Gene Meyer
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Journalist and Author, former longtime WashPost reporter and editor, Editor of B’nai B’rith Magazine, Washington Independent Review of Books board, reviews and essays. Blogs at www.eugenelmeyer.com
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November 30, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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The late author embraced machismo but revered poetry. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/d... @blackstonepub.bsky.social #booksky
Devouring Time: Jim Harrison, a Writer’s Life | Washington Independent Review of Books
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November 21, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The late author embraced machismo but revered poetry. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/d... @blackstonepub.bsky.social #booksky
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“Have you no sense of decency?”Joe McCarthy and Donald Trump, past and present.
November 13, 2025 at 12:34 PM
“Have you no sense of decency?”Joe McCarthy and Donald Trump, past and present.
November 12, 2025 at 11:33 PM
“Have you no sense of decency?”Joe McCarthy and Donald Trump, past and present.
November 12, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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“Have you no sense of decency?”Joe McCarthy and Donald Trump, past and present.
November 11, 2025 at 11:42 PM
“Have you no sense of decency?”Joe McCarthy and Donald Trump, past and present.
November 11, 2025 at 7:31 PM
“Have you no sense of decency?”Joe McCarthy and Donald Trump, past and present.
Ugly Truth: Feds’ Canal Street Raid Pushed Aside NYPD, Safety and Free Speech - nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/10/27/u...
Ugly Truth: Feds' Canal Street Raid Pushed Aside NYPD, Safety and Free Speech - Streetsblog New York City
President Trump's heavily armed and masked immigration troops are turning American cities into battlegrounds — and eliminating accountability and free speech in the public realm.
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October 27, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Ugly Truth: Feds’ Canal Street Raid Pushed Aside NYPD, Safety and Free Speech - nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/10/27/u...
My latest book review #1942 #SecondWorldWar @miafarrow.bsky.social @davidmaraniss.bsky.social @dmey.bsky.social @zinnedproject.bsky.social
Why WWII’s second full year was truly an annus horribilis. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/1... @genemeyer.bsky.social #booksky
1942: When World War II Engulfed the Globe | Washington Independent Review of Books
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October 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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October 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Recalling a book — and a legacy — to honor and uphold. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/our... @genemeyer.bsky.social #booksky
October 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
166 years later, John Brown’s soul goes marching on. eugenelmeyer.com/2025/10/17/1... @zinnedproject.bsky.social @profmsinha.bsky.social @joyannreid.bsky.social @dmey.bsky.social @petulawrites.bsky.social @princeeditor.bsky.social @agordonreed.bsky.social
166 years later, John Brown's soul goes marching on. | Eugene L. Meyer
One hundred and sixty-six years ago this weekend, abolitionist John Brown led a small band of 18 men to the federal arsenal town of Harpers Ferry at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers...
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October 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
166 years later, John Brown’s soul goes marching on. eugenelmeyer.com/2025/10/17/1... @zinnedproject.bsky.social @profmsinha.bsky.social @joyannreid.bsky.social @dmey.bsky.social @petulawrites.bsky.social @princeeditor.bsky.social @agordonreed.bsky.social
166 years later, John Brown's soul goes marching on. | Eugene L. Meyer
One hundred and sixty-six years ago this weekend, abolitionist John Brown led a small band of 18 men to the federal arsenal town of Harpers Ferry at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers...
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October 20, 2025 at 12:26 AM
166 years later, John Brown’s soul goes marching on. eugenelmeyer.com/2025/10/17/1... @zinnedproject.bsky.social @profmsinha.bsky.social @joyannreid.bsky.social @dmey.bsky.social @petulawrites.bsky.social @princeeditor.bsky.social @agordonreed.bsky.social
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My Lai, William Calley, Pete Hegseth, and Donald Trump
October 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
My Lai, William Calley, Pete Hegseth, and Donald Trump
October 6, 2025 at 12:41 PM
My Lai, William Calley, Pete Hegseth, and Donald Trump
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Recalling a book — and a legacy — to honor and uphold. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/our... @genemeyer.bsky.social #booksky
September 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Seems now more than ever we all need some Hope, Harmony and Goodwill. I found all 3 on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Read about them and much more in my book Hidden MD: ISO America in Miniature, available at amzn.to/41CRZEP.
Hidden Maryland: In Search of America in Miniature
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September 26, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Seems now more than ever we all need some Hope, Harmony and Goodwill. I found all 3 on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Read about them and much more in my book Hidden MD: ISO America in Miniature, available at amzn.to/41CRZEP.
A man in Washington, DC, plays the Imperial March from Star Wars while following patrolling soldiers. One of the soldiers threatens to call the police.
September 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
“Pioneers of the Press” eugenelmeyer.com/2025/09/14/p...
"Pioneers of the Press" | Eugene L. Meyer
Pioneers of the Press. A book--and a legacy to honor and uphold Sixty-five years ago, my father Gerard Previn Meyer wrote a book called "Pioneers of the Press." The publisher was Rand McNally, and t...
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September 16, 2025 at 7:01 PM
“Pioneers of the Press” eugenelmeyer.com/2025/09/14/p...
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