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In the 1970s Henry's son, ], worked at the company; he was killed in a commercial airliner crash. In the 1980s, ], the other son of Henry (Henry F. Regnery's brother), took control of the company. In the 1990s, the Regnery family sold the publishing company to ], which put the book publishing company into its Eagle Publishing subsidiary. Eagle Publishing also publishes the weekly, ]. Alfred Regnery has subsequently left his post as President of Regnery Publishing to become the publisher of the conservative ] magazine. He still holds a seat on the Board of Directors. ] is also a member of the board. Alex Novak, son of political columnist ], is director of marketing. In the 1970s Henry's son, ], worked at the company; he was killed in a commercial airliner crash. In the 1980s, ], the other son of Henry (Henry F. Regnery's brother), took control of the company. In the 1990s, the Regnery family sold the publishing company to ], which put the book publishing company into its Eagle Publishing subsidiary. Eagle Publishing also publishes the weekly, ]. Alfred Regnery has subsequently left his post as President of Regnery Publishing to become the publisher of the conservative ] magazine. He still holds a seat on the Board of Directors. ] is also a member of the board. Alex Novak, son of political columnist ], is director of marketing.

==Controversy and criticism==
===Criticisms===
In describing Regnery's position in the publishing world, ], then writer for the leftist '']'', said,
:''Welcome to the world of Regnery Publishing—lifestyle press for conservatives, preferred printer of presidential hopefuls, and venerable publisher of books for the culture wars. Call it—gracelessly but more accurately—a medium-sized, loosely linked network of conservative types, with few degrees of separation and similar political aims. Just don't call it a conspiracy.''
Regnery has published books by authors such as ], former ] Chairman ], ], and ].

====Alleged publishing of ] books====

], an academic scholar of Islamic studies, states that the Regnery Publishing, a subsidiary of Eagle Publishing and considered by many a leading conservative publishing company, is 'promoted and supported by right-wing organizations, who are perpetuating a type of bigotry similar to anti-Semitism and racial prejudice.' For example Ernst notes that ], whom Ernst views as a Islamophobe, has published some of his books through the Regnery Publishing press. <ref name="Ernst"> </ref>

===Ben Domenech===
In 2006, Regnery editor ] was discovered to be a serial plagiarist. Domenech was first accused of appropriating a chapter from O'Rourke's 1990 book "Modern Manners" for an editorial in '']'', a weekly student newspaper at William and Mary.<ref></ref> O'Rourke denied Domenech's claim that the humorist had granted permission to use his words, adding that he couldn't recall ever meeting the college student. <ref>, ''Washington Post Blogger Quits After Plagiarism Accusations'', Julie Bosman, March 25, 2006. The Times article quotes O'Rourke as saying, "I wouldn't want to swear in a court of law that I never met the guy," adding "but I didn't give him permission to use my words under his byline, no."</ref>

Domenech resigned from his editing duties at Regnery Publishing March 21, 2006 upon launching "Red America." <ref></ref> <ref></ref>
] subsequently cited an unnamed source at Regnery who said that the ''Post'' affair gave Regnery convenient cover for getting rid of a poor performer who neglected his editorial responsibilities to make connections and advance his political career. The source alleged that he displeased Malkin by removing a 27-word passage from her book '']'' <ref></ref>, but Regnery production staff denied this, saying the omission was a "layout error" and not Domenech's fault.

===Conspiracy theories===
Regnery Publishing has put out many controversial books, some of which have contained information described by critics as questionable and sometimes inaccurate.{{fact}} For example, ''The Secret Life of Bill Clinton'' (1997), as noted in the Amazon.com editorial review, claimed the book "manages to connect the president to everything from 1997's ] to Arkansas's drug underworld to the mysterious death of White House aide and longtime Clinton friend ], and, of course, to ]."


==Publications== ==Publications==

Revision as of 01:18, 15 September 2006

Unfit for Command, published by Regnery Publishing.

Regnery Publishing, located in Washington, D.C., is a publisher that specializes in conservative books that they characterize on their website as “contrary to those of 'mainstream' publishers in New York.” The company has been a division of Eagle Publishing since 1993.

History

It was founded in 1947 as Henry Regnery Company by Henry Regnery, and was originally located in Chicago, Illinois. It originally had a close affiliation with the University of Chicago, and published books for the Great Books series at the University, which were primarily classics. The first book published by Henry Regnery Company was the The German Opposition To Hitler by Hans Rothfels, who was a close friend of Henry Regnery. One of the first well-known books it published (in 1951) was God and Man at Yale by William F. Buckley, Jr..

In the 1970s Henry's son, Henry F. Regnery, worked at the company; he was killed in a commercial airliner crash. In the 1980s, Alfred S. Regnery, the other son of Henry (Henry F. Regnery's brother), took control of the company. In the 1990s, the Regnery family sold the publishing company to Phillips Publishing, which put the book publishing company into its Eagle Publishing subsidiary. Eagle Publishing also publishes the weekly, Human Events. Alfred Regnery has subsequently left his post as President of Regnery Publishing to become the publisher of the conservative American Spectator magazine. He still holds a seat on the Board of Directors. Pat Sajak is also a member of the board. Alex Novak, son of political columnist Robert Novak, is director of marketing.

Publications

Books published by Regnery include:

Regnery is a sister company of the conservative newspaper Human Events.

Notes

  1. http://www.regnery.com/regnery/regnery.html

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