I’ve said this in posts, I think, but it is not clear in the commenting guidelines (an omission I will fix): When you wish to make a comment, all I require is that you pick a unique name (I don’t wish to have a half-dozen people commenting as “Anonymous”), which may require more than one try, that you stick with that name (I have let a couple of name changes occur, once for a user who had accidentally chosen the name of an Oxford lawyer, creating confusion, and another recent one where the user announced the name change and the reason), and that, when you register, you put a valid email address. Registration is ridiculously simple: Pick a name, enter your email address (visible only to me) and pick a password (not visible to me).
I say all this because once in a blue moon I have someone register with a bogus email. I don’t let those comments through.
I never realized I could post anonymously (to all but you)! That, I am happy to do. As you know, I don’t care that anyone who knows me knows my opinions, but I do prefer not to have a “public self” open to every stranger who has the price of admission to the Internet. (The name is no longer geographically appropriate, but I’m often told by others — usually others whom my directness has offended — that it fits my personality.)
I started off as Armyvet_Lawstudent, then dropped the second part after graduation. Now that I’ve passed the bar, I respectfully request permission to post as Armyvet_Attorney. Awaiting your approval, sir.
Congratulations and go right ahead.