Ehrenhalt, Alan "The Misguided Zeal of the Privacy Lobby"

Alan Ehrenhalt received a B.A. from Brandeis University and an M.S. in Journalism from Columbia University. In 1977-78, he was a Nieman fellow at Harvard University. He is the executive editor of Governing Magazine, a monthly publication serving state and local government workers. Ehrenhalt is the author of three books on politics and democracy: The Lost City, Democracy in the Mirror, and The United States of Ambition. He has also created and edited the first four editions of Politics in America, a biennial reference book profiling all 535 members of congress and their districts. He is a member of the board of contributions of USA Today and a regular contributor to the New York Times Book Review and op-ed page, the Washington Post World, and The New Republic.

Book Review: The Lost City

From the site: “Can individuals have too much freedom? Can markets serve up too many choices for consumers? Do we need more “authority” in the America of the '90s? In The Lost City, Alan Ehrenhalt answers these questions affirmatively; he blames our '60s-era rejection of authority and enshrinement of personal choice as the most important of life's values for the lost sense of community that today makes our cities nightmarish and our suburbs sterile.”

The American Enterprise online

The article, “What one thing could we do right now to improve the livability of our cities, towns, and suburbs,” presents a report on some “practical community fixing reforms” offered by a group of developers, scholars, planners, and journalists. The report includes Alan Ehrenhalt’s “Put Places First” that promotes the notion of neighborhood schools as “an engine of community revival.”

‘Big Brother’ grows more bothersome with each new rule

The “Letters to the Editor” in the Seattle Post Intelligence includes critical responses to Alan Ehrenhalt’s views about privacy in America is overrated.

The Misguided Zeal of the Privacy Lobby