Alex Beam (born Jacob Alexander Beam in 1954) is an American writer and journalist. He retired as a columnist for ''The Boston Globe'' in 2012, but still contributes to the paper's op-ed page. He has worked at ''Newsweek'' and ''BusinessWeek'', where his tenure included stints as Moscow and Boston bureau chief, before joining ''The Boston Globe''. Beam is the author of two novels and five non-fiction books, two of which were ''New York Times'' Notable Books.
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