There's good news and bad news
One of the biggest complaints we've gotten from bloggers is that our links rot. Essentially, we feared that our ancient, archaic -- did I tell you that it is old? -- publishing system would be dragged down by the load times on ever-lengthening index pages.
Here's the good news, it's been resolved. Link to your heart's content.
The bad news is that when we get the new publishing system, which now appears to be in early March, all the old links will rot. Once we pass that milestone, though, all subsequent links to pages created within the new system will remain connected forever.
Yes, the archives issue is still out there, I know. We're taking small steps.