The American (magazine)
Editor | Nick Schulz |
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First issue | November 2006 |
Final issue | December 2008 (print) |
Company | Washington, D. C. |
Language | English |
The American was an
Origins and editorship
The American was founded in November 2006
In late 2007, Glassman left The American to serve as undersecretary of state for public diplomacy in the
In November 2008, AEI ended the print version of the glossy magazine due to its "'hemorrhaging' cash."[10]
Content
The magazine published articles and book reviews—some topical, some reported, some analytical—on subjects at the intersection of economics, business, politics, and American public policy.[11] Current online content includes articles similar to those in the print version, traditional op-eds, "DataPoints" on public opinion (compiled by Karlyn Bowman), and, since May 2009, the Enterprise Blog, which features contributions from AEI scholars and staff members.
Editorial stance
"Our perspective," Glassman said at the magazine's launch, "is not partisan, but it is rooted in
Liberal writer
Contributors
Among the noteworthy contributors to The American have been:[11]
- Michael Barone
- Gary Becker
- Tom Bethell
- Arthur C. Brooks
- Daniel Drezner
- John Fund
- Victor Davis Hanson
- Michael Ledeen
- Stephen Moore
- Kevin M. Murphy
- Charles Murray
- Norman J. Ornstein
- Henry Petroski
- Amity Shlaes
Notable stories
Luke Mullins's interview of a white-collar criminal who spent time in a minimum-security prison, which stated that minimum-security prisons were no longer "country-club prisons,"[13] prompted criticism by Peter Carlson in a column in The Washington Post.[14]
Notes
- ^ "The 30 Most Notable Launches of 2006". Mr. Magazine. Retrieved August 19, 2015.
- ^ James Warren (November 27, 2006). "Dobbs' secret life, and more, in The American's debut issue". Chicago Tribune.
[T]he November–December inaugural issue of the renamed and re-engineered publication of the right-leaning American Enterprise Institute is rife with promise.
- ^ a b Irin Carmon; et al. (November 27, 2006). "Memo Pad". Women's Wear Daily.
- ^ a b Ron Bedard (November 27, 2006). "Washington Whispers". U.S. News & World Report.
- ^ "Election results". Media Industry Newsletter. November 6, 2006.
- ^ Press release titled "Nick Schulz Named Editor-in-Chief of The American Magazine" American Enterprise Institute, April 28, 2008.
- ^ Brendan Conway, "What's Your Story?," Doublethink magazine, Winter 2007.
- ^ Nick Schulz, "Something Old, Something New," TCS Daily, September 19, 2006.
- ^ Bio page for Nick Schulz on the AEI Web site, Retrieved January 20, 2009.
- ^ David Weigel, "Conservative Think Tank Adjusts to Tough Times Archived 2009-06-19 at the Wayback Machine," The Washington Independent, March 13, 2009
- ^ a b "Archives" at American.com, accessed January 19, 2009.
- ^ American Pie, Jonathan Chait, The New Republic, May 31, 2007.
- ^ Luke Mullins (May–June 2007). "Enter a 'Hellish Place'". The American. Retrieved 2007-08-08.
The Bureau of Prisons is incredibly sensitive to accusations that they are coddling white-collar offenders," Novak said. "They are very sensitive to the 'Club Fed' mythology.
- ^ Peter Carlson (2007-05-15). "Bemoaning the Commoners at Club Fed". The Washington Post.
Country club prisons just aren't the same since they started letting the riffraff in.