Joseph Sobran’s popular column has been nationally syndicated for over a decade. His columns are noted for their Menckenish wit, their passion, and their devotion to individual liberty.

He is editor of “Sobran’s,” a monthly collection of his columns and other writings.

Sobran was born in Michigan in 1946. He graduated from Ypsilanti High in 1964 and entered Eastern Michigan University on a four-year tuition scholarship He received his B.A. in English from Eastern Michigan University and did graduate studies in English specializing in Shakespeare. During and after his college years, Sobran worked as a factory timekeeper, as a teaching fellow in the English department of Eastern Michigan University, and as a child-care worker in the state mental hospital located in Ypsilanti.

While he was working at the hospital, a former professor introduced him to William F. Buckley Jr. The professor also showed Buckley Sobran's writings. The following summer, Sobran was invited to join the staff of Buckley's National Review, beginning what would be a 21-year stint, including 18 years as Senior Editor.

From 1979-91, Sobran was a regular commentator on CBS Radio's "Spectrum" series. He has been a nationally-syndicated columnist since 1979, first with the Los Angeles Times Syndicate and now with the Universal Press Syndicate, for which he writes two columns per week. He also writes the weekly column, "Washington Watch" for The Wanderer, a weekly Catholic newspaper, and he has previously written for The Human Life Review, Harper's, The Rothbard-Rockwell Review, and The American Spectator

Sobran is the author of the book, Single Issues: Essays on the Crucial Social Questions, published by The Human Life Press (New York, 1983). His book on the Shakespeare authorship question, titled Alias Shakespeare, was released in May, 1997 by the Free Press. He is currently writing a book on the abandonment of the Constitution.

In 1994, he founded SOBRAN'S, a monthly newsletter of his essays and columns.

He currently lives and works in Arlington, Virginia, where he shares his home with his four children.

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Praise for Joseph 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, CATO Institute "Joe Sobran is a national treasure." --Llewellyn Rockwell, Jr.

Quotable

“In the current political vocabulary, ‘need’ means wanting to get someone else’s money. ‘Greed,’ which used to mean what ‘need’ now means, has come to mean wanting to keep your own. ‘Compassion’ means the politician’s willingness to facilitate the transfer.”

-- from the Mises Institute anthology “The Economics of Liberty.”

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