Contributors

ALICIA COLON debuts in TNI this month with “The Columnist versus the Madrassa,” a disturbing chronicle of her confrontation with Islamists and their multiculturalist pals in New York City. Alicia writes controversial, high-profile columns for the New York Sun, and we’re delighted to introduce her to TNI readers.

ROGER DONWAY, senior editor of TNI, takes heart in the emerging respectability of market economics among certain people on the left, and he analyzes this trend in his “Private I” column. Roger also filled in mightily on the editorial side this month, putting the issue to bed while Your Editor underwent surgery for an injured arm.

BRADLEY DOUCET, our new Canadian contributor, continues his series of reviews of books about “the seven deadly sins” with an even-tempered look at Robert Thurman’s Anger. Bradley is a frequent contributor to Le Québécois Libre.

ROBERT L. JONES, TNI entertainment editor, has expanded the definition of “entertainment” this month with his compelling cover interview of author and talk-show host Larry Elder. Robert still found some time for movies, however, and unlike certain snobbier critics, he really liked the new Al Pacino thriller, 88 Minutes.

FRED MINNICK, like Alicia Colon, appears for the first time in these pages with his profile (and photo) of “cowboy capitalist” Larry Barnes. Fred is a professional writer and photographer based in Louisville, Kentucky. You can sample his other work on his website, FredWrite.com.

MICHAEL NEWBERRY is TNI’s art critic, and he focuses a spotlight each issue on outstanding contemporary artists. In his “Artist’s I” column, Michael showcases the work of painter William Wray, a master “plotter” of color and light. Michael himself is a full-time artist in New York City who runs the Newberry Workshop, which presents online art tutorials. 

WILLIAM THOMAS, a TNI contributing writer, is director of programs for The Atlas Society. He edited The Literary Art of Ayn Rand and authored Radical for Capitalism, a summary of Rand’s political theories. This issue, our resident “Rand scholar” reviews Edward Younkins’s new anthology, Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged.”