Tom Bethell
Tom Bethell | |
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Born | July 17, 1936 |
Died | February 12, 2021 | (aged 84)
Occupation(s) | Journalist, writer |
Tom Bethell (
Life and career
Bethell was born and raised in
In 1980, he received a Gerald Loeb Award Honorable Mention for Columns/Editorial for "Fooling With the Budget."[7][8][9]
Jim Garrison investigation
Bethell was hired as a researcher by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison to assist with his prosecution of Clay Shaw for conspiracy to assassinate John F. Kennedy.[10] Bethell gave no credence to Garrison's charges that Shaw was involved.[11] Shaw was acquitted after the jury deliberated for about an hour.
Controversy
In 1976, Bethell wrote a controversial article for
Bethell was a member of the Group for the Scientific Reappraisal of the HIV-AIDS Hypothesis,
Bethell died from complications of Parkinson's disease at his home in Washington, D.C. in February 2021, aged 84.[17]
Selected publications
Articles
- "Darwin's Mistake." Harper's Magazine, Vol. 252, No. 1509, February 1976, pp. 70-75.
- "Against Bilingual Education." JSTOR 324235.
- "The Longshoreman Philosopher."Hoover Digest, No. 1, January 2003. Archived from the original.Archived December 22, 2014, at archive.today
- "Arnold Beichman, 1913-2010: an oral history and remembrance of a great adventurer and friend." The American Spectator, Vol. 43, No. 4, May 2010. Archived from the original.
Books
- George Lewis: A Jazzman From New Orleans. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1977.
- The Electric Windmill: An Inadvertent Autobiography. Washington, D.C.: Regnery Gateway, 1988.
- Noblest Triumph: Property and Prosperity through the Ages. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998.
- Regnery Press, 2005.
- Questioning Einstein: Is Relativity Necessary? Vales Lake Publishing, 2009.
- Eric Hoffer: The Longshoreman Philosopher. Stanford: Hoover Institution Press, 2012.
- Darwin's House of Cards. Seattle: Discovery Institute Press, 2017. Audiobook available.
Book contributions
- "Mises And Gorbachev: Why Socialism Still Doesn't Work." pp. 226-230. The Free Market Reader, edited by ISBN 0945466021.
- "Bilingual Education in the Eighties: One Hispanic's Perspective." pp. 153-162. American Education: Essays in the Economics of Liberty, edited by Robert Emmet Long. New York: ISBN 978-0824206994.
References
- ^ "Remembering Tom Bethell: Wordsmith of Courage and Controversy" Archived February 14, 2021, at the Wayback Machine. Kmjnow.com. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ See: Jerry P. Shinley Archive: Thomas Bethell: Biographical Sketch from CA
- ^ Trinity College, Oxford – missing members Archived 2008-04-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Tom Bethell explains why property matters
- Beliefnet.comAccessed July 20, 2008
- ^ Biography at Property Rights Foundation of America, Inc.
- ^ "2 California Papers Lead Loeb Awards". The Washington Post. May 30, 1980. p. D3.
- ^ "Loeb Award winners 1958–1996". Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing. April 2013. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
- ^ "Historical Winners List". UCLA Anderson School of Management. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
- ^ Tom Bethell, "Reality Check for Another Movie Myth," Los Angeles Times, December 1, 1991.
- ^ Tom Bethell, "Was Sirhan Sirhan on the Grassy Knoll?", The Washington Monthly, March 1975.
- ^ ISBN 978-1591025276.
- ^ ISBN 978-0393340419.
- S2CID 45222215.
- ^ Bethell, Tom."Don’t Fear the Designer." National Review.
- ^ Branch, Glenn. "Expelled and the Reviewers." National Center for Science Education, Vol. 28, Nos. 5-6, 2008, pp. 24–25.
- ^ "Tom Bethell". Legacy.com. Retrieved July 13, 2021.