David Bouchier
CommentatorDavid began as a print journalist in London and taught at a British university for almost 20 years. After coming to the United States in 1986 he continued to teach and to publish a regular humor column in The New York Times regional edition. He joined WSHU as a weekly commentator in 1992, becoming host of Sunday Matinee in 1996. His most recent books are a collection of stories about life in a French village called Not Quite a Stranger, an essay collection Out of Thin Air, a memoir, An Unexpected Life (2018), political essays Dark Matters (2019) and Journal of the Eightieth Year (2020). He lives in Stony Brook, New York, with his wife who is a professor emeritus at Stony Brook University.
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Commentator David Bouchier wonders what stories will be told around the Thanksgiving table this year.
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Commentator David Bouchier speculates on what may be our last and most regrettable technological improvement.
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Commentator David Bouchier finds a mixed message in the Veterans Day celebration tomorrow.
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Commentator David Bouchier would like to give grades to political candidates before they are elected.
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Commentator David Bouchier wonders what lies behind our fascination with Halloween.
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Commentator David Bouchier suggests that some rules for political debate from the sixteenth century might be useful today.
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Commentator David Bouchier finds something to admire about explorers like Columbus.
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Commentator David Bouchier discovers some not very interesting ancestors.
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Commentator David Bouchier is not looking forward to winter.
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Commentator David Bouchier remembers the amazing summer of 1967.