John H. Fund (born April 8, 1957) is an American

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. He is currently the national-affairs reporter for National Review Online and a senior editor at '' The American Spectator''.

Life and career

Fund was born in

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. He attended

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where he studied Journalism and Economics. He worked for ''

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'' for more than two decades, starting in 1984, and was a member of the Journal's editorial board from 1995 to 2001. He wrote a column named "On the Trail" for the Journal's opinion page from 2000 to 2011, and also contributed to the Journal's newsletter, ''Political Diary''. Fund has also written for ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

National Review ''National Review'' is an American conservative editorial magazine, focusing on news and commentary pieces on political, social, and cultural affairs. The magazine was founded by William F. Buckley Jr. in 1955. Its editor-in-chief is Rich L ...

''. Fund cowrote a 1992 book, ''Cleaning House: America's Campaign for Term Limits'' () with James Coyne. He also collaborated with

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on another 1992 book, ''The Way Things Ought to Be'' (), transcribing it from tape and editing it. In 2004, Fund wrote ''Stealing Elections: How Voter Fraud Threatens Our Democracy'' (), in which he strongly criticizes the American election system, describing it as "befitting an emerging Third World country rather than the world's leading democracy." He published an updated edition of the book in 2008 (). In 2012, Fund and Hans von Spakovsky wrote ''Who's Counting?: How Fraudsters and Bureaucrats Put Your Vote at Risk'' (), which argues voter fraud is a significant issue in U.S. elections.

Bibliography

* John Fund and Hans von Spakovsky, ''Obama's Enforcer: Eric Holder's Justice Department'' (Broadside Books, June 10, 2014 ) * Fund and Hans von Spakovsky, ''Who's Counting?: How Fraudsters and Bureaucrats Put Your Vote at Risk'' (Encounter Books, 2012, ) * ''Stealing Elections: How Voter Fraud Threatens Our Democracy'' (Encounter Books, 2004, ; second, updated edition 2008, ) * ''Cleaning House: America's Campaign for Term Limits'' (Regnery Gateway, 1992, )

References

External links

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"Leave it to Deaver"
Fund writes about meeting Michael Deaver and

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while in high school. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fund, John 1957 births Living people American columnists The Wall Street Journal people Writers from Tucson, Arizona National Review people American political writers American male non-fiction writers The American Spectator people California State University, Sacramento alumni