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Bill Schulz Tribute in American Conservative

The American Conservative, August 2, 2019 This Reader’s Digest Editor Was One Tough, Conservative Cookie Bill Schulz, who died July 22, wasn’t afraid to publish articles taking down government boondoggles in America’s most accessible magazine. By Jim Bovard • August 2, 2019 ++Photo: Bill Schulz. (Courtesy of Jim Bovard) My old friend Bill Schulz passed […]

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Bill Schulz, R.I.P.

My old friend Bill Schulz passed away this week after a hard fight with multiple illnesses.  Bill, who was born in 1939, was one of the most talented editors I ever had the pleasure of working with.  For more than 30 years, Bill was the Washington editor for Reader’s Digest when the Digest was by […]

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Podcast: My East German Interrogation Comedy Show

OK, so I screwed up in one of my illegal jaunts behind the Iron Curtain.    But at least there’s a funny story about how I was able to eventually bluster my way out of a long interrogation at the Czechoslovakian – East German border in the Erzgebirge mountains.  This broadcast includes my novel pronunciation of […]

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