John H. Fund(born April 8, 1957) is an Americanpolitical journalist.He is currently the national-affairs reporter forNational Review Online[1] and a senior editor atThe American Spectator.[2]
John Fund | |
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 Fund atCPACin February 2010 | |
| Born | John H. Fund April 8, 1957 Tucson, Arizona,U.S. |
| Alma mater | California State University, Sacramento |
| Occupation(s) | Commentator,columnist, author |
Life and career
editFund was born inTucson, Arizona.He attendedCalifornia State University, Sacramentowhere he studied Journalism and Economics. He worked forThe Wall Street Journalfor more than two decades, starting in 1984, and was a member of theJournal's editorial boardfrom 1995 to 2001. He wrote a column named "On the Trail" for the Journal's opinion page from 2000 to 2011, and also contributed to the Journal's newsletter,Political Diary.[3]
Fund has also written forEsquire,Reader's Digest,Reason,The New Republic,andNational Review.
Fund cowrote a 1992 book,Cleaning House: America's Campaign for Term Limits(ISBN0-89526-516-8) withJames Coyne.He also collaborated withRush Limbaughon another 1992 book,The Way Things Ought to Be(ISBN067175145X),[4][5] transcribing it from tape and editing it.
In 2004, Fund wroteStealing Elections: How Voter Fraud Threatens Our Democracy(ISBN1-59403-061-8), in which he strongly criticizes the American election system, describing it as "befitting an emerging Third World country rather than the world's leading democracy." He published an updated edition of the book in 2008 (ISBN1-59403-224-6). In 2012, Fund andHans von Spakovsky wroteWho's Counting?: How Fraudsters and Bureaucrats Put Your Vote at Risk(ISBN1-59403-618-7), which argues voter fraud is a significant issue in U.S. elections.
Bibliography
edit- John Fund andHans von Spakovsky,Obama's Enforcer: Eric Holder's Justice Department(Broadside Books, June 10, 2014ISBN978-0062320926)
- Fund andHans von Spakovsky,Who's Counting?: How Fraudsters and Bureaucrats Put Your Vote at Risk(Encounter Books, 2012,ISBN1-59403-618-7)
- Stealing Elections: How Voter Fraud Threatens Our Democracy(Encounter Books, 2004,ISBN1-59403-061-8;second, updated edition 2008,ISBN1-59403-224-6)
- Cleaning House: America's Campaign for Term Limits(Regnery Gateway, 1992,ISBN0-89526-516-8)
References
edit- ^"John Fund".National Review Online.
- ^"Contributors: John H. Fund".The American Spectator.Archived fromthe originalon September 26, 2011.
- ^"John Fund".The Wall Street Journal.
- ^ Manhattan Institute(February 2008)."Manhattan Institute Young Leaders Circle email".Archived fromthe originalon August 14, 2007.
- ^ Joe Queenan(March 2005)."Ghosts in the Machine".The New York Times.
External links
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- Fund's columns at OpinionJournalat theWayback Machine(archived January 11, 2010)
- "Leave it to Deaver"Fund writes about meetingMichael DeaverandRonald Reaganwhile in high school.
- AppearancesonC-SPAN