June 10, 2012 1:00AM 

# Happy Birthday Nat Hentoff! 

By [Tim Lynch](https://www.cato.org/people/tim-lynch) 

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Happy Birthday to my friend and Cato senior fellow [Nat Hentoff](https://www.cato.org/people/nat-hentoff). He turns 87 today, but he’s busier than ever with book and article deadlines.

Let’s take a quick look at his work. This week New York Governor Andrew Cuomo [proposed a measure](http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/05/tagblogsfindlawcom2012-blotter-idUS424225172620120605) to rein in marijuana stops, arrests, and convictions in New York City. Nat Hentoff was [sounding the alarm](https://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/hey-ray-kelly-frisk) on that problem years ago!

Here he relates his encounter with Che Guevara:

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