WE'RE BACK!

David Loftus

As Stan Freburg once said, we have received [ahem] many card and letter begging us to revive American Currents . . . to say nothing of countless phone call -- mainly from the same visitor, me . . . that we have decided to resuscitate the blog and put it on the Internet version of life support.

Seriously, several of our longtime commentators were interested in continuing to discuss the contemporary scene, but it would have to be on a somewhat looser basis. We will no longer -- or perhaps but rarely -- have several commentators address the same issue or piece of breaking news.

Subjects will probably be more free-ranging: we'll choose our own topics, and there will likely be a little more personal content than you have seen in the past, but we'll try to keep an eye on Jeff Weiss's original concept of a site that addresses the current American scene, whether in its political, cultural, economic, or social aspects. None of us wants to see a series of extended Facebook status updates or even FB notes pages.

Since we probably won't be cranking out quite as much copy on a daily basis, we're also willing to entertain the occasional guest essay, if it measures up to our (admittedly less than stringent) criteria of a modicum of thoughtfulness, relevance, and decent written English.

Send your proposals or finished pieces to me here, and I'll reserve the right to edit or clean them up, or reject them outright, if I see fit.