While y’all were watching the Academy Awards, I was publishing the March/April/May issue of the Washington Monthly. It takes me the better part of a week to convert the print issue into a digital format so you freeloaders can enjoy all our hard work without paying us anything, but that’s okay.
The big cover story is pretty interesting. It’s an effort by gay rights activists and social conservatives to bridge their differences and come together to strengthen the institution of marriage. Last month we had a man-eating polar bear on the cover, so this is a bit of a change of pace.
The most important part of the new issue is, of course, my book review. It’s nice to get into the print issue for the first time. And it’s a decent reward for having to suffer through reading a biography of George W. Bush. It’s not that the book was bad (it wasn’t), but I want to relive those eight years like I want to have bamboo hammered into my finger nails. I did my best.
Ed’s got a funny piece about how Huckabee stole Palin’s act.
My brother also has a book review in the new mag, so our parents may want to have this one bronzed.
I enjoyed working on all the articles and I think they’re all worth reading.
Over the next couple of weeks, I’ll be writing about a variety of the pieces. Ed and I usually divvy them up like a box of chocolates, so I’m not sure which ones I’ll get.
In any case, enjoy the new issue, and if you find any typos don’t tell anyone.
