David Sarasohn is a columnist

Columnist

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 and managing editor for The Oregonian

The Oregonian

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newspaper in Portland

Portland, Oregon

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, Oregon

Oregon

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. Prior to joining The Oregonian, Sarasohn was a writer with Oregon magazine and a professor

Professor

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 of history at Reed College

Reed College

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. He earned a PhD

Doctor of Philosophy

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 in American History at UCLA. In addition to his columns on current affairs, Sarasohn is noted for his pithy and incisive restaurant reviews in The Oregonian. He also authored the books, Party of Reform: Democrats in the Progressive Era (University Press of Mississippi, 1989) and Waiting for Lewis and Clark (Oregon Historical Society Press, 2005).
Sarasohn is the father of two sons.

External links

• Archive of his work at The Oregonian