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Jonathan Hillel Kay (born September 18, 1968) is a Canadian journalist. He is the editor-in-chief of ''The Walrus'' and former comment pages editor, columnist and blogger for the Toronto-based Canadian daily newspaper ''National Post''. He is also a book author and editor, a public speaker, and a regular contributor to ''Commentary Magazine'' and the ''New York Post''. His freelance articles have been published in a variety of US publications including ''Newsweek'', ''The New Yorker'', Salon.com,〔(Salon.com )〕 ''The New Republic'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''The New Republic'' )〕 ''Harper's Magazine'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''Harper's Magazine'' )〕 the ''Los Angeles Times'', ''The Weekly Standard'', ''The Literary Review of Canada'', ''The National Interest'' and ''The New York Times''. ==Early life and career== Jonathan Kay was born and raised in Montreal. His mother is the socially conservative newspaper columnist Barbara Kay. He attended Selwyn House School and (Marianopolis College ) before obtaining a BEng and a MEng in metallurgical engineering from McGill University and a law degree from Yale Law School. He is a member of the New York bar. After practicing as a tax lawyer in New York City, Kay moved to Toronto, where, in 1998, he became a founding member of the ''National Post'' editorial board. Kay describes himself as an avid tennis enthusiast, and sometimes has incorporated his passion for the sport into his journalism.〔(''National Post'' )〕 Apart from his editorial work, Kay has also written two non-fiction books. In 2007, Kay co-authored ''The Volunteer'', a biography of Mossad officer Michael Ross. In May 2011, HarperCollins published Kay's second book, ''Among the Truthers: A Journey Through America's Growing Conspiracist Underground'' (ISBN 978-0-06-200481-9).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Among the Truthers )〕 The book reflects Kay's interest in the psychology of conspiracy theorists, a subject he often explored in his ''National Post'' columns.〔(''National Post'' )〕 Kay was a freelance editorial assistant on Liberal Party of Canada leader Justin Trudeau's memoir ''Common Ground'' published by HarperCollins with duties that included conducting some of the interviews with Trudeau that were used for the book. Kay's participation in the project was criticized by conservatives in social media as well as by Sun News Network personality Ezra Levant, on whose 2009 book ''Shakedown'' Kay also worked on as an editorial assistant. Kay was named editor-in-chief of ''The Walrus'', a Canadian general interest magazine, on October 29, 2014. Kay left the ''Post'' on November 21, 2014 but will continue to contribute opinion pieces on a freelance basis.〔http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2014/11/21/jonathan-kay-my-life-at-the-national-post-and-why-ill-miss-it/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jonathan Kay」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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