As I look back over ten years of AJR, I marvel at the lightning that Krista, Simcha, and Nathan captured in a bottle. They succeeded in creating an intellectual commons that remains thoughtful and accessible, reliable yet innovative. That the editors have succeeded in the precarious climate of higher education in the U.S. is even more remarkable, but we should not lose sight of that precarity. Two of the founding editors are full-time faculty (Krista has recently been tenured); the third, however, has left the academy. The website continues to run on the donated labor of its editors and writers, a volunteer community of the mind.Wow, has it really been ten years?
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