Giving in to Peer Pressure

Daniel Pipes's journal, Middle East Quarterly, has finally given in to peer review: "This journal finds itself part of a growing community of specialists not hostile to the United States and its allies. As other journals and organizations have joined our ranks, they increased the circle of those with professional and expert knowledge of the Middle East and created a larger pool of reviewers to engage in a constructive process of refereeing. These developments encourage us and lead to the announcement that, as of this first issue of our sixteenth year, the Middle East Quarterly is a peer-reviewed journal." Well, all I can say is welcome to the reality-based community. Sort of.