Well, Bush has found his man. James Glassman will be taking over the George W. Bush Institute at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. The former American Enterprise Institute scholar will be charged with developing the institute into something that can “promote policies and programs rooted in the core ideals of freedom, opportunity, responsibility and compassion.”
Mr. Glassman served “as chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors and later undersecretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs” in the Bush administration. In the latter position, he followed Karen Hughes’s disastrous term.
If you want to know why supposedly liberal or objective Washington news outlets seem hopelessly tilted to the right, look no further than Glassman’s résumé.
Executive editor of Washingtonian magazine (1979-81).
Publisher of The New Republic (1981-84).
President of The Atlantic Monthly as well as executive vice-president of U.S. News & World Report (1984-1986).
Part-owner and editor of Roll Call, later sold to The Economist (1987-1993).
Started television career as moderator of CNN’s Capital Gang Sunday (1995-98).
Wrote a syndicated column in the Washington Post business section (1993-99, 2001-04).
Lately, he’s been writing columns for Townhall. At least his new job will get him out of Washington where his influence has been nothing but detrimental to the national discourse.
