Articles written by Jay Mather

Jay Mather|Updated Mar 25, 2014

Nugget readers will recognize Joel Brinkley's name from this space, as a syndicated columnist on world political affairs whose insightful articles invariably went beyond predictable mainstream thinking. His column ceased when he recently began a new job in Washington, D.C. but there is another reason that is hard to comprehend. My friend and fellow journalist over 35 years died March 11, of an undiagnosed acute form of leukemia that raged through his body like a wildfire in five days. He was 61. My relationship with Joel... Full story