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Blessed Are the Free in Spirit: a Review by Walter Bernardone Once upon a time, I was a blogger. Now Im someone who has a blog somewhere but has no time to update it anymore. But once a blogger, always a blogger yeah, as Samuel Robert Piccoli has brilliantly (albeit indirectly) shown throughout his new book, blogging is much more than simply writin... g, its a way of life. Most people think blogging is a Web site on which people publish periodic entries in reverse chronological order and allow readers to leave comments. This is only partially true, however. As a matter of fact, blogging is defined more by a personal and opinionated writing style. The over-40s know that blogs went largely unchallenged until Facebook reshaped consumer behavior with its all-purpose hub for posting everything social. Twitter also contributed to the upheaval. No longer did Internet users need a blog to connect with the rest of the world. They could instead post quick updates to link to articles that infuriated them, comment on news events, share photos or promote some cause, all the things a blog was intended to do. Yet the change is real, but not essential. What I loved most about Blessed Are the Free in Spirit is that it is the quintessence of blogging, an example of blogging at its best. Rob as the author is best known in the blogosphere and social media is also a philosopher and a man of letters, and this makes his writing even more fascinating. He can write about almost everything, as his book shows, without boring the reader. In short, hes a great writer. Blessed Are the Free in Spirit: a Review by Helen Butler Rarely have I come across such an inspirational and enlightening book. Though simply and pleasantly written, Blessed Are the Free in Spirit: A Journal in Complicated times displays a critical spirit that is rare for our time of politically correct madness. This book challenges the reader without appearing to and without ever trying to preach to them, letting them make their own minds up about the many issues and topics ...Read More