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Richard Brookhiser (born ca. 1955) is an American journalist, biographer and historian. He is a senior editor at National Review and columnist for The New York Observer. He is most widely known for a series of biographies of America's founders, including Alexander Hamilton, Gouverneur Morris, and George Washington.

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Sometimes I Just Want to Turn Off the Light and Close My Eyes -- By: Rick Brookhiser

I am on the road, which is when I watch television. Last night I caught George Lopez, a comic who is new to me. He was amusing: refried Jay Leno. But he opened his monologue with Sarah Palin and Going Rogue. He called her a piece of s***, and told ...

From RICK BROOKHISER, The Corner,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: George Lopez,  Jay Leno,  Sarah Palin

Gouverneur Morris, Favorite Founder -- By: Rick Brookhiser

Maggie, Washington is my favorite founder, but Gouverneur is the one I would call in the following four situations: 1) If I were sick; 2) If I were arrested; 3) If I were broke; 4) If I were giving a dinner party, and someone cancelled at the last ...

From RICK BROOKHISER, The Corner,  9 Nov 2009

Christie's Prospects -- By: Rick Brookhiser

The only way we can judge him is the way he performed as US attorney. And in that position, he put away crooks who supposedly were either too powerful, too smart or too, er, politically correct to prosecute. So people like John Lynch and, especially, ...

From RICK BROOKHISER, The Corner,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: John Lynch

About Tuesday Night -- By: Rick Brookhiser

As for NY-23, is it really true that no one except Charles Schumer called Dede Scozzafava after she pulled out? It recalls the words of Martin Van Buren, not a great man, but certainly a very shrewd one: "There is such a thing in politics as killing a ...

From RICK BROOKHISER, The Corner,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Charles Schumer,  Dede Scozzafava

Hijackers of a Religion -- By: Rick Brookhiser

Nine days ago I gave a talk at the Yale Political Union, mentioning the scandal of the missing Mohammed cartoons in the Yale University Press's The Cartoons That Shook the World. In the course of my talk I referred to the Islamists as "hijackers of a ...

From RICK BROOKHISER, The Corner,  3 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Yale University,  Ayaan Hirsi Ali,  Theo van Gogh,  American Enterprise Institute

NY 23 -- By: Rick Brookhiser

The contest in NY 23 is what the New York Conservative Party was made for. The state's cross-endorsement policy means that the Conservatives (and its left-of-center mirror images) generally function as pressure groups, supporting major party candidates ...

From RICK BROOKHISER, The Corner,  28 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Charles Goodell,  U.S. Republican Party

A Lovecraft Reservation -- By: Rick Brookhiser

John: I'm a fan of H. P.; my favorite story is the first I ever read, "The Shadow Over Innsmouth." (I wonder how many Lovecraftians like best the first story they ever read. A large number, I suspect, since he wrote one story over and over.) One way ...

From RICK BROOKHISER, The Corner,  27 Oct 2009

The Cartoon Scandal at Yale -- By: Rick Brookhiser

The Yale Political Union (whose vets range from John Kerry to WFB) celebrated its 75th anniversary over the weekend. Prof. Akhil Amar and I were invited to give remarks at the gala dinner. I made a few jokes, then praised the Union for its commitment ...

From RICK BROOKHISER, The Corner,  26 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Thomas Jefferson,  Yale University,  Google Inc.,  Yahoo!

re: Mr. Brown Goes to Washington -- By: Rick Brookhiser

Oy, I can see where this is going. As a Washington biographer who tried to make sense of Washington's devotion to Freemasonry, I am well acquainted with the anti-Masonic virus. The second most common question I am asked about him (after, did he grow ...

From RICK BROOKHISER, The Corner,  9 Sep 2009

Bright College Years -- By: Rick Brookhiser

This letter on Yale University Press and the Mohammed cartoons was given to the Yale Alumni Magazine. Yale University Press, owned and operated by Yale, has embraced censorship.  The Press accepted for publication "The Cartoons That Shook the World," ...

From RICK BROOKHISER, The Corner,  4 Sep 2009

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