Bill Thompson

Bill Thompson is a writer and editor based in Charleston, South Carolina. He is the author of As Luck Would Have It: A Journalist’s Memoir (2024).

Articles

Game Theory Gone Bonkers
Bill Thompson considers the new spy farce by Fred Kaplan, the national security writer for “Slate.”
Bill ThompsonFeb 21
- Fiction
- Politics
They Haven’t Kept Austin Weird
Bill Thompson reviews Alex Hannaford’s “Lost in Austin: The Evolution of an American City.”
Bill ThompsonOct 1, 2024
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Studies
The All-Too-Human Flesh of It
A look at the South’s racial bias is not completely free of bias itself, says Bill Thompson, reviewing Pete Candler’s “A Deeper South.”
Bill ThompsonJul 26, 2024
Same Old Song and Dance: On Robert Kagan’s “Rebellion”
Who is to blame for Trump? Bill Thompson reviews Robert Kagan’s “Rebellion: How Antiliberalism Is Tearing America Apart—Again.”
Bill ThompsonJun 14, 2024
- Politics
Life and Form: On Phillip Lopate’s “A Year and a Day”
Bill Thompson reviews Phillip Lopate’s “A Year and a Day: An Experiment in Essays.”
Bill ThompsonFeb 24, 2024
- Memoir & Essay
An American Tragicomedy: On Andy Borowitz’s “Profiles in Ignorance”
Bill Thompson looks at “Profiles in Ignorance: How America’s Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber” by Andy Borowitz.
Bill ThompsonFeb 16, 2023
- Politics
Can We Talk?: On Taylor Dotson’s “The Divide: How Fanatical Certitude Is Destroying Democracy”
Why can’t we get anything done around here? Because the conversation is too small.
Bill ThompsonDec 24, 2021
- Politics
You’re Tearing Me Apart: On William L. Barney’s “Rebels in the Making: The Secession Crisis and the Birth of the Confederacy”
Bill Thompson reviews “Rebels in the Making,” the new Civil War history by William L. Barney.
Bill ThompsonNov 4, 2020
- History
- Politics