- Jack Cashill
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name = Jack Cashill
birthdate = Birth date and age|1947|12|15|mf=y
birthplace = Newark, New Jersey
occupation = Novelist, Journalist and Executive Editor
subject = American Issues
website = http://www.cashill.comJack Cashill (born
December 15 ,1947 ) is a regional Mid-America Emmy Award-winning [http://blogs.kansascity.com/tvbarn/1997/09/court_agrees_wi.html] American author and journalist best known for his investigative reporting on American government and politics. Cashill is a weekly contributor to the socially conservative news and opinion website "WorldNetDaily ", and executive editor of "Ingram's Magazine " inKansas City, Missouri . Jack has co-written with James Sanders the exposé "First Strike: TWA Flight 800 and the Attack on America" on the mysterious crash ofTWA Flight 800 in July 1996.Cashill was born and raised in
Newark, New Jersey to William and Frances Cashill. He graduated from Regis High School in New York City andSiena College in Loudonville, NY. Cashill received his Ph.D. in American Studies fromPurdue University in 1982.Jack has written at least seven books including "Ron Brown's Body: How One Man's Death Saved the Clinton Presidency and Hillary's Future ", "2006: The Chautauqua Rising", "Hoodwinked: How Intellectual Hucksters Have Hijacked American Culture", and "Sucker Punch: The Left Hook that Dazed Ali and Killed King's Dream". He has also written and produced several documentaries, such as "Silenced: TWA Flight 800", "Mega Fix" and the Emmy Award-winning "The Royal Years".
He has written for "Fortune", "
The Washington Post ", "The Wall Street Journal ", and "The Weekly Standard ".Jack hosted a daily talk radio show for
KMBZ , the leading Kansas City AM station, for four years. He has taught media and literature at Purdue and at other universities in the Kansas City area. He served as a Fulbright professor inNancy , France.His newest book, "What's The Matter With California?" a reference to
Thomas Frank 'sWhat's the Matter with Kansas? was released on October 2, 2007. Jack is currently doing numerous radio shows and can be seen on CSPAN's Book TV.Bibliography
* "
Snake Handling in Mid-America " -- Westport Pubns -- 1991
* "2006: The Chautauqua Rising" -- Olin Frederick -- 2000
* "First Strike: TWA Flight 800 and the Attack on America" -- WND Books -- 2003
* "" -- Nelson Current -- 2004
* "" -- Nelson Current -- 2005
* "" -- Nelson Current -- 2006
* "" -- Threshold Editions -- 2007
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