The Critical

For those of you who just can't get enough news about me, writing by me, etc. - or for those of you on the look out for new sources of reading material - allow me to introduce The Critical.

What is The Critical? Glad you asked:

The Critical is a quarterly journal of political, topical, and cultural commentary on the important issues of the day gathered from some of the best writers online. It is available for purchase as a digital download or as a perfect-bound printed journal. Buy the first issue of The Critical here!

Here’s what we realized: the weakness of writing on the internet - in blogs and elsewhere - is the inherent lack of permanence. Sure, you can find good writing if you look for it. But the truth is, the overwhelming number of people who should be reading this excellent writing don’t even know that it exists.

But what if there were a quarterly publication that collected some of the very worthy writing from bloggers and internet writers?

For a blogger, The Critical is an excellent way to highlight the best writing online - and if gives you something to hand to people, which is a lot more impressive than directing people to a website archive. For everyone else, it’s designed for someone who ought to be reading blogs for more than just up-to-date news, but doesn’t know where to start.

Why do I bring this up? Well, it turns out that yours truly is the "Reviews Editor" of this upstart publication. So if you this sounds like the sort of thing that interests you, please check it out.