Robert Sherrill

Robert Sherrill lives in Tallahassee, Florida. He is a former editor of the Texas Observer, D.C. bureau chief for the Miami Herald, a reporter for the Washington Post, a contributor to the New York Times, and a longtime contributor to the Nation, where he is currently a contributing editor. He has written numerous books on politics and society, including The Drugstore Liberal (1968). Military Justice is to Justice as Military Music is to Music (1970). The Saturday Night Special (1973). The Last...See more

Robert Sherrill lives in Tallahassee, Florida. He is a former editor of the Texas Observer, D.C. bureau chief for the Miami Herald, a reporter for the Washington Post, a contributor to the New York Times, and a longtime contributor to the Nation, where he is currently a contributing editor. He has written numerous books on politics and society, including The Drugstore Liberal (1968). Military Justice is to Justice as Military Music is to Music (1970). The Saturday Night Special (1973). The Last Kennedy (1976), and The Oil Follies of 1970-1980: How the Petroleum Industry Stole the Show (and Much More Besides) (1983). See less