Well done on the popular article. I think it was popular because you passionately told people what they wanted to hear—that the ice bucket challenge wasn’t so great as it appeared to be. Historically, most great popular political writers seem to incite outrage at percieved hypocrisy or injustice. Hitchens and Orwell are example. Halfway in-between you and popular political writers would be Scott, who on my theory would be the best person to emulate in order to attract better readership.
Well done on the popular article. I think it was popular because you passionately told people what they wanted to hear—that the ice bucket challenge wasn’t so great as it appeared to be. Historically, most great popular political writers seem to incite outrage at percieved hypocrisy or injustice. Hitchens and Orwell are example. Halfway in-between you and popular political writers would be Scott, who on my theory would be the best person to emulate in order to attract better readership.