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Michael Young 
Contributing Editor
Michael Young is a contributing editor at Reason magazine and Reason.com.
Young is also opinion page editor of the Daily Star newspaper in Beirut, Lebanon, where he writes a weekly column.
Young previously edited Lebanon Report and the bi-annual Beirut Review, both publications of the Lebanese Center for Policy Studies, where he was English publications editor until 2000. He also frequently contributes to publications in Lebanon, the United States and Europe. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Slate, the International Herald Tribune, Los Angeles Times and numerous other publications.
Young regularly discusses the Middle East on a variety of radio and television networks, including CNN, Fox News Channel, the BBC, NPR, Radio Netherlands International, the Voice of America, and Radio France International.
Young received a B.A. in political science from the American University of Beirut (1985) and an M.A. in international relations, specializing in the Middle East, from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington (1987). He lives in Beirut with his wife.
Contributions | Hit & Run Posts
- Obama: It's All About Me, Me, Meeeee, Michael Young, April 30, 2008, 5:24am
- A fall victory for Barack, or just a fall?, Michael Young, April 24, 2008, 1:04am
- Barack's New Deal, Michael Young, April 12, 2008, 3:52am
- Understanding Osama, Michael Young, March 24, 2008, 5:51pm
- Harvard Hypocrite, Michael Young, February 19, 2008, 12:14pm
- Threatening Spain, Michael Young, December 25, 2007, 1:12pm
- Ike Turner R.I.P., Michael Young, December 12, 2007, 5:04pm
- Did Ali Reza Asgari's disappearance have anything to do with the NIE's conclusions?, Michael Young, December 6, 2007, 8:30am
- Useless in Basra, Michael Young, August 19, 2007, 5:07am
- The Saudis are getting mad, Michael Young, August 17, 2007, 9:17am
- Say it ain't so, Dominique, Michael Young, July 6, 2007, 9:29am
- Piling into Pelosi, Michael Young, April 7, 2007, 5:04am
- Homage to Catalonia, Michael Young, March 9, 2007, 5:42am
- A Step Backward in Cairo, Michael Young, January 16, 2007, 9:50am
- The Not So Fabulous Baker Boy, Michael Young, October 9, 2006, 2:57pm
- Osama Dead, Again?, Michael Young, September 23, 2006, 10:17am
- Left Out, Michael Young, September 9, 2006, 9:52am
- Was Dave Weigel Fair with Niall Ferguson?, Michael Young, September 5, 2006, 4:49am
- Che Gue-Hassan, Michael Young, August 31, 2006, 11:37am
- Curt Cobban and Hassan Nasrallah, Michael Young, August 28, 2006, 5:33pm
- The Latest from Lebanon, Michael Young, July 27, 2006, 3:46pm
- Another Hot Beirut Summer, Michael Young, July 19, 2006, 12:05pm
- Not-So-Secular Turkey, Michael Young, June 16, 2006, 2:26pm
- On-Air Arrests in Zarqa, Michael Young, June 8, 2006, 7:43am
- Zarqawi Interrupted, Michael Young, June 8, 2006, 4:15am
- Out Cole, Michael Young, June 8, 2006, 2:42am
- Eichmann in Langley, Michael Young, June 7, 2006, 11:20am
- New Information on the Hariri Assassination?, Michael Young, May 23, 2006, 12:30pm
- When the Left is Not Right, Michael Young, May 20, 2006, 12:16pm
- The Stability or Freedom Canard, Redux, Michael Young, May 19, 2006, 4:43am
- Old Ways Die Hard in Syria, Michael Young, May 16, 2006, 6:10pm
- Plame Hypocritical, Michael Young, May 5, 2006, 6:06am
- Icarus Cole, Michael Young, May 3, 2006, 2:13am
- Reform, Syrian Style, Michael Young, April 5, 2006, 8:34am
- Steaming Douglas, Michael Young, April 1, 2006, 11:05am
- Murderous Overtime, Michael Young, March 31, 2006, 4:34pm
- Much Ado About Nothing, Michael Young, March 10, 2006, 4:49pm
- Forget Vietnam, Michael Young, March 5, 2006, 12:42pm
- A Zillion I Tell You; No, A Bazillion, Michael Young, February 11, 2006, 6:17pm
- Fire in Beirut, Michael Young, February 5, 2006, 12:18pm
- The Prophet Armed, Michael Young, February 3, 2006, 4:09pm
- The Gibberish of "Genuine Struggle", Michael Young, February 1, 2006, 1:23pm
- Spielberg, Abu Daoud and Munich, Michael Young, December 30, 2005, 5:17am
- Detlev Mehlis Has No Doubts, Michael Young, December 17, 2005, 12:41pm
- Dr. Condi and Ms. Rice, Michael Young, December 11, 2005, 5:38am
- A Mass Grave in Lebanon, Michael Young, December 3, 2005, 12:48pm
- "Be Cursed You Iraqi Optimist!", Michael Young, November 21, 2005, 4:55pm
- (Sigh), Michael Young, November 11, 2005, 9:33am
- Dick the Knife, Michael Young, November 7, 2005, 11:25am
- We can only hope that with sufficient wisdom and a lot of good luck, our Iraq editorial will get this right; if so, it would truly be stunning, Michael Young, November 7, 2005, 8:28am