Nat Hentoff

Nat Hentoff

Senior Fellow, Cato Institute

Nathan Irving "Nat" Hentoff (born June 10, 1925) is an American historian, novelist, jazz and country music critic, and syndicated columnist for United Media and writes regularly on jazz and country music for The Wall Street Journal.<br /> <br /> Hentoff was formerly a columnist for Down Beat, The Village Voice, JazzTimes, Legal Times, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, The Progressive, Editor &amp; Publisher and Free Inquiry. He was a staff writer for The New Yorker, and his writing has also been published in The New York Times, Jewish World Review, The Atlantic, The New Republic and Commonweal.<br /> <br /> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_Hentoff">Wikipedia.org</a>)