Congratulations to Matt Yglesias
Matt Yglesias is leaving The American Prospect, and will be working for The Atlantic Monthly. I think that of the triumvirate of liberal policy magazines (TAP, The Washington Monthly, and The Atlantic), this is the best fit for Matt who is a pragmatic liberal interventionist on the foreign policy front and an unabashed liberal on the domestic. In other words, very purple. I had the pleasure and honor of blogging alongside Matt for a while myself and he's a formidable wonk in his own right. I think that his blogging at TAM will do a lot to broaden the appeal of purple politics amongst the left-wing of american political discourse - a perspective that is almost wholly absent (or at least, drowned out) by the leading progressive policy portals like Daily Kos. The ultimate goal of any policy writer is to influence policy, and in that regard Matt's ascension is great news for everyone.
It's also worth remembering that the last merit promotion of this sort was when Blake Hounshell moved from American Footprints to become web editor of Foreign Policy magazine. This sort of thing is a great trend.
Congratulations to you, Matt. And congratulations to TAM, too.
(aside: IMHO TAM would be well-served by following the Washington Monthly/Kevin Drum model and having Matt's blogging be the primary content on their front page site).
via Ezra and Brian, both of whom I have also had the distinct honor of blogging alongside in the past.
It's also worth remembering that the last merit promotion of this sort was when Blake Hounshell moved from American Footprints to become web editor of Foreign Policy magazine. This sort of thing is a great trend.
Congratulations to you, Matt. And congratulations to TAM, too.
(aside: IMHO TAM would be well-served by following the Washington Monthly/Kevin Drum model and having Matt's blogging be the primary content on their front page site).
via Ezra and Brian, both of whom I have also had the distinct honor of blogging alongside in the past.
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