Bill Thompson

Bill Thompson is the author of As Luck Would Have It: A Journalist’s Memoir (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
- 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
- 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

Same Old Song and Dance: On Robert Kagan’s “Rebellion”