TMV always loves reading the stuff by our Guest Bloggers and he is running around so much that he got an obvious idea: why not have them contribute more often?
So you may see more posts from our Guest Bloggers pointing to posts on their superb blogs from time to time or simply more original posts on certain days. A relative who doesn’t understand blogging asked TMV: “You don’t EDIT them??” and he replied: “No. I trust them. They’re all independent thinkers.” Our newest is Justin Delabar who has superb blog The Statesman.
And you may see some disagreements between TMV and the guest bloggers, but everyone who guest blogs here is an independent thinker who does not adhere to a strictly partisan line. There’s nothing wrong with partisans — many are excellent writers with excellent ideas — but TMV hopes this site is a little less predictable and welcomes everyone as a reader and in our comment boxes. (Well, there are one or two who can go hang…)
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.