John Joseph Miller (born 1970) is an American author, journalist and educator. He is the director of the journalism program at

Hillsdale College Hillsdale College is a Private university, private Conservatism in the United States, conservative Christian liberal arts college in Hillsdale, Michigan. It was founded in 1844 by Abolitionism, abolitionists known as Free Will Baptists. Its missio ...

. He also writes for ''

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 the author William F. Buckley Jr. in 1955. Its editor-in-chief i ...

'', for which he was previously the national political reporter, ''

The Wall Street Journal ''The Wall Street Journal'' is an American business-focused, international daily newspaper based in New York City, with international editions also available in Chinese and Japanese. The ''Journal'', along with its Asian editions, is published ...

'', and other publications. He founded ''

The College Fix ''The College Fix'' is an American conservative news website focused on higher education. It was created in 2011 by journalist John J. Miller and is published by the non-profit Student Free Press Association (SFPA). The site features "right-minde ...

'', a conservative higher education watchdog.

Early life

Born in

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, Miller was raised in both

Michigan Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the ...

and

Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...

. He graduated from

J. P. Taravella High School J. P. Taravella High School is a secondary school located in Coral Springs, Florida which teaches grades 9–12. The school is a part of the Broward County Public Schools district. The school was named after Joseph Phillip Taravella (1919–1978), ...

in 1988. Miller then attended the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

, where he was the editor-in-chief of the conservative student newspaper, ''

The Michigan Review ''The Michigan Review'' is a news publication in Ann Arbor, Michigan. ''The Review,'' published biweekly, is funded primarily by grants from the conservative/libertarian Collegiate Network, donations, and by advertising revenue. ''The Review' ...

''.

Career

His first job was at ''

The New Republic ''The New Republic'' is an American magazine of commentary on politics, contemporary culture, and the arts. Founded in 1914 by several leaders of the progressive movement, it attempted to find a balance between "a liberalism centered in hum ...

'', in

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. After that, he worked for the

Center for Equal Opportunity The Center for Equal Opportunity (CEO) is an American conservative think tank, whose mission is to study, develop, and disseminate ideas that promote colorblind equal opportunity and non discrimination in America. CEO focuses on four policy a ...

as well as at the

Heritage Foundation The Heritage Foundation (abbreviated to Heritage) is an American conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C. that is primarily geared toward public policy. The foundation took a leading role in the conservative movement during the presiden ...

, as a Bradley Fellow. He sometimes wrote for ''

Reason Reason is the capacity of consciously applying logic by drawing conclusions from new or existing information, with the aim of seeking the truth. It is closely associated with such characteristically human activities as philosophy, science, ...

'' and became a contributing editor there. He joined ''National Review'' in 1998, and continues to contribute to ''

National Review Online ''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 the author William F. Buckley Jr. in 1955. Its editor-in-chief i ...

''. Miller founded ''

'', a right-leaning conservative website funded by the Student Free Press Association. In 2009 Miller self published the historical thriller novel ''The First Assassin.'' In 2011

HarperCollins HarperCollins Publishers LLC is one of the Big Five English-language publishing companies, alongside Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, Hachette, and Macmillan. The company is headquartered in New York City and is a subsidiary of News Cor ...

published Miller's ''The Big Scrum,'' a book detailing safety reforms to

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

led by President

Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Jr. ( ; October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), often referred to as Teddy or by his initials, T. R., was an American politician, statesman, soldier, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26t ...

Works

*''The Unmaking Of Americans: How Multiculturalism has Undermined the Assimilation Ethic'' (1998, ) *''Our Oldest Enemy: A History of America's Disastrous Relationship with France'' (co-authored with Mark Molesky, 2004, ) *''A Gift of Freedom: How the

John M. Olin Foundation The John M. Olin Foundation was a conservative American grant-making foundation established in 1953 by John M. Olin, president of the Olin Industries chemical and munitions manufacturing businesses. Unlike most other foundations, it was charge ...

Changed America'' (2005, ) *''The First Assassin: A Novel'' (2009, ) *''The Big Scrum: How Teddy Roosevelt Saved Football'' (2011, )

References

External links

Miller's official websiteAuthor Archive
at ''National Review Online''

at ''

''
1998 Bio
(and lecture based on ''The Unmaking of Americans'', available in

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format) at the

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*
"The Stalinist and the Stamp" Why is the Postal Service honoring a commie?"
by Miller, ''

'', 6 July 2001
"The Writing Life"
Miller explains how he came to be a writer 1970 births Living people American male journalists American magazine editors The Heritage Foundation National Review people J. P. Taravella High School alumni University of Michigan alumni Writers from Detroit People from Coral Springs, Florida 21st-century American journalists {{US-journalist-1970s-stub