William Safire

William L. Safire (born December 17, 1929) is an author, semi-retired columnist, and former journalist and presidential speechwriter. He is perhaps best known as a long-time syndicated political columnist for The New York Times and a regular contributor to "On Language" in the New York Times Magazine, a column on grammar, etymology, new or unusual usages, and other language-related topics.

External links

• Columnist Biography, William Safire, from the New York Times
• Archive of political columns (subscription required) from the New York Times
• William Safire: A Conversation (Flash required) from the New York Times
• William Safire Papers, kept at Syracuse University
• William Safire Retires Times Op-Ed Column, a January 2005 story from NPR
• Safire to Retire from 'NYT' Op-Ed Column, a November 2004 article from Editor & Publisher
• William Safire to End Op-Ed Run at N.Y. Times, a November 2004 article from The Washington Post
• Clinton's reaction after Safire calls his wife a liar, from the National Archives and Records Administration
• In Event of Moon Disaster, a presidential speech Safire wrote (but Nixon never delivered), from The Smoking Gun
• Introduction to Beyond Therapy written by Safire, from the website of the Dana Foundation