Wanted
True American
Journalists
A complimentary copy of Human
Rights Capitalism was sent to each of the following individuals. As one reflects upon the multiplicity of
public comment on political action, particularly by those entrusted with the exercise
of freedom of speech on behalf of Americans, the question arises: “As Americans, are political journalists and
other commenters on political action seeks to solve the challenges we face as
the sovereign (We, the People), or simply engaging in selling their non-substantive
rhetoric for personal gain?” So, the
publisher sent each a complimentary copy with this statement (or one that is
similar):
To one who often comments on the actions and inactions
of the “leaders” of American government as well as the political actions of
other Americans, please allow me to say – “May
all true Americans (especially those exercising freedom of speech on behalf of
Americans) come to know, understand, appreciate, and fulfill our Agreement
among We, the People.” If political
action by or in America is not consistent with or in fulfillment of our
Agreement among We, the People, then is such political action not Un-American
and a breach of our sacred Agreement?
Shouldn’t our Agreement among We, the People always be the touchstone
for measuring the worth of any and all American political action? Isn’t all other comment outside the
parameters of such touchstone merely non-substantive rhetoric?
Respectfully,
John F Halbleib
It is unclear whether each will read Human Rights Capitalism
or comment on its content. Given that
(1) the book is about our Agreement among We, the
People,
(2) each of those receiving a complimentary copy is
a member of We, the People (or comments on political action affecting other
members), and
(3) each should be genuinely concerned about solving
those challenges facing all Americans,
it would follow that each should read about our Agreement
and comment on it.
Let’s see if those who purport to
be genuinely concerned about Americans are in fact concerned enough to respond.
This list will be updated periodically
as their feedback arises.
If those receiving a complimentary
copy do not respond, doesn’t their failure to respond imply that each who fails
to respond is simply engaging in selling their non-substantive rhetoric for
personal gain? Does this not also imply
that the wellbeing of all Americans is not their concern? If so, why should Americans buy what they are
selling?
Michael Albert, Z
Magazine
John A. Allison,
President & CEO, Cato Institute
Brian C. Anderson, City
Journal
Daniel Backman, Harvard
Political Review
Scott Baker, TheBlaze
Robert Baldwin, Journal
of Politics & Society, Columbia University
Martin Baron, The
Washington Post
Eleanor Bartow, The
American, American Enterprise Institute
Monika Bauerlein, Mother
Jones
Glenn Beck, an
American television and radio host, political commentator, author, etc.
James Bennet, The
Atlantic
Gary Benoit, The New
American
Joel Bleifuss, In
These Times
Patrick J. Buchanan, The Human Events Group
Julie Chen, CBS’ The Talk
Ken Chandler, Newsmax
Ruth Conniff, The
Progressive
Anderson Cooper, CBS’ 60 Minutes and CNN’s Anderson Cooper
360°
Katie Couric, ABC’s Katie
Noelle Daly, The American
Interest
Paul D'Amato, International
Socialist Review
James S. Denton, World
Affairs
Christopher Dolan, The
Washington Times
James A. Dorn, Cato
Journal
Peter Dreier – The
Huffington Post, E.P. Clapp Distinguished Professor of Politics, and Chair
of the Urban & Environmental Policy Department, Occidental College
William Falk, The Week
David Firestone, The
New York Times
James F. Fitzgerald, The John Birch Society
Thomas J. Fleming, Chronicles
William A.Galston, Wall
Street Journal
Adam Garfinkle, The American
Interest
Jonathan Garthwaite, Townhall
Magazine
Nancy Gibbs, TIME
Malcolm Gladwell, a journalist, bestselling author, and
speaker
Jonah Goldberg, National Review and Fellow – American
Enterprise Institute
David Michael Gregory, NBC’s Meet the Press
Richard N. Haass, President – Council on Foreign Relations
Suzanne Hanney, StreetWise
David Harsanyi, The
Federalist
Jacob E. Heilbrunn, The
National Interest
Chris Hughes, The New
Republic
Arianna Huffington, The
Huffington Post
Jim Impoco, Newsweek
Clara Jeffery, Mother
Jones
Holman W. Jenkins Jr., Wall
Street Journal
Alex Jones, INFOWARS.COM
Michael Kazin, Dissent
Larry King, CNN’s Larry King Now
William Kristol, The
Weekly Standard
Robert Kuttner, The American
Prospect
Dan La Botz, New Politics
Matt Lauer, NBC’s Today
David Letterman, Late Show with David Letterman
Rush Limbaugh, The Rush Limbaugh Show
Tod Lindberg, Policy
Review
Rachel Maddow, MSNBC
Bill Maher, HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, and one of the
producers for the HBO newsmagazine series Vice, etc.
Richard Markosian, Utah
Stories
Daniel McCarthy, The
American Conservative
Norah O'Donnell, CBS This Morning
John Oliver, HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
John Podhoretz, Commentary
David Remnick, The New
Yorker
Gideon Rose, Foreign
Affairs
Ellen Rosenbush, Harper’s
Magazine
David Rothkopf, Foreign
Policy
Bob Schieffer, CBS’ Face The Nation
Kristen Schmidt, Columbus
Monthly
Ahmed Shawki, International
Socialist Review
Dimitri K. Simes, President & CEO – Center for the
National Interest
Susan Smith Richardson, The
Chicago Reporter
Sam Stein, The
Huffington Post
George
Stephanopoulos, ABC’s Good Morning America and This Week with George
Stephanopoulos
Howard Stern, Author,
actor, talk show host, etc.
Bhaskar Sunkara, Jacobin
Art Thompson, The
John Birch Society
R. Emmett Tyrrell
Jr., The American Spectator
Katrina vanden Heuvel, The
Nation
Peter Van Doren, Regulation,
Cato Institute
Matt Welch, Reason
Robert Whaples, The
Independent Review
George F. Will, The Human Events Group
Julia Wrigley, New Politics
Paul Young, The New
Islander
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