SENIOR EDITOR
Jason Zengerle
Jason Zengerle is a senior editor at The New Republic. He graduated from
Swarthmore College in 1996 and joined the magazine in 1997. His work has also appeared in GQ, New York, The New York Times Magazine, and other publications. He lives with his wife and son in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.
Post date 07 02, 07
On a sunny Saturday in New Hampshire not long ago, Dennis Kucinich laid out for me the path that would lead him to the presidency. "I think what will happen," he explained, "is that the tremendous demand for integrity and authenticity is going to cause my candidacy to emerge powerfully in the closing weeks of the primary campaign to change it all." The two of us were sitting in the back seat of an SUV driven by an aide, shuttling between campaign events. Small in stature but loud in voice, Kucinich held forth on any number of matters related to his presidential bid, from his opposition to the ongoing war in Iraq to his opposition to a future war in Iran. But the issue that got him most energized was the very fact of the bid itself. "As there's increased awareness that my candidacy represents a real departure from business as usual, that I'm the only authentic peace candidate, that I'm the only one who has real consistency and integrity--" Kucinich paused, seeming to have lost his train of thought. Then, as if he had suddenly retrieved it, he blurted out, "You know, I expect to be the next president of the United States!" |
Post date 09 10, 07
If someone ever publishes a how-to guide for journalists covering the New Hampshire presidential primary, it will likely include the following pieces of advice. First, skip the overrated Wayfarer Inn and stay at the Manchester Radisson. Second, always try to rent a vehicle with four-wheel drive. And, lastly, when visiting Bill Gardner to ask him a few questions about the primary, never park your car in one of the two-hour-metered spaces on Concord's Main Street. If you do, you're sure to get a ticket--because, when it comes to talking about New Hampshire's role in presidential elections, Gardner seldom finds himself at a loss for words. |
Post date 08 27, 07
The ministry is a calling, but it is also a career, and, in 1987, a Baptist minister named Wilbur Ellsworth was given the career opportunity of a lifetime. After nearly two decades of pastoring modest congregations in California and Ohio, Ellsworth, at the age of 43, was called to lead the First Baptist Church of Wheaton, Illinois--one of the most prominent evangelical churches in what was then the most prominent evangelical city in the world. Often called the "Evangelical Vatican," the leafy Chicago suburb is home to Wheaton College--the prestigious evangelical college whose most famous graduate is Billy Graham--and a host of influential evangelical figures, a number of whom worshipped at First Baptist. "I was now preaching to these people every Sunday," Ellsworth recalls. "It was all sort of heady and exciting." |
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