[neverdem]

He used a pseudonym until he retired from his government job, to avoid harassment.

Thanks for the feedback, but he appears to be retired. Why would he still use the pseudonym?

[Tax-chick]

I think it’s because “Theodore Dalrymple” has built up a large readership, for both articles and books, which would be lost if he stopped using that name.

He might even have an agreement with “City Journal” to continue writing for them as Dalrymple. I’m certainly not going to remember to search for “Anthony Daniels” articles, but I go looking for Theodore Dalrymple regularly, bumping up CJ’s viewership.