Jonah Goldberg
Jonah Jacob Goldberg ( born March 21, 1969) is a conservative American journalist and commentator. He became famous for his contributions on politics and culture on the Republicans related website National Review Online, its editor he is. He also regularly appears on television, such as in shows such as Good Morning America, Crossfire, Nightline, Hardball with Chris Matthews, Larry King Live and the now deposed Politically Incorrect.
Career
Goldberg graduated to 1991 studies at Goucher College in Baltimore, he sat in the council from 1991 to 1994. He wrote and produced two documentary series: Gargoyles: Guardians of the Gate and Notre Dame: Witness to History. In the 1990s he worked also for a year teaching English in the Czech capital Prague.
Publications
To always re-opened in his articles topics include censorship, meritocracy, civil liberties, federalism, and the interpretation of the U.S. Constitution. His quarrels with left contemporaries are also often the subject of his columns. A second he regularly served in the train of syndication among other things, Townhall.com, the site of an important conservative network in the United States. He usually cultivates a more moderate tone than in his contributions for the National Review Online ( referred to as " National Review " also appears in press), for which he writes regularly since 11 September 1998.
In addition, " New York Post " his comments appeared in the "Wall Street Journal ", " Commentary", " The Public Interest ", " The Wilson Quarterly", " Weekly Standard " in the tabloid as well as in "The Women 's Quarterly " and comments as a guest at the " progressive" online magazine Slate, and (occasionally) in the commonly referred to as " left-wing " prestigious " New Yorker". Appear Almost regularly now his syndicated article in the " Los Angeles Times " (July 2006).
The author Goldberg: admirers and critics
His column in the National Review Online, called " Goldberg File" (or Goldberg - worshipers "G- File", in turn, as "G - Philes " - G- Philos, so Goldberg Friends - dubs ), is regularly a often at the expense of liberals (in the U.S.: the left ) continuous humor. Here, Goldberg does not mince his mouth and often uses a bold, sometimes abundant crude polemics. As part of the campaign of many conservative gazettes and other " patriotic " media war against the " unwilling " French ( the so-called French -bashing ), eg he also did not behind the mountain and reviled them as "cheese -eating surrender monkeys" (about: cheese munching surrender monkeys), a quote from the TV series "The Simpsons". He is also an avowed enemy of Alec Baldwin, Noam Chomsky or the UN.
For many Progressives (ie, commonly referred to as left-wing Classified ) in the States it is still not only one of the most notorious " Wadlbeißer " reported under the right publicist, but often the incarnation of enemy image - not least because of its ubiquity, not inconsiderable his (apparent? ) influence.
Goldberg is the author of the book " Liberal Fascism. The Secret History of the American Left, from Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning " (ISBN 0-385-51184-1, German: Liberal Fascism The Secret History of the American Left. ).
Familial
Goldberg is married to Jessica Gavora and the couple have a daughter. Gavora was the speechwriter of former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft. Goldberg's late father, Sid (* 1931, † 2005) was a Jew, his mother Lucianne Steinberger Cummings Goldberg is Episcopalian Protestant. Goldberg has a brother, Joshua John Goldberg.