Author Archives: Bill Kauffman

Just Deseret

Posted on August 8, 2012

How I learned to love LDS

Rocky’s Drug War

Posted on July 6, 2012

The continuing toll of Nelson Rockefeller’s prison-industrial complex

Ballot of a Thin Man

Posted on June 1, 2012

The Paul campaign calls to mind the rebellious ethos of 1980s punks.

How I Met Eldridge Cleaver

Posted on May 8, 2012

Bill Kauffman reflects on a quarter-century of notable interlocutors

Peckinpah Country

Posted on March 29, 2012

I’m on one of my periodic Sam Peckinpah benders. (“You call that …

Planet of the Japes

Posted on February 1, 2012

This article appears in the February 2012 issue of The American Conservative.

Iowa Votes for Peace

Posted on December 29, 2011

Our daughter will be spending the snowy months rehearsing her role as …

Redford Goes Ron Paul

Posted on December 2, 2011

Even the most dedicated cinephile may have blinked last spring and missed …

The Last Picture Show

Posted on October 13, 2011

Another summer has slipped away, he said in melancholic stupor.  Thank God …

Born to Stay Put

Posted on July 25, 2011

By Bill Kauffman | July 25, 2011 In May 1978 I had …

Wilson’s Picket

Posted on June 9, 2011

By Bill Kauffman | June 9, 2011 Edmund Wilson was so securely …

Southern Comforts

Posted on April 13, 2011

By Bill Kauffman | April 13, 2011 The South, repatriated ex-slave Ned …

California Times Two

Posted on March 10, 2011

By Bill Kauffman These days I care more about the results of …

Meet the Marlboro Man

Posted on February 16, 2011

I recently had lunch with my favorite model. Nah, not Cheryl Tiegs, …

The Other Eisenhowers

Posted on January 10, 2011

Ike’s anti-militarist roots By Bill Kauffman Dwight D. Eisenhower’s mother was a …

The Fighting Bobs

Posted on December 20, 2010

By Bill Kauffman The week that Wisconsin voters threw out Russ Feingold, …

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