Robert James Bidinotto
Senior Writer and Speaker, Editor, The New Individualist:2005-2008
Robert Bidinotto is an award-winning writer and lecturer who specializes in cultural and political issues from an Objectivist perspective. His investigative articles on crime and environmental topics have appeared in Reader's Digest and other journals. He is editor of Criminal Justice? The Legal System Versus Individual Responsibility, plus many articles and reviews. His work has been honored by the Free Press Association, the American Society of Magazine Editors, as well as crime victim organizations.
A nationally-recognized expert on crime, Mr. Bidinotto is perhaps best known for his article "Getting Away With Murder" in the July 1988 Reader's Digest. That investigative piece stirred a national controversy about crime and prison furlough programs during the 1988 presidential election campaign, and helped make convicted killer Willie Horton a household name. Bidinotto's many writings on environmental issues include investigative articles for Reader's Digest on global warming and the 1989 Alar scare. His Alar article was singled out for editorial praise by Barron's business weekly, and by Priorities, the journal of the American Council on Science and Health. His many articles, essays, columns, book and film reviews have appeared in Success, The Boston Herald, The Freeman, The American Spectator, City Journal, Reason, and many others. He is a popular lecturer, and has appeared as a guest on many radio and television talk shows, including "The Rush Limbaugh Show," "Geraldo," CBS radio's "Crosstalk," CNN's "Sonya Live," The Bob Grant Show," and CNBC's "Rivera Live."