hentoff was formerly a columnist for "down beat", "jazztimes", "legal times", "the washington post", "the washington times", "the progressive", "editor &amp; publisher" and "free inquiry". he was a staff writer for "the new yorker", and his writing has also been published in "the new york times", "jewish world review", "the atlantic", "the new republic", "commonweal" and in the italian "enciclopedia dello spettacolo".