produce a live show each week. You can follow us through our learning process as we explore live broadcasting. We have done it all - no mic for 20 minutes, can’t get the bumps right, guests can’t be heard on the air, can’t find the script, you name it. But, all in all, we are having a great time and are excited by the potential of our show. I have not so much transcended blogging, as transformed my “brand” as a blogger to broadcasting.

I am - after all - Joel Gaines, the common-sense conservative.

So, it is in this spirit that I say to you - God Bless you and God Bless America.

There are several signs out there that Hillary might call it quits on Tuesday night.

• She is headed for New York, instead of going to either of the final two states voting this week.
• She has left instructions for staffers to either go home and wait for instructions or to hold where they are.

There will be a speech Tuesday night. Despite everything I have been saying the past several weeks, it looks like she might actually step down.

My thinking is to see what is going to become of the campaign’s $12 million deficit to see what happens next. Someone is going to pay that debt off - who does it and when will tell us a lot.