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 talks about the fall of meritocracy.
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Commentator David Bouchier offers some thoughts on the ambiguous pleasures of getting older.
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Commentator David Bouchier recalls the manners and morals of another age.
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Commentator David Bouchier foresees the next stage for romantic lovers on Valentine’s Day.
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Commentator David Bouchier wonders why he is living in a place more suitable for penguins.
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Commentator David Bouchier looks at a forgotten revolution, happening now.
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Commentator David Bouchier fears that reading a newspaper has become a form of deviance.
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Commentator David Bouchier wonders if we will ever understand the history of the recent past.
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Commentator David Bouchier looks towards the future and recommends nostalgia for the past.
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Commentator David Bouchier looks ahead to 2026 and sees nothing clearly.