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John J. Miller (b. 1970) is the national political reporter for National Review and contributor to its Web component, National Review Online. A former contributing editor to Reason, Miller is also the former vice president of the Center for Equal Opportunity and the recipient of a Bradley fellowship from the Heritage Foundation.

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A Book the Left Doesn't Want You To Read -- By: John J. Miller

On Friday, a left-wing website launched a coordinated attack on my new novel, The First Assassin. It encouraged its minions to post fraudulent one-star reviews on Amazon.com—in other words, to trash a book they haven't bothered to read. They also ...

From JOHN J. MILLER, The Corner,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Amazon.com

Read About It -- By: John J. Miller

Readers of The Corner have contributed to a first-rate discussion about conservative novels on my personal website, HeyMiller.com. As of right now, there are 146 entries in the comment section. Please feel free to add your own or just enjoy the ...

From JOHN J. MILLER, The Corner,  22 Nov 2009

The Man Who Would Kill Lincoln -- By: John J. Miller

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is an excerpt from The First Assassin, by John J. Miller. Saturday, February 23, 1861 When Lorenzo Smith heard the chugging of the train, he felt for the revolver at his side. His fingers met its smooth handle, hidden ...

From JOHN J. MILLER, National Review Online,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Abraham Lincoln,  U.S. Republican Party

Re: Busted -- By: John J. Miller

When I visited the DDay memorial last summer, I wished they did have something to acknowledge the USSR's role in WWII. It did have an impact on the Normandy invasion, because the Wehrmacht in June 1944 was a lot weaker than it was on June 22, 1941; and ...

From JOHN J. MILLER, The Corner,  20 Nov 2009

Conservative Novels -- By: John J. Miller

I plan to assemble a list of great conservative novels for NRODT, probably for an issue in early 2010. It will be a good and interesting list because so many readers of The Corner sent in suggestions when I blegged for them in August. I'd like to open ...

From JOHN J. MILLER, The Corner,  20 Nov 2009

Kristol Clear -- By: John J. Miller

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 19, 2009 AEI President Arthur Brooks announced today that General David H. Petraeus will be presented with the 2010 Irving Kristol Award. General Petraeus, who commands the United States Central Command, will deliver the ...

From JOHN J. MILLER, The Corner,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: American Enterprise Institute,  David Petraeus,  Irving Kristol

Dissent -- By: John J. Miller

Hello Mr.  Miller:   I strongly disagree with the gentleman who wrote you and you posted @ NRO Corner that quote:  "I would point to another factor: professional historians are already familiar with the narrative that popular histories tell, at least ...

From JOHN J. MILLER, Phi Beta Cons,  19 Nov 2009

Research vs. Teaching -- By: John J. Miller

The distracting effects of research are almost totally irrelevant to the quality of undergraduate teaching. Ill-paid and overworked adjuncts, with or without the doctorate, and professors who teach four classes a semester and have no time for teaching, ...

From JOHN J. MILLER, Phi Beta Cons,  19 Nov 2009

First Assassin Watch -- By: John J. Miller

The increasingly versatile Robert Costa makes his debut as a podcast interviewer as we discuss my new novel, The First Assassin. We talk about the plot, what Washington was like in 1861, how I named one of the characters after a Metro stop on the blue ...

From JOHN J. MILLER, The Corner,  19 Nov 2009

Publish or Perish -- By: John J. Miller

In a recent post on NRO you offered some reasons that academics do not care for popular, narrative history, including ideology, a preference for jargon, and envy of popular writers' success. I'm completing a dissertation in history, and I would point ...

From JOHN J. MILLER, The Corner,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: John Adams

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