Today, I sent the following letter to my friends and colleagues, and now I pass it on to you, my beloved blog readers:

Friends and Colleagues,

After two wonderful and educational years here at The Post, I’m leaving the editorial page to finish my book on the future of the Republican Party (due out in September). The Post has been more than generous at every step of this project with time and resources, but as the deadline approaches (and moves up) with my publisher, I’ve decided that I need to dedicate myself to the project full time.

I will remain a columnist for The Post, writing on both national and local issues. So don’t take me out of your rolodexes just yet. And don’t think the UFT will be getting a free ride.

Also, I will be looking for gainful employment after the book is done around May and looking to take on more freelance assignments than I’ve been able to in recent years.

My contact info is now:

[redacted for national-security purposes]

My last day at The Post will be Friday, Jan. 19 (a.k.a. tomorrow).

Best,

Ryan Sager

P.S.: I hadn’t meant "educational" in the first sentence as a pun. But I’m leaving it there anyway.

Some have been nice enough to point out that today is the 19th. Friday will be the 20th. Yes, I’m an idiot.

But the good news (other than that I just saved a bunch of money on my car insurance) is that this blog will now be … well, it’ll actually be a blog — as opposed to a place where 1s and 0s go to die.

Posting will still be a little light in February (during which month I’ll be trying to write the equivalent of a college term paper every couple days to get this book done on time), but it will pick up more and more.

Eventually, I plan to make Glenn Reynolds look like Calvin Coolidge.