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James Kirchick is a journalist and foreign correspondent currently based in Washington. He has reported from Southern and North Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, Eastern Europe and the Caucuses. He is a fellow with the Foreign Policy Initiative in Washington, D.C.

For over three years, Kirchick worked at The New Republic, where he covered domestic politics, lobbying, intelligence, American foreign policy, and broke the story of Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul’s inflammatory news…

James Kirchick’s Journalist Portfolio

The Rise and Fall of Chris Hughes and Sean Eldridge, America's Worst Gay Power Couple

The Rise and Fall of Chris Hughes and Sean Eldridge, America's Worst Gay Power Couple

Just three years ago, Chris Hughes and Sean Eldridge were the toast of the liberal establishment. The Faceboo…

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Gastbeitrag James Kirchick: Die Opfer des Kommunismus verdienen ein Denkmal

Gastbeitrag James Kirchick: Die Opfer des Kommunismus verdienen ein Denkmal

© dpa Idol des linken Mythos: Ernesto „Che" Guevara auf einem T-Shirt: Warum vergessen die Menschen, dass der…

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What Happened to the Berlin Wall?

What Happened to the Berlin Wall?

On May 5, 1987, Hans Bornträger wrote an audacious letter to Erich Honecker, the dour leader of East Germany'…

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See the Met's 'Klinghoffer,' Then Judge It

See the Met's 'Klinghoffer,' Then Judge It

I don't understand what all the meshugas is about. "Who could have imagined/Such a business/Such a meshugas?"…

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Frank Kameny was fired for being gay. What he did next changed America.

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By James Kirchick 
| fire.org
This year, the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary. To commemorate the occasion, FIRE is proud to present the limited series “Figures of Speech,” looking at the heroes and villains of free speech in American history. We began with Joseph McCarthy, the senator whoscared America silent. Then we looked at Thomas Paine, American history’s winter soldier. Now we turn Frank Kameny, one of the great leaders of the early gay rights movement.
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The performative hypocrisy of the pro-Palestine mob

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By James Kirchick 
| The Spectator Australia
You haven’t really made it in life until you’ve addressed the Oxford Union. That’s how I feel upon reading the flattering invitation to debate the proposition, ‘This House Believes Modern Youth Activism is Primarily Performative’, which tells me that I am ‘a sharp and independent voice’ with ‘a historically informed perspective’ who challenges ‘orthodoxies across the ideological spectrum’.
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Barney Frank’s Second Coming Out

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By James Kirchick 
| The Atlantic
Barney Frank might not draw a connection between his coming out as gay nearly four decades ago and his coming out against left-wing dogmatism in the Democratic Party today. But the parallel is unmistakable: The 86-year-old former Democratic congressman from Massachusetts is shining a light on a sensitive subject that many people wish he would keep quiet about.
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