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by | Sep 27, 2017

On the occasion of my 50th anniversary of founding and editing The American Spectator, I feel moved to reflect on the parlous condition of the magazine business. We celebrated our anniversary just last night, and naturally I composed my reflections before the event. What makes this column something more than an occasion for indulgence is that the sickly condition of magazines is, of a sudden, a hot news item.

by | Sep 1, 2017

“She spent evenings with the art books Yankel had bought for her in Lutsk, and each morning sulked over breakfast….

by | Aug 1, 2017

A writer friend and I were email rapping on the current state of journalism, and the general worthlessness of j-school…

by | May 3, 2017

“Follow the money” is lousy advice for a journalist. The catchphrase, which is spoken by Hal Holbrook’s Deep Throat in…

by | Mar 3, 2017

Disgraced lefty Journalist Juan Thompson, a Muslim convert, and serial fabulator fired from The Intercept, called in bomb threats to…

by | Jan 1, 2017

There is standard progression in the world where journalism and politics intersect. After years of reporting and watching newsrooms shrink,…

by | Oct 27, 2016

The Life of Kings: The Baltimore Sun and the Golden Age of the American Newspaper Edited by Frederic B. Hill…

by | Oct 14, 2016

Get On With It: A Memoir Algy Cluff (Cluff & Sons, 208 pages, £15)* Is it possible that a young…

by | Jun 28, 2016

Welcome to Corey Lewandowski, the newest member of television’s Snakes and Weasels Club. What is the Snakes and Weasels Club?…

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