Born in Los Angeles, and raised in Paris, London, and Ireland, her essays and interviews have appeared in Vogue, Vanity Fair, the New Yorker, Traveler, Travel + Leisure, the Los Angeles Times Book Review. The author of two novels, "The Only Place To Be" and "Daughter of The Swan," she is currently Television critic for Vogue.

Blog Entries by Joan Juliet Buck

What Did Judy Reveal?

Posted September 30, 2005 | 11:58 PM (EST)


Here is the piece of the puzzle that eludes me. Whatever Judith Miller wrote about Valerie Plame, it was never published. Until a piece is finished and printed, it has no public existence. How can anyone be accused of revealing information in article that was never published? How can you...

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Simple Actions That Can Change the World

Posted August 11, 2005 | 08:29 PM (EST)


There are simple actions that can change the world. In Tiananmen square on June 4, 1989, as the tanks rolled in the quell the protests that had united students and workers, everyone scattered. Except one man who came out of the crowd and stood, calmly in front of the tanks....

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Talk Radio's End-of-Auction Shipwreck Voices

Posted July 22, 2005 | 11:08 AM (EST)


I'm trying to listen to Air America, 1400 on the AM Dial as I drive through Northern New Mexico looking for plastic tabs to correct mistakes on a typewriter. During the run up to the election, I listened to the barking pundits of the right on 770 KKOB, optimistically assuming...

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