we needed to do independent, important journalism, but instead found ourselves blocked at every step of the way by management's incompetence and bad faith." Silverstein launched the website Washington Babylon in 2016, for which he is editor-in-chief. The site is named after his previous column at Harper's and the 1996 book he co-wrote with journalist Alexander Cockburn. Silverstein said his goal for Washington Babylon is "to cover DC politicians and journalists like Hollywood celebrities – not the way they are worshiped by our current media masters." Personal life Silverstein is married to Clara Rivera; they have 2 children. He is of Jewish descent. Bibliography Books Washington Babylon, Verso Books, 1996 (co-authored with Alexander Cockburn) Private Warriors, Verso Books, 2000 Washington on $10 Million A Day: How Lobbyists Plunder the Nation, Common Courage Press, 2002 The Radioactive Boy Scout: The True Story of a Boy and His Backyard Nuclear Reactor, Random House, 2004 Turkmeniscam: How Washington Lobbyists Fought to Flack for a Stalinist Dictatorship, Random House, 2008 The Secret World of Oil, Verso, 2014 References External links Washington Babylon, Ken Silverstein's website Washington Babylon, Ken Silverstein's former blog at Harper's Magazine Ken Silverstein: Arizona is Laboratory for Radical GOP Policies - video report by Democracy Now!'', democracynow.org; July 15, 2010. Living people Harper's Magazine people American magazine editors American investigative journalists 1958 births People from St. Louis Evergreen State College alumni