Birthday time again

oday, theRubicon is marking a birthday. It’s been a year since we re-launched with a new design. And next month, we will be marking the second anniversary of the initial launch of theRubicon in March 2006.

Since our redesign and re-launch last year, we have received over 100,000 hits from 12,500 individuals (unique IPs); 1,600 websites and blogs have linked themselves to theRubicon. We have also received interactive participation in the form of comments from all over the western world and even Russia, Pakistan, Asia and Africa.

We have added bloggers from Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia, which means that we have been able to post seven days a week. This past year has seen the creation of several special series and sections, including a weekly reflection (Thinkaloud), Lives Lived (obituaries), Resurrected Writers (rediscovering oft-forgotten literary giants), The Supper Club (academic papers), Rubicon Books (our publishing wing) and Rubicon Media.

Today, as a birthday present to ourselves and to each of you, a new feature entitled The Match Factory is making its debut. The Match Factory is a social justice calendar that will help us to be more aware of the numerous injustices and great needs in our world, and of the choices each of us can make in order to effect positive change.

As we enter our second year since the re-launch and our third year of operation, keep watching for even bigger improvements and an increase in our capacity to challenge, contradict, confirm and converse.

Oh yes, and think about making theRubicon your homepage!

theRubicon team