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My Take
I admire Alexander Cockburn for a quality that is easy to claim and brutally hard to sustain: refusing to flatter power. Scottish-born, Oxford-educated, and transplanted to America in 1972, he wielded his pen as both scalpel and bludgeon, co-editing the fiercely independent newsletter CounterPunch. Polemical journalism ages badly when it is lazy, but Cockburn's best work carried real reporting beneath the venom. He died in 2012 at seventy-one, and what stays with me is the consistency of his stance across decades. He embodied a kind of adversarial integrity that contemporary commentary often lacks, and I respect that fiercely.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Alexander Cockburn
- Name (Japanese)
- アレクサンダー
- Reading
- あれくさんだー
- Born
- June 6, 1941 – July 21, 2012
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Snake
- Origin
- Scotland, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- journalist / peace activist / writer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Keble College
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander%20Cockburn
Frequently asked questions
When was Alexander Cockburn born?
June 6, 1941 – July 21, 2012.
Where is Alexander Cockburn from?
Alexander Cockburn is from Scotland, United Kingdom.
What does Alexander Cockburn do?
Alexander Cockburn works as journalist, peace activist, writer.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-24
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.