Radicals for Capitalism in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Bill Steigerwald of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review did a Q-and-A with me about my new book, Radicals for Capitalism: A Freewheeling History of the Modern American Libertarian Movement, for yesterday's paper; a full version of the piece appears here at his syndication site. (I apparently overuse the phrase "sort of" as an often meaningless verbal tic; apologies.)

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Comments

[Pig Mannix]

A link to the article might be nice.

[Brian Doherty]

Sure, Pig, since you asked nicely, I've added the link.

[taktix]

Uhh... Brian, isn't it the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review? I only know because (disclosure time) I was fired from one of their "sister" papers for a small ethical disagreement with my editor.

Steigerwald is a rare gem of libertarianism hidden in an otherwise Bush mouthpiece paper. I've meet him in several of my journalism classes at Pitt, and he's got a good head on his shoulders.

However, the paper itself is often retracting untrue stories that were clearly cut-and-pasted from GOP press releases. Much of the editoral direction is dictated by the Mellon family (Richard Mellon Scaife owns the "Trib Total Media" conglomerate for which I was employed).

Not sure how relevant this is to your original post, but I though I'd share the experience that led me to abandon Journalism as a profession.

[Brian Doherty]

Taktix--You're right of course, error fixed.

[taktix]

oops, edit: I've met him...

I haven't conformed to print editoral standards in quite a while.

[Lottie]

The Pittsburgh Tribune! Wow! That's the BIG TIME!

[Stevo Darkly]

(I apparently overuse the phrase "sort of" as an often meaningless verbal tic; apologies.)

I kinda do the same thing myself, bro.

[The Real Bill]

I finally ordered the book last night. What made me finally do it? (It had been sitting in the cart.) That idiotic article in Pandagon did it.

[mercury]

Radicals for Capitalism arrived yesterday. I can't wait to sit down and tear through it.