Lance Thomas Morrow (1939–2024) was an American essayist, journalist, and author, best known for his long career at Time magazine, where he wrote more “Man of the Year” cover stories than any other writer. He combined sharp cultural commentary with moral reflection, becoming one of the most distinctive voices in American journalism.
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Morrow’s father, Hugh Morrow, was a journalist and political aide to Nelson Rockefeller. Morrow graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1963 with a degree in English literature. He began his career at the Washington Star before joining Time magazine in 1965. As a reporter, he covered major events such as the 1967 Detroit riots, the Vietnam War, and the Watergate scandal, before becoming one of the magazine’s leading essayists.
Morrow’s essays earned him the National Magazine Award for Essay and Criticism in 1981, and he was a finalist again in 1991 for his essay on evil. He contributed to Time‘s award-winning coverage of the September 11 attacks (2001,) penning the controversial essay “The Case for Rage and Retribution.” His books include The Chief: A Memoir of Fathers and Sons (1984,) America: A Rediscovery (1987,) Fishing in the Tiber (1988,) Heart: A Memoir (1995,) Evil: An Investigation (2003,) The Best Year of Their Lives: Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon in 1948 (2005,) and Second Drafts of History (2006.) His later essays appeared in The Wall Street Journal, City Journal, and The Atlantic.
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Never forget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes on and on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.
—Lance Morrow
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