https://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2007/12/18/conrad_black_and_saintjust/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 04:23:50 -0400<![CDATA[The ongoing saga of the US Justice Department’s attack on Conrad Black, former proprietor of the London Telegraph, The Spectator, and other plum media properties (at one time, he presided over the world’s third largest newspaper empire), is an object lesson in judicial arrogance and overreach. To do justice to this complex tale of gross injustice would take a very long essay if not a book. I do not propose to undertake either. But because the case seems to me to compass not only a private tragedy but also a dangerous public judicial trend, I thought I would offer a few brief remarks, occasioned by the closing of an important chapter in the story last week: the sentencing of Black to 6 1/2 years in prison for obstruction of justice and fraud.]]>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 07:07:56 -0500<![CDATA[Roger Kimball]]>https://pjmedia.com/roger-kimball/2007/12/18/conrad_black_and_saintjust-n114451