Paul Glastris

Paul Glastris is the editor in chief of the .

From September 1998 to January, 2001, he was special assistant and senior speechwriter to President . He wrote over 200 speeches for the president, on subjects ranging from education to health care to the budget. He co-wrote the president's address to the Democratic convention in in August 2000, and contributed to his 1999 and 2000 addresses. In November 1999, Glastris traveled with Clinton to and and wrote the president's landmark address to the Greek people. Glastris was co-creator of the president's "DC Reads this Summer" program, which has put over 1,000 federal employees as volunteer reading tutors in Washington, D.C., public schools. He also promoted several administration policy initiatives, including a new food stamp rule that allows the working poor to own cars.

Before joining the White House, Glastris spent 10 years as a correspondent and editor at U.S. News & World Report. There, he conceived of and edited two end-of-the-year issues consisting of "solution-oriented" journalism in 1997 and 1998. As Bureau Chief in , (1995-1996), he covered the former Yugoslavia during the final months of the and wrote stories from Germany, Russia, Greece, and Turkey. Prior to that, he covered the Midwest from the magazine's bureau during two presidential campaigns, the floods of 1993, and the rise of the Militia. He produced profiles of Midwest mayors, governors and other personalities, from Jesse Jackson to then-presidential candidate Bill Clinton. From 1985 to 1986, Glastris was an editor of the Washington Monthly.

Glastris has written for the New York Times, the Washington Post, The New Republic, Slate and other publications. He has been a guest on the Colbert Report, NPR’s Talk of the Nation and the Diane Rehm Show, and is a frequent commentator for the BBC.

He holds a bachelor's degree in history and a masters in radio, TV, and film from . He is married to Kukula Kapoor Glastris, books editor of the Washington Monthly. They live in Bethesda, Md., with their two children, Hope and Adam.

He can be reached by email at [email protected] or by phone at (202) 213-6449.

Washington Monthly articles by Paul Glastris:

Got Issues? Aug/Sept/Oct 2008 http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2008/0808.ednote.html

Service Interruption May/June/July 2008 http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2008/0805.ednote.html

Policy is the Best Honesty April 2008 http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2008/0804.ednote.html

A Perfect Storm for Political Reform Jan/Feb/Mar 2008 http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2008/0801.ednote.html

The Politics of Resentment December 2007 http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2007/0712.ednote.html

An Equal and Opposite Overreaction Nov 2007 http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2007/0711.ednote.html

Groundhog Day October 2007 http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2007/0710.ednote.html