Jack Cashill
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| Born | December 15, 1947 Newark, New Jersey |
| Occupation | Novelist, Journalist and Executive Editor |
| Subjects | American Issues |
Jack Cashill (born December 15, 1947) is an Emmy Award-winning American author and journalist best known for his investigative reporting on American government and politics. Cashill is a weekly contributor to the online journal WorldNetDaily, and executive editor of Ingram's Magazine in Kansas City, Missouri. Jack has co-written with James Sanders the groundbreaking exposé First Strike: TWA Flight 800 and the Attack on America on the mysterious crash of TWA Flight 800 in July 1996.
Cashill was born and raised in Newark, New Jersey to William and Frances Cashill. He graduated from Regis High School in New York City and Siena College in Loudonville, NY. Cashill received his Ph.D. in American Studies from Purdue University in 1982.
Jack has written at least seven books including Ron Brown's Body: How One Man's Death Saved the Clinton Presidency and Hillary's Future , 2006: The Chautauqua Rising, Hoodwinked: How Intellectual Hucksters Have Hijacked American Culture, and Sucker Punch: The Left Hook that Dazed Ali and Killed King's Dream. He has also written and produced several documentaries, such as Silenced: TWA Flight 800, Mega Fix and the Emmy Award-winning The Royal Years.
He has written for Fortune, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and The Weekly Standard.
Jack hosted a daily talk radio show for KMBZ, the leading Kansas City AM station, for four years. He has taught media and literature at Purdue and at other universities in the Kansas City area. He served as a Fulbright professor in Nancy, France.
His newest book, What's The Matter With California? a reference to Thomas Frank's What's the Matter with Kansas? was released on October 2, 2007. Jack is currently doing numerous radio shows and can be seen on CSPAN's Book TV. His appearance schedule is posted on his website.
[edit] Bibliography
- Snake Handling in Mid-America -- Westport Pubns -- 1991
- 2006: The Chautauqua Rising -- Olin Frederick -- 2000
- First Strike: TWA Flight 800 and the Attack on America -- WND Books -- 2003
- Ron Brown's Body: How One Man's Death Saved the Clinton Presidency and Hillary's Future -- Nelson Current -- 2004
- Hoodwinked: How Intellectual Hucksters Have Hijacked American Culture -- Nelson Current -- 2005
- Sucker Punch: The Left Hook that Dazed Ali and Killed King's Dream -- Nelson Current -- 2006
- What's the Matter with California?: Cultural Rumbles from the Golden State and Why the Rest of Us Should Be Shaking -- Threshold Editions -- 2007
