Jonathan V. Last

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Jonathan V. Last is a contributing writer at The Weekly Standard and has a weekly editorial column in The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Last has written for The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, The New York Post, Salon.com, Slate, The Washington Times, The New York Press, and other publications. He has appeared on CNN, Sky News, and the Fox News Channel.^[1]

He is one of three writers at the Galley Slaves blog, with fellow Weekly Standard staffers Victorino Matus and David Skinner.

He grew up on Moorestown,^[2] New Jersey and lives in Alexandria, Virginia.^[1]

As a youth, he was an avid comic book collector ^[3]. He still frequently writes about comic books, most notably a eulogy for the death of Marvel Comics's Captain America.^[4]

[edit] Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} [1] "Jonathan V. Last: Opinion Editor" Web page at The Weekly Standard Web site, accessed December 3, 2006
2. ^ [2] "Because I grew up in [...] Moorestown, New Jersey" Last, Jonathan V., Galley Slaves blog, July 5, 2005, accessed December 14, 2006
3. ^ [3]"Nonetheless, I was into comics pretty deep, with a couple thousand issues safeguarded in little plastic bags with acid-free cardboard backing. The last vestige of my collecting days is a clock made from the cover of Teen Titans #36, which hangs in my office.", Last, Jonathan V., Weekly Standard, May 31, 2004, accessed March 15, 2007
4. ^ [4] "Captain America: RIP at Wall Street Journal March 13, 2007, accessed March 15, 2007

[edit] External links

• [5] The Weekly Standard Web site
• [6] Galley Slaves blog
• [7] "Comic Relief," The Weekly Standard, May 31, 2004
• [8] "Captain America: RIP," The Wall Street Journal, March 13, 2007

[edit] Articles

• "Razing New Jersey", The Weekly Standard February 13, 2006.
• "The CBS Whitewash", The Weekly Standard January 24, 2005.
• "First in Her Class", The Weekly Standard July 7, 2003.
• "The Case for the Empire", The Daily Standard May 16, 2002.