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The American Mind Turns 5

Sean Hackbarth has been running “The American Mind” for five years now.

Before Power Line helped take down Dan Rather, before James Lileks showed people beyond the Twin Cities how funny he was, before Michele made lists, before Kos said, “Screw ‘em,” before Andrew Sullivan begged his readers for money, and before Glenn Reynolds first wrote, “Indeed” on Instapundit, there was The American Mind.

This caught my eye:

If you look carefully, the first year of TAM was hard coded. No permalinks, no trackbacks, and no comments. I handmade archive pages at the beginning of each month.It was just me, a simple text editor, and Angelfire.

Yikes. No wonder blogging didn’t catch on until much more recently.

About the Author: James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. He lives just outside the Beltway in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife and infant daughter.

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