James Bowman is the author of Honor: A History (Encounter Books) and Media Madness: The Corruption of Our Political Culture, also published by Encounter (2008) . He was born in Kane, Pennsylvania in 1948 and grew up in Jupiter, Florida. He attended Davidson and Lebanon Valley Colleges in America and Pembroke College, Cambridge University in England, from which he holds an M.A. Mr. Bowman taught English and General Studies at Westminster School and Portsmouth Grammar School in England from 1980 to 1989 and was the American correspondent of The Spectator of London from 1989-1991. He was the American editor of the Times Literary Supplement of London. from 1991 to 2002. In addition, he has been the film critic of the American Spectator since 1990 and the media critic of The New Criterion in care of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, 1730 M Street, Suite 910, Washington, DC 20036, or via e-mail at [email protected]
Articles by James Bowman View All
The media April 2023
The last of America
On the legacy of Jimmy Carter.
The media March 2023
Scandalum scandalorum
On the media’s latest hobbyhorse.
The media February 2023
Room for hate
On the Left’s demonization of its enemies.
Blog Posts by James Bowman View All
Nov 18, 2020
The blob returns?
On swamps, blobs, and the “resistance.”
Oct 30, 2020
The end of the news—the latest
On the state of the media after Election Night.
Oct 22, 2020
Poll-axed
On opinion polls and the Great Barrington Declaration.
