# William Safire
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William Lewis Safire (; né Safir; December 17, 1929 – September 27, 2009) was an American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He was a long-time syndicated political columnist for The New York Times and wrote the "On Language" column in The New York Times Magazine about popular etymology, new or unusual usages, and other language-related topics.
== Early life and education ==
Safire was born William Lewis Safir in New York City, the son of Ida (née Panish) and Oliver Craus Safir.
Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Number One Record Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Mike Pesca, Jody Rosen, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discus the death of Big Star front man Alex Chilton, music criticism is it worthless and replacing William Safire at The New York Times.
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Watch Out for Fireballs! 31: Arcades
Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross grab the sticks and get to the bottom of why arcades are the best.
This episode is in the same vein as Episode 30. Recorded in person, both in-studio and in the field, Gary and Kole talk about arcade experiences in their entirety… from their smoky childhoods to their …
Culture Gabfest - Slate: The Culture Gabfest, Number One Record Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Mike Pesca, Jody Rosen, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discus the death of Big Star front man Alex Chilton, music criticism is it worthless and replacing William Safire at The New York Times.
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Watch Out for Fireballs! 31: Arcades
Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross grab the sticks and get to the bottom of why arcades are the best.
This episode is in the same vein as Episode 30. Recorded in person, both in-studio and in the field, Gary and Kole talk about arcade experiences in their entirety… from their smoky childhoods to their …
DH Ep:64 "In Event of Moon Disaster"
In July of 1969, while the world watched Apollo 11 head for the Moon, a speech sat folded in a White House desk drawer. Written by Nixon speechwriter William Safire, the memo titled "In Event of Moon Disaster" was a contingency address prepared for the very real possibility that Neil Armstrong and …
In event of moon disaster: 'The speech that never was'
“Fate has ordained that the men who went to the moon to explore in peace will stay on the moon to rest in peace.”These are the opening lines of the 'In Event of Moon Disaster' speech, written in 1969 in case the moon landing astronauts did not make it home.They were composed by President Richard Ni…
The National Review’s Defense of Todd Blanche Is So Bad It's Confusing
VR35 - In this episode released on the 54th anniversary of the Watergate break-in, the Vapid Response team raids the archives of the New York Times to retrieve one of the single worst (and worst-timed!) contemporary takes on the scandal which would end Richard Nixon’s Presidency. We then return to …
The News You're Not Getting: Howard Polskin, TheRighting
Duration: 50:38 | Recorded on June 17, 2026
S3E22 – What does it take to spend nearly a decade reading the news your side doesn't want to read? Howard Polskin has been doing exactly that since 2017. In this episode, Kent and Kyle interview Howard Polskin, the founder and editor of TheRighting, a ne…
Richard Nixon's elusive totality, with Lee Huebner
In February 1963, Lee Huebner, a first-year graduate student at Harvard University, attended a meeting of a new moderate Republican group called the Ripon Society. Six years later, after having served as the Ripon Society’s national president, he was in the White House as a speechwriter for newly e…
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