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What is a Publius’ Forum? What makes us different from other Blogs or Opinion Editorial sites?

…glad you asked!

Publius’ Forum - more like a newscast than a Blog/editorial page

Most Opinion Editorial sites are operated like an editorial page in a Newspaper. Regular columnists contribute their Opinions and that is that. We do that too. But, we are more than that. Publius’ Forum is also a Blog, with the Blogging of Warner Todd Huston (owner and proprietor of Publius’ forum).

Huston acts in the role of a newscaster in that he comments on the day’s events with linked stories and commentary, while at the same time presenting the Opinion Editorials of the regular contributors to the site (a list of which can be seen to your left).

So, we are sort of like a group Blog with several contributors, yet also like an Opinion Editorial site (like Americandaily.com or Townhall.com). A two in one combo, so-to-speak.

So, for up to the minute, running commentary on some of the most important social and political issues of the day stay with us. Bookmark our main page and visit often. Sign up for our daily email service that lets you know what’s new on the site.(See the bloglet sign up box on the left side of the page)

Publius’ Forum History

In the year 2000 two acquaintances, Warner Todd Huston and Chuck Busch, met at a public event in Indiana and began talking about politics. They realized they held similar political principles and began talking about what could be done to persuade more Americans to their positions. One of the pair mentioned that he wrote letters to the editor of his local paper, some of which had been printed. The other mentioned that he had written a few things that ended up on a website or two.

The two asked themselves, why not join forces somehow and try to spread their ideas to as many people as possible? They also realized that a new era in information dissemination was dawning. They imagined that they could use the internet to spread their ideas much farther than in their limited “real” worlds. Hence the website “Publius’ Forum” was born.

The name Publius was chosen as a paean to James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay who used the name as a pseudonym by which to pen The Federalist Papers, the famous defense of the Constitution that was originally printed as newspapers articles in New York. The articles were meant to convince New Yorkers that their state should sign onto the Constitution. The trio used the name Publius for the man who brought a Republican form of government to Rome after Lucius Brutus overthrew the last King of Rome. This defense was later gathered into book form and today remains the most well reasoned advocacy for a Republican form of government ever written. Since the two friends that began this site fashioned themselves as modern day Publiuses, the name seemed a natural fit.

So, in the great tradition of American political article writers, Publius’ Forum was launched and it grew amazingly fast by word of mouth alone. No advertising was attempted. By 2004 there were over 20 contributors and the hits went from hundreds a month to hundreds a day.

The contributors to Publius’ Forum are well represented on the Internet. Most of them have work on many sites, some of them are professors and businessmen and some are average citizens. But all of them have passionate points of view grounded in great conservative principle. And they are always an interesting read.

As of the beginning of 2005, the Publius site was reinvented in Blog form. Since the Blog revolution that took down CBS news gained so much cache we decided to change our website address to a .blogspot.com address to take advantage of the popularity of Blogs and, thereby, spread our work even farther. We have since become widely known, joining technorati, bloglet and the New Media Alliance.

So, there you have it. Publius’ Forum in a nutshell. Feel free to send us your own work with the “Send us An Op Ed” link on the main page and we will consider adding YOU to our stable of great Americans. If you are not a writer, please come back often to read the latest offering as we are adding things nearly every day.

Thanks for coming and please enjoy your stay.

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