June 9, 2010 12:08PM 

# John Whitehead on Nat Hentoff 

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

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John Whitehead of the Rutherford Institute has a [nice post](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-w-whitehead/nat-hentoff-a-civil-liber_b_602767.html) about Cato Senior Fellow [Nat Hentoff](https://www.cato.org/people/nat-hentoff).

Here’s an excerpt:

> At the age of 85, Hentoff is a radical in the best sense of the word — a true freedom fighter and warrior journalist with a deep-seated intolerance of injustice. His integrity and willingness to buck the trends have earned him the well-deserved reputation of being one of our nation’s most respected, controversial and uncompromising writers.

Well said. At age 85, Nat Hentoff continues to write books and a weekly column. His new book is *[At the Jazz Band Ball: Sixty Years on the Jazz Scene](http://www.amazon.com/At-Jazz-Band-Ball-ebook/dp/B003H4I4YU/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1276096253&sr=8-2)*.

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