Veteran Political and Economic Journalist

Owen Ullmann

1 article 1999

Owen Ullmann is a veteran journalist who has held senior editorial positions at major news organizations, including USA Today, where he served as managing editor for international coverage. He contributed to The Weekly Standard in 1999, writing about the intellectual underpinnings of compassionate conservatism. His career has spanned decades of political and economic reporting in Washington.

THE MAN WHO WILL DEFINE COMPASSIONATE CONSERVATISM

June 14, 1999 · Magazine

In 1992, Alicia Munnell, research director for the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, wanted to conduct a study of racial discrimination by area mortgage lenders. Known for her liberal politics, Munnell was discouraged by Fed officials, who wanted to duck the touchy issue. But she finally got the…