The Anchoress
A few readers had already seen the announcement in the magazine, and a few more picked up on it here, but it’s time to spell it out, as First Things editor, Joseph Bottum – touching on changes to the magazine – does here, in his broad-ranged and interesting note:
Several other friends have agreed to take on new roles and add their names to the masthead. James Nuechterlein, the editor of First Things from 1990 to 2004, assumes the new title of senior editor, for instance. And seven of the most interesting and talented authors in America have joined us as contributing writers: the biblical scholar Gary A. Anderson, the essayist Mary Eberstadt, the Orthodox theologian David B. Hart, the literary critic Alan Jacobs, the bioethicist Yuval Levin, the Catholic blogger Elizabeth Scalia, and the poet Sally Thomas.
Of course I am quite tickled to find myself in such company and only hope I don’t louse up the place. My initial piece for First Things ran online last month and seemed to get some healthy traffic, and I popped into their blog for a follow-up on it, here.
Demands of this blog, other freelance jobs, the (soon to end) commitment to In the Arena and my participation in the group blog at Inside Catholic has prevented me from throwing more of my pearls toward First Things, but I hope that will change as things settle down. I’ll have more on all of that, this Friday.
I hope Anchoress readers will make a point of heading over to First Things every day, and I aim to help you do it! The creation of the prolific and inspiring Fr. Richard John Neuhaus, (whose collected Public Square columns are here), First Things is the lively intersection of faith and politics, with thoughtful commentary from believers of all stripes. If you have not had the opportunity to check it out, please do, and the entertaining shopping and group blogs, as well.
As Bottum points out in his piece, David P. Goldman, the much-admired and mysterious internet phenom formerly known as “Spengler” is coming uncloaked and joining the staff of First Things as an Associate Editor. You’ll want to read his fascinating piece on Demographics & Economic Depression.
In fact, check out the whole masthead.
Joining First Things does mean I will be pulling back from the blog at Inside Catholic, although I do hope to write a piece for them from time-to-time, and I’ll still be showing up at Pajamas Media, and wherever else they’ll have me in the world of posts and punditry.
In the meantime…check back for more news. And I’m going to try to get my blogroll cleared up, I promise!
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