American journalist and biographer (born 1969)
It’s always interesting to know which Republican is the preferred presidential candidate among left-of-center pundits looking to bolster the Democrats’ chances in the next election. In former Newsweek editor and…
Echoing a 2007 book from Nicholas Wapshott (and quoting Wapshott along the way), the latest TIME magazine features Jon Meacham‘s exploration of the political relationship between the late Ronald Reagan…
Former Newsweek editor and recent Thomas Jefferson biographer Jon Meacham devotes two pages in the latest TIME to dispensing “Jeffersonian” advice to newly re-elected President Obama. It’s unfortunate that Meacham’s…
That question seems to encapsulate Jon Meacham?s reaction to current political trends, based on a quick perusal of his editor?s note in the latest Newsweek. Those whom Jackson called ?the…
Jon Meacham of Newsweek uses his latest editor?s column to discuss the decline of his publication, a ?catcher in the rye standing between democracy and the abyss of ignorance and…
“It’s too bad things aren’t a whole lot worse in America. Then people would be more eager to allow government to make massive changes.” Read Jon Meacham‘s latest editor’s column…
Newsweek editor Jon Meacham uses a recent appearance on Charlotte public radio as the launching point for a column about messiness of democratic government. Among the more amusing details is…
I?ve blasted Newsweek editor Jon Meacham in the past for his interpretations of history, but he deserves points in his latest column for recognizing that Congress? ?failure? to act on…
Jon Meacham?s latest Newsweek editor?s note begins with sentences that suggest he has at least some inkling of a primary motivating force for conservatives: I am generally skeptical about the…
Newsweek editor Jon Meacham offers an argument in the latest issue in favor of the continued importance of a college-level liberal arts education. While he?s correct to suggest that the…
Editor Jon Meacham caught my attention this week with his admission that ?We are a center-right nation politically and culturally.? Then Jonathan Alter got into the act with his assessment…
I?ve taken Newsweek editor Jon Meacham to task in the past for his misreading of current politics and history. Today I salute him for noting in his latest editor?s column…