Journalist and Cultural Essayist

Ken Ringle

3 articles 2005–2009

Ken Ringle is a journalist and writer who spent decades as a reporter and feature writer at The Washington Post, known for his cultural commentary and long-form profiles. He contributed essays and reviews to The Weekly Standard between 2005 and 2009, covering topics in history, culture, and media.

A Hero's Life

May 12, 2008 · Ken Ringle, Magazine

Much has been written about John McCain's presidential campaign, about his conservative ideology (or insufficient supply thereof), about his age, his military service, and his remarkable life story. Most of what's been written, however, proceeds from the assumption that McCain, for all his maverick…

Where's Tonto?

April 4, 2005 · Ken Ringle, Magazine, Books and Arts

WHEN ONE ENTERS THE SPANKING new $199 million, 250,000-square-foot National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, the first objects encountered are two native watercraft. One is a 19-foot Hawaiian canoe of polished koa wood with an outrigger carpentered from the incomparably-named…