R. Jay Magill Jr.'s Blog

The Problem with Political Intimacy

Just in time for the campaign season. Many thanks to The American Interest for publishing this...

Irony, Sincerity, Normcore -- on Salon

Normcore somehow perfectly synthesizes irony and sincerity. Here’s a shot at untangling...

Australian Public Radio

Many thanks to Father Bob and Jonathan Safran of the show “Sunday Night Safran” for the...

TEDx Cape May, October 20, 2013

Thanks to Norris Clark and Jennifer Vana for their great organization of TEDx Cape May 2013....

WSJ Review of Victor Navasky's The Art of Controversy

And here is the next, former Nation editor and publisher Victor Navasky’s fine book on the...

WSJ Review of David Malouf's The Happy Life

Subsequent the Wall Street Journal’s generous inclusion of Sincerity on the top-ten nonfiction...

Sincerity a Wall Street Journal Top-Ten Nonfiction Book for 2012

Incredibly honored — and humbled — that Sincerity has been chosen by the Wall Street...

The Irony of Sincerity

My thanks to the Hannah Arendt Center for a fine review of both Sincerity and my recent Atlantic...

Thanks to The Atlantic for posting this response to the...

Thanks to The Atlantic for posting this response to the short-lived “how to live without irony” meme, introduced by a NYT Opinionator. Don’t, don’t, don’t let’s start… 

Why American Politicians Talk So Much About Love

Or, as it actually reads: “Warum US-Politiker so viel über Liebe reden,” an early...