FATHER NEUHAUS -- THE FIRST BLOGGER?

Has anyone noticed that Father Richard Neuhaus's "Public Square" column in the superlative First Things magazine is essentially a printed version of a blog? And he's been doing it since 1992, long before the blogging craze, typically writing 20 to 30 pages every month of short essays and little blurbs describing his recent readings. His range of knowledge and his acerbic wit are rarely equalled, which is why I consider him one of the top public intellectuals writing today (no matter where he ranks on Dick Posner's famous list).