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 feels that his resumé shows a failure of imagination. -
Commentator David Bouchier finds cause for reflection in a book about magic.
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Commentator David Bouchier suggests that a good old-fashioned long read can help us through the winter.
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Commentator David Bouchier looks forward to the future and recommends nostalgia for the past.
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Commentator David Bouchier explains why today is special, and why there should be more days like it.
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Commentator David Bouchier suggests reasons to celebrate the coming winter solstice.
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Commentator David Bouchier suggests that the decline of table manners may mean the end of civilization.
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Commentator David Bouchier proposes that there may be more than one reason for giving.
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Commentator David Bouchier suggests we would all be better off without Twitter.
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Commentator David Bouchier looks forward to the family stories that will be told all over again at Thanksgiving.
