New Yorker blog thinks Putnam and Campbell should be in TIME100

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New Yorker blog (“Book Bench”) commenting on TIME100 observes the notable absence of Robert Putnam and David Campbell for American Grace.

Excerpt (and perhaps first sentence that puts Putnam/Campbell and Justin Bieber in same sentence):

What about the authors of super-important works of academic non-fiction (if academics qualify as professional writers, which they should if they’re not abusing tenure)? This year, I’d cite Robert Putnam and David Campbell, for American Grace, a landmark statistical survey of religion in the U.S. that people will be consulting for decades. I know, I know: it’s because they aren’t as “influential” in the current moment as Justin Bieber, the Korean pop star Rain, or the requisite slew of tyrants, dictators, and crazy French nationalists.