Andrew Ferguson
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Andrew Ferguson (born June 28, 1956) is an American journalist and author.{{cite web|url=http://conversationswithbillkristol.org/video/andrew-ferguson/|title=Andrew Ferguson on journalism, politics, and culture|publisher=}}
Career
Ferguson is currently a staff writer at The Atlantic.{{Cite web| title = The Atlantic Hires Andrew Ferguson as Staff Writer, Joining Ideas Section| work = The Atlantic| accessdate = 2019-07-10| date = 2019-02-21| url = https://www.theatlantic.com/press-releases/archive/2019/02/ferguson-ramos-ideas-hires/583378/}}
Previously, he was senior editor of The Weekly Standard (defunct since December 2018), and a columnist for Bloomberg NewsAndrew Ferguson, "[http://www.opinionjournal.com/weekend/fivebest/?id=110009333 Five Best" Laughter That Lasts: Some humor doesn't age well, but these American classics remain funny beyond compare] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930195240/http://www.opinionjournal.com/weekend/fivebest/?id=110009333 |date=September 30, 2007 }}, 2006-12-02, accessed 2006-12-03{{Cite web |title=Interview with Andrew Ferguson |url=https://www.maxraskin.com/interviews/andrew-ferguson |access-date=2023-08-25 |website=Interviews with Max Raskin |language=en-US}} based in Washington, D.C.[http://www.bachelormedia.com/press-releases/Columnist_Bloomberg_News_news-id37283.cfm "Andrew Ferguson – Columnist for Bloomberg News Press Releases] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928181549/http://www.bachelormedia.com/press-releases/Columnist_Bloomberg_News_news-id37283.cfm |date=September 28, 2007 }}", Bachelor Media, accessed December 3, 2006 After the close of The Weekly Standard, David Brooks called Ferguson "the greatest political writer of my generation."David Brooks, "Who Killed the Weekly Standard?"[https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/15/opinion/weekly-standard-closing-conservatism.html]," The New York Times, 2018-12-15, accessed 2018-12-18
Before joining the Standard at its founding in 1995, he was senior editor at Washingtonian magazine. He has been a columnist for Fortune, TV Guide, and Forbes FYI, and a contributing editor to Time. He has also written for The New Yorker, New York, The New Republic, the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, and other publications."[http://www.writersreps.com/author.cfm?AuthorID=14 Andrew Ferguson]," at the WritersReps.com, accessed 2006-12-03
In 1992, he was a White House speechwriter for President George H. W. Bush.Andrew Ferguson, "[https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&sid=ayDNkGVyOrPo&refer=columnist_ferguson Virginia's Jim Webb Joins Strange Bedfellows]," Bloomberg News, 2006-11-14, accessed 2006-12-03
A collection of his essays, Fools' Names, Fools' Faces, was published by Atlantic Monthly Press in 1996, and Land of Lincoln was published released by Grove/Atlantic in 2007. His work has appeared in several anthologies.
Ferguson cites H.L. Mencken and E.B. White as influences.
Personal life
Bibliography
- {{cite book |title=Fools' Names, Fools' Faces |year=1996 |location=New York |publisher=Atlantic Monthly Press |isbn=0-87113-651-1 |url=https://archive.org/details/foolsnamesfoolsf00andr }}
- {{cite book |title=Land of Lincoln: Adventures in Abe's America |year=2007 |publisher=Atlantic Monthly Press |isbn=978-0-87113-967-2 }}
- {{cite book |title=Crazy U: One Dad's Crash Course on Getting His Kid into College |year=2011 |location=New York |publisher=Simon & Schuster |isbn=978-1-4391-0121-6 |url=https://archive.org/details/crazyuonedadscra00andr }}
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External links
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