Dear TAP Online Readers:
Today we are pleased to unveil a redesigned version of our weblog, Tapped -- the first of what I hope will be many improvements to The American Prospect Online that will take place in the near future. Tapped, as most of you by now know, is updated frequently during the day with commentary and analysis by several people affiliated with our magazine. It provides an opportunity for us to bring our point of view to bear on events as they develop.
Even though it is written by several people, I edit all the material centrally in my capacity as online editor. During the coming months, I will be seeking to enlist as many of TAP's editors and writers as possible to contribute regularly to Tapped. I hope that this effort will result in a product that reflects on an increasingly wide array of topics with expertise and thoughtfulness.
Though unsigned, Tapped is not, strictly speaking, the editorial voice of the magazine. Our weblog frequently takes stances on issues where the magazine has no official stance of its own -- and contributors may, from time to time, stray a bit from the magazine's ideological bearings. Tapped may even, very occasionally, contradict itself. But such is the excitement of life at an intellectually vigorous publication where writers and editors struggle each day to figure out their take on world affairs and then pass those views on to our readers -- and the world at large. With Tapped, we are pleased to be able to share our roughest rough draft of that work with you.
Best,
Richard Just
Editor, The American Prospect Online
