David Bouchier
CommentatorDavid began as a print journalist in London and taught at a British university for almost 20 years. After coming to the United States in 1986 he continued to teach and to publish a regular humor column in The New York Times regional edition. He joined WSHU as a weekly commentator in 1992, becoming host of Sunday Matinee in 1996. His most recent books are a collection of stories about life in a French village called Not Quite a Stranger, an essay collection Out of Thin Air, a memoir, An Unexpected Life (2018), political essays Dark Matters (2019) and Journal of the Eightieth Year (2020). He lives in Stony Brook, New York, with his wife who is a professor emeritus at Stony Brook University.
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Commentator David Bouchier recalls a different kind of political revolution. -
Commentator David Bouchier remembers the way soccer used to be. -
Commentator David Bouchier speculates about the paradox of unity and independence. -
Commentator David Bouchier reacts gloomily to yet another report on declining literacy. -
Commentator David Bouchier thinks that money should be more beautiful. -
Commentator David Bouchier proposes a cure for summer vacation anxieties. -
Commentator David Bouchier argues that some names may change a person’s destiny. -
Commentator David Bouchier imagines a Memorial Day that reaches infinitely into the past. -
Commentator David Bouchier reflects on how hard it is to be honest in the intangible world of intellectual property. -
Commentator David Bouchier hopes that the graduates of 2026 will find a place in the new economy, or a way to escape it.
