Alec Mouhibian

Alec Mouhibian is a writer from Los Angeles. His work has appeared in Slate, Washingtonian, The Weekly Standard, Commentary, Washington City Paper, American Spectator, and Claremont Review of Books, among others. He also briefly reported on Congress. In college he was a columnist for the Daily Nexus and the Daily Bruin, and editor-in-chief of The Bruin Standard.

Alec enjoys long walks on the water. His turn-offs include spontaneity, sense-of-humor, and a penchant for being conscious. Reach him at alecmou(at)yahoo(dot)com

College Newspapers
(Washington City Paper, Cover Story, August 22, 2008)

Nationals Lampoon
(American Spectator – June 16, 2008)

Keeping the Change
(The Bruin Standard – April 2008 )

A Review of The Prince of Darkness by Robert Novak
(Washingtonian, April 2008 )

A Review of Otto Preminger: The Man Who Would Be King
(Commentary Magazine – February 2008 )

Stephen King, Scary Pest
(American Spectator – October 31, 2007)

Scott Thomas Beauchamp, The Big Picture
(The Bruin Standard, November 2007)

Armenians Are Hot
(American Spectator – October 16, 2007)


A Review of “The Magnificent Orson Welles”

(Sun Newspapers of Alexandria – July 25, 2007)

George Galloway, Professional Jihadist
(The Weekly Standard – July 17)

How Planned Parenthood Destroyed Sex
(Sun Newspapers of Alexandria – July 11, 2007)

Where Ideas Go To Die
(Sun Newspapers of Alexandria – July 11, 2007)

Anatomy of a Murder: An Appreciation
(Sun Newspapers of Alexandria – July 11)

Love Song (a short story)
(Liberty Magazine – September, 2007)

Reliving the Madness: A Bittersour Retrospective (of March Madness 2007)
(The Bruin Standard – April, 2007)

Countercultural Conservatives — A Review of “Cruncy Cons” by Rod Dreher
(The New Individualist — March, 2007)

The Great Civil Rights Mystery

(The Bruin Standard – February, 2007)

James Brown: Champion of Black Capitalism

(The Bruin Standard – February, 2007)

Westwood’s Best-Kept Secret: A Hidden Attic of Myth and Moment

(The Bruin Standard – November, 2006)

An Irreverent Campus Clubs Guide
(The Bruin Standard – October, 2006)

Politicized Pubescence excerpt
(Washington Times, “Culture Briefs” section, 11/07/2005)

The Voice of Right-Wing Comedy
(Claremont Review of Books – June, 2005)

A review of parodist Paul Shanklin and the state of political humor.

The Deception Behind Gender-Studies
(Daily Nexus – 04/19/2005)

The Deception Behind Gender Studies, II
(Daily Nexus – 05/05/2005)

Political Horoscopes for the Left & Right
(The Bruin Standard – May, 2005)

The War on ROTC
(Daily Nexus – 02/22/2005; Frontpagemag.com – 03/02/2005)

24-Hours Left to Live: A Short Story
(Peeks and Valleys – Winter, 2005)

The Triumph of the Brummagem
(Liberty Magazine – September, 2004)

Armenian Splendor
(Liberty Magazine – May, 2004)

Admitting Stupidity: College Admissions Today
(Liberty Magazine – August, 2003; Frontpagemag.com – 08/03/03)