Samuel Freedman
@SamuelGFreedman
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Author of nine books, former NYTimes columnist, Columbia J School professor, husband, father, Jew, UW-Madison alum, NY Giants fan
Joined September 2013
Terrific work here by @JennyVrentas. The stories of Shack Harris were a big part of my book Breaking The Line. Black Quarterbacks in the Super Bowl Reflect Progress and Lost Opportunity
nytimes.com
Black quarterbacks led both teams in Sunday’s Super Bowl. But for much of pro football history, Black players were steered away from the position because of racist assumptions.
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Heading into the Super Bowl, what a treat to talk football with Chuck Todd on his podcast. This is one very enjoyable outcome of my recent piece in the Atlantic about Tom Coughlin's very moving memoir.
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News Podcast · Updated Weekly · The Chuck ToddCast is back! If you're looking for smart, no-nonsense political conversation, you've come to the right place. The Chuck ToddCast goes beyond the...
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Never too late! At age 67, I make my debut in the Atlantic, writing about a new football memoir from the Giants coach Tom Coughlin that does the seemingly impossible: recounts his career with vulnerability and tenderness.
theatlantic.com
A new memoir by the former coach of the Giants offers a human counterbalance to the heroics and chest-thumping of the Super Bowl.
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That's some kind of way of celebrating Black History Month, by capitulating to a demagogue.
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The official course looks different from a previous draft: No more critical race theory, and the study of contemporary topics — like Black Lives Matter — is optional.
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Truth. Thank you @esaumccaulley The Kind of Revolution That Martin Luther King Jr. Envisioned
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His last Sunday sermon reminds us about the perils of not being woke.
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Hakeem Jeffries's spellbinding speech in the House last week brings to mind this precursor. #HakeemJeffries
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"Continental Drift" is the greatest American novel of the 70 years since "Invisible Man." And it's part of a stunning body of Russell Banks's work. May his memory be not just a blessing but an inspiration to all authors.
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He brought his own sometimes painful blue-collar experiences to bear in acclaimed stories exploring issues of race, class and power in American life.
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Being the lifelong @Giants fan I am, this season's resurrection brings to mind what Jim Fassell and John Fox accomplished in 1997, setting up the great 2000 and 2002 seasons. As with our prez, under-promise and over-perform!
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In taking stock of Barbara Walters, let's not forget her "expertise" at the obsequious celebrity interview and her complicity as Roy Cohn's beard. Not my idea of a journo heroine. #BarbaraWalters #journalismethics
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This one deserves an NFT card for Nuisance Litigation.
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Former President Trump sued the Pulitzer Prize board on Wednesday for defamation, arguing a statement by the group that concluded a review conducted of previous claims he’d made defamed him. …
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If you never knew the origins of "A Christmas Story," meet Jean Shepherd the author. My latest in the WaPo. https://t.co/bhDUN1DsCE
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Jean Shepherd’s tales of his Indiana boyhood inspired the movie, which smoothed out some of the rougher edges.
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So glad to see this reconsideration of one of my favorite novels. (And a great film, no matter what Puig thought.) Gratitude to the late Prof Richard Bjornson of UW-Madison (then Ohio State) for introducing me to Puig's work in 1974. https://t.co/GNBluJMbJf via @NewYorker
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The Argentinean writer Manuel Puig’s novel-in-dialogue forces the reader to be both director and detective, interpreting how the lines will be spoken and searching each sentence for clues as to what...
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As a loyal alumnus of the New York Times -- reporter 1981 to 1987, columnist 2004 to 2016 -- I won't click on the site today. News staff who cut back hours and pay to help the paper through financial distress should benefit from the bounty now. https://t.co/uc5Plgj5JC
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The work stoppage follows months of negotiations and a frustration by union workers that they have not shared the fruits of the company’s recent success.
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The Wehrmacht in action...White nationalist Nick Fuentes reportedly involved in In-N-Out food fight in Hollywood
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Nick Fuentes, a white nationalist working on Kanye West’s 2024 presidential campaign, threw a drink at an In-N-Out Burger in Hollywood, according to video.
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The ever incisive @FarrellEvans75 weighs in on the breakthrough reporting by David Maraniss and Sally Jenkins. Jerry Jones was not innocent, then or now
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“A curious thing.” This is what Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones called his participation in a protest against the desegregation of North Little Rock High School, where he was a student. In a photo...
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How late is late? Everyone needs to read the @JeffreySalkin oped from RNS. Allies Call Trump’s Dinner With Antisemites a Breaking Point
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Supporters who looked past the former president’s admirers in bigoted corners of the far right, and his own use of antisemitic tropes, now are drawing a line. “He legitimizes Jew hatred and Jew...
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Assange was Putin's asset in the manipulation of the 2016 presidential election. Not my idea of someone journalists ought to be championing. Major News Outlets Urge U.S. to Drop Its Charges Against Assange
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In a joint letter, news organizations warned that the indictment of Julian Assange “sets a dangerous precedent” that could chill reporting about matters of national security.
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Very proud to be quoted in this trenchant piece. Is It OK for Journalists To Hold Back Scoops for Books? https://t.co/mbdmaBmlmU via @NiemanReports
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A spate of Trump titles sparks debate about the ethics of withholding vital reporting for books
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Shabbat may have ended, but from a rabbi-writer, here is the d'var Torah. To those Jews who still support him https://t.co/RnST3uBAzZ via @RNS
religionnews.com
(RNS) — Dining with Kanye and a Holocaust denier should have been enough. But it was enough years ago.
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