Louis Dubose

Louis (Lou) Dubose is an American journalist. He has been the editor of the independent political periodical The Washington Spectator since 2007. Under Dubose's editorship, the Spectator has covered Washington politics and dateline stories from places around the United States ranging from Helena, Montana, to Shelby County, Alabama, to Port Arthur, Texas. Dubose has written a number of high-profile articles for the Spectator, including a June 2013 report that broke the story of the potential toxicity of consumer plastics used in baby bottles and cups[1] and an interview with a former Guantanamo inmate, Murat Kurnaz.[2]

He has been interviewed on news programs such as 60 Minutes, NOW with Bill Moyers,[3] The Rachel Maddow Show,[4] Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman,[5] Fresh Air,[6] PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton,[7] and The O'Reilly Factor.

Dubose has also been the author and co-author of several books focusing on extremism in the Republican Party, including one on former Republican Majority Leader Tom DeLay, and two on the political life and presidency of George W. Bush, among others.[8] Shrub, the Short but Happy Political Life of George W. Bush, which Dubose wrote in collaboration with the late Molly Ivins, was a New York Times best seller.[9]

  1. ^ Dubose, Louis (1 June 2013). "Silencing Science: What You May Never Know about Plastic Baby Bottles". The Washington Spectator. Archived from the original on 18 June 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
  2. ^ "Guantánamo Scorecard: 3653 Days, 779 Enemy Aliens, Six Convictions". Archived from the original on 22 March 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  3. ^ "MOYERS ON AMERICA: "Capitol Crimes"".
  4. ^ "'The Rachel Maddow Show' for Monday, October 31, 2011".
  5. ^ "The Hammer: How Tom Delay is Taking Secret Corporate Donations to Ensure Republican Control".
  6. ^ "Texas Journalist Lou Dubose on Tom DeLay".
  7. ^ "PoliticsNation, Thursday, April 25th, 2013".
  8. ^ "Lou Dubose Author Page". Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  9. ^ "Molly Ivins, Columnist, Dies at 62".