Patrick W. Gavin is the associate editorial page editor at the Washington Examiner, a 260,000+ circ. daily newspaper covering Washington, Northern Virginia, and Maryland suburbs. In addition, he is a contributing editor at FishbowlDC (www.fishbowldc.com), a blog that focuses on issues related to Washington, D.C.’s media. Previously he served as a writer and media relations officer at the Brookings Institution, a non-partisan public policy think tank located in Washington. From 2000 to 2003, Gavin taught 7th and 8th grade History and English at Princeton Day School in New Jersey.

Gavin's writing has appeared in such publications as the Financial Times, Washington Post, National Public Radio, ESPN's Page 2, Miami Herald, The Hill, Christian Science Monitor, The American Prospect, TomPaine.com, Outlook India, Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun, Birmingham Times, Tages-Anzeiger (Switzerland), Newark Star-Ledger, McSweeneys, San Francisco Call, CounterPunch Magazine, Ironminds, History News Network, Washington Examiner, Hartford Advocate, Newhouse Wire Services and Lost Brain. He is currently working on a book about the events of September 10, 2001, tentatively titled, "The Day Before."

Gavin graduated from Trinity College (CT) in 2000, where he majored in Political Science and minored in Writing. He attended The Hill School in Pottstown, PA for secondary school. He can be reached at patrick AT mediabistro DOT com.

Blog Entries by Patrick Gavin

The 'O' is for 'Opportunism'

Posted February 1, 2006 | 01:47 PM (EST)


Following the revelations brought forth by the Smoking Gun Web site that author James Frey embellished many details in his memoir, "A Million Little Pieces," Oprah Winfrey - who first made Frey's book an Oprah Book Club Selection (and, therefore, an overnight success) and subsequently defended him on "Larry King...

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Unhitching the Democratic wagon from Plamegate

Posted December 30, 2005 | 01:03 PM (EST)


I recently delivered some remarks on Plamegate at a gathering of the DC chapter of Drinking Liberally (www.dcdl.org), an organization of like-minded liberals who "promote democracy.one pint at a time."

My own take on Plamegate, as I informed the audience, was-and is-that it's one of...

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Three Cheers for French Riots!

Posted November 22, 2005 | 12:06 AM (EST)


Anyone remember those scenes on MTV’s “Beavis and Butthead” show, where Beavis would either see—or be playing with—some form of fire and he’d inevitably erupt into orgasmic ecstasy, screaming wildly, “Heh, heh, heh, Fire! Fire! Fire!

Am I dating myself? (Or just revealing that I watched too much MTV as...

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Cheerleaders Gone Wild

Posted November 9, 2005 | 05:36 PM (EST)


Alright Huff’ers:

Guess what’s the biggest news story this week? Plame-gate? Nah. Ethics classes? Nope. VA/NJ Gubenatorial Elections? Think again. Iraq? Sorry.

Wanna know what’s really been on the minds of most Americans?

Cheerleaders.

Seriously.

And, no, not just any ordinary, run-of-the-mill bunch of cheerleaders. I’m talking about Renee...

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Dems: Let Alito Through

Posted November 8, 2005 | 12:55 AM (EST)


Here’s the problem with knee-jerk reactions: They’re typically made
by people acting like jerks.

Case(s) in point:

Last Monday, Senator Schumer took to the airwaves to denounce
President Bush’s Miers The Redux–Appeals Court Judge Samuel Alito—as
being "likely to divide America." Of course, it’s...

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