Thank you for those kind words. As you guessed, my choice of “adjourned” was mostly because of its legal flavor, but also signaled that I’m not retiring or going away. I like blogging! I continue to post at the group blog Cato at Liberty and at my low-frequency Maryland politics blog Free State Notes, and I might be tempted at some point to try a blog project with a limited subject and duration (several people have suggested I blog the coronavirus crisis). What I can’t go on shouldering is the commitment needed for an open-ended, daily-or-more-so, individual blog. You yourself set an outstanding example of how to go about doing that.

More coverage of my resolution to hang it up May 31: Bloomberg Law in a roundup, Eugene Volokh, Raised on Hoecakes. And: Steve Bainbridge (“one of those that inspired me to start my own blog. His site has been a must read since day one.”); Eric Turkewitz (“I’ve taken some crap over the years from other personal injury lawyers over my lauding of Olson and his site. But it was the way he did things that was important to me.”).

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.@overlawyered changed the course of my career. Loved reading it, was honored to write for it (first guest post 9/3/03), and readers emailing me and @walterolson to complain about lack of effective options to deal with bad class action settlements got me thinking about solutions. https://t.co/il2luuDMhB

— tedfrank ? (@tedfrank) May 21, 2020

And leading legal bloggers:

.@overlawyered inspired so many longtime/OG bloggers including me. 20+ years of daily blogging is a truly remarkable achievement. There will never be another blogger like @walterolson ????? https://t.co/TeCkWoI9Hi pic.twitter.com/hfY3jtZ50M

— Eric Goldman (@ericgoldman) May 21, 2020

Lawblog Superman hangs up his cape.https://t.co/upF4rYlXu0

— SoiledAndOrFoiledHat (@Popehat) May 21, 2020

And reporters and journalists:

You will be SORELY missed, Walter. Above all else, you are open-minded and respectful — qualities in notably short supply. https://t.co/okx2r2RrvE

— Alison Frankel (@AlisonFrankel) May 21, 2020

Cheers, Walter. Thanks from all the reporters who shamelessly prowled @overlawyered for tips and insights. Especially me. https://t.co/UadOtJWJgu

— Joe Palazzolo (@joe_palazzolo) May 21, 2020

And from others who say their careers or education took a different path:

Walter, I owe my blogging start to reading you. From that grew my practice. From that, I gave people jobs and helped a lot of people. Your influence meant a lot to many who may never know your name.

On my own behalf, and theirs, Thank you.

— Marc J. Randazza (@marcorandazza) May 21, 2020

Overlawyered made me a better law student. https://t.co/CmzRNbuIiU

— Awakey Joe (@AwakeyJoe) May 21, 2020

Thanks for all your work on Overlawyered over the years, Walter. It was one of the blogs that inspired me, early on, to pursue a career in policy. An incredible run!

— Jarrett Dieterle (@JarrettDieterle) May 21, 2020

And some who just wanted to let off steam:

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO https://t.co/tjUkWYkHV9

— Robert VerBruggen (@RAVerBruggen) May 21, 2020

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How should we celebrate?

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I always feel like I've won some sort of award when @walterolson links to me at @overlawyered.

— Suzanne Lucas (@RealEvilHRLady) October 10, 2017

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Relatedly, Andrew Stuttaford thinks I am too kind in describing CDC director Thomas Frieden as in denial about the prospective health benefits when smokers switch to vaping. And thank you to Andrew for describing Overlawyered as “must-read”.

P.S. Faced with two options on how to regulate premium cigars, FDA chose the harsher, of course [HalfWheel, Jacob Grier (“The market for cigars is about to become a lot less diverse and a lot more boring.”)]

More: I’ve got a piece up at Cato now on winners and losers from the FDA’s move. Plus, a new Jacob Sullum column: “The FDA’s deadly e-cigarette regulations.” And a Washington Post editorial defends the agency’s action on a for-the-children rationale, yet says not a word about the precipitous plunge in youth smoking rates and only refers in passing to the issue of harm reduction.

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#FF @walterolson. Just @walterolson. Who has been blogging for 15 years about the hubris of the American legal system, with grace and wit.

— Popehat (@Popehat) July 17, 2015

I love @overlawyered's daily roundups. https://t.co/n7gWXZQkZb

— Susan Ellingwood (@ellingwood) July 15, 2015

More nice things: the Foundation for Economic Education calls us “indispensable.” And Eric Turkewitz recalls a non-blocking exchange.

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