Samuel T. Francis

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Joseph Sobran

JOE SOBRAN

February 23, 1946 — September 30, 2010

Sobran’s classic 32,000-word essay, Pensées: Notes for the Reactionary of Tomorrow,
written when he was 22 years old, was published in 1985 in National Review magazine.

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C-SPAN Video
of Committee to
Avert a Mideast Holocaust press conference

featuring Joe Sobran, Phil Nicolaides, Phillip Collier, and Sheldon Richman
September 4, 1990

Here’s what people are saying about Joe Sobran:

“No one so explicitly or deftly connects what is happening in the world today to the loss of our freedom and the systematic usurpations of government — absolutely no one. Sobran is a cross between Mencken, Nock, and Cato’s letters.” — Sheldon Richman, editor of The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty

“Perhaps the finest columnist of our generation.”
— Patrick J. Buchanan

“Joe Sobran is a national treasure.” — Llewellyn Rockwell Jr

JOE SOBRAN
The Reactionary Utopian

Joe Sobran received his B.A. in English from Eastern Michigan University and pursued graduate studies in English, specializing in Shakespeare. From 1969 to 1970 he taught English on a fellowship and lectured on Shakespeare.

In 1972, he went to work for National Review magazine, beginning what would be a 21-year stint, including 18 years as senior editor.

From 1979 to 1991, Mr. Sobran was a regular commentator on CBS Radio’s “Spectrum” series. Starting in 1979, his columns were syndicated by the Los Angeles Times Syndicate and later with Universal Press Syndicate and Griffin Internet Syndicate.

For 20 years, he wrote the weekly column “Washington Watch” for The Wanderer, a weekly Catholic newspaper. He has also written for numerous other publications over the years including Human Life Review, Celebrate Life! and Chronicles magazine, for which he writes a quarterly essay.

Mr. Sobran is the author of three books. Single Issues: Essays on the Crucial Social Questions was published by The Human Life Press (New York, 1983) and is now available as a data CD. His book on the Shakespeare authorship question, titled Alias Shakespeare: Solving the Greatest Literary Mystery of All Time, was released in May 1997 by the Free Press.

Hustler: The Clinton Legacy, a collection of essays selected and edited by Tom McPherren (with a foreword by Ann Coulter) was published in 2000 by Griffin Communications; and republished by FGF Books, the publishing imprint of the Fitzgerald Griffin Foundation, in 2016. Joseph Sobran: The National Review Years was published by FGF Books in 2012. Subtracting Christianity: Essays on American Culture and Society, a collection of 117 Sobran essays was published by FGF Books in 2015.

From 1994 to 2007, he was editor of SOBRAN’S: The Real News of the Month. a monthly newsletter of his essays and columns.

Joe Sobran died on September 30, 2010. Praised by Patrick Buchanan and many others as "the finest columnist of our generation" — his eloquent writing style is still enjoyed today. See some of the obituaries for him, below.

The copyrights for all of Mr. Sobran's columns and articles are owned by the Fitzgerald Griffin Foundation.

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