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Jonah Goldberg

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Jonah Jacob Goldberg (born March 21, 1969) is an American conservative commentator, probably best known for his contributions on politics and culture to National Review Online, where he is the editor-at-large. He also frequently appears on television, on such shows as Good Morning America, Crossfire, Nightline, Hardball with Chris Matthews, Larry King Live and Politically Incorrect.

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Early life and career

Goldberg graduated in 1991 Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland. (He served on the college’s Board of Trustees from 1991 until 1994). He has written, produced, and edited two documentaries, Gargoyles: Guardians of the Gate [1], and Notre Dame: Witness to History. He also spent a year working as an English teacher in Prague, Czech Republic.

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Writings

Some frequent topics of his articles include censorship [2] [3], meritocracy [4] [5], liberty [6], federalism [7] [8], and interpretation of the Constitution [9]. His disagreements with libertarians [10][11] also appear often in his writings. Goldberg has a second, syndicated column, available from Townhall.com (among other places), which tends to be more uniformly serious in tone than his National Review Online column, which he has written regularly since September 11 1998. He has also written for The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, Commentary, The Public Interest, The Wilson Quarterly, The Weekly Standard, the New York Post, The Women’s Quarterly, and Slate.

His National Review Online column, the "Goldberg File" (often called the "G-File" by fans, who are called "G-Philes"), frequently involves humor, often at the expense of liberals. Alec Baldwin, a Hollywood actor who Goldberg insinuates cannot read, is a frequent target of such jibes. Goldberg has also been critical of the French and claims credit for popularizing the term "cheese-eating surrender monkeys" (first used on The Simpsons television program) to refer to them (see Anti-French sentiment in the United States). Goldberg also makes occasional allusions to Star Trek and references to his anthropomorphized couch and his dog, Cosmo ("the wonderdog") [12]. Many of his comments are self-deprecating. Goldberg has also suggested on the Corner that conservatives can identify themselves to each other (without letting others know) by yelling out "Mendoozzzzzza."

He also popularized and expanded on a commentary by the late Time writer, William Henry III. Henry had written on the subject of multiculturalism and cultural equality, that "It is scarcely the same thing to put a man on the moon as to put a bone in your nose." Goldberg explains, "Multiculturalism — which is simply egalitarianism wrapped in rainbow-colored paper — has elevated the notion that all ideas are equal, all systems equivalent, all cultures of comparable worth." [13]

Goldberg has a friendly but sometimes contentious relationship with gay Andrew Sullivan (they refer to each other as "butt" buddies). Being conservative comrades, they agree on most topics with the exception of social issues. Goldberg has also been publicly feuding with Juan Cole over U.S. Iraq policy and Air America Radio commentators such as Janeane Garofalo. Garofalo has accused Goldberg of being a chickenhawk on the Iraq War.

On November 11, 2005, The Los Angeles Times announced that Goldberg will be added to its editorial lineup [14]

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Family

Goldberg has a brother, Joshua John Goldberg. Their late father, Sid (1931-2005), was Jewish, but their mother, Lucianne Goldberg, is Episcopalian. Their parents were married from April 10, 1966, until Sid Goldberg's death.

Goldberg's mother, conservative activist, Virginia-born (circa 1935) Lucianne Steinberger Cummings Goldberg, played a role in the Lewinsky scandal:

"My mother was the one who advised Linda Tripp to record her conversations with Monica Lewinsky and to save the dress. I was privy to some of that stuff, and when the administration set about to destroy Lewinsky, Tripp, and my mom, I defended my mom and by extension Tripp...I have zero desire to have those arguments again. I did my bit in the trenches of Clinton's trousers." June 23, 2004

Goldberg's father, Sid Goldberg, an editor for a publication in New York City, died in 2005 at the age of 74. Goldberg's remarks for his father's memorial service were republished by National Review in honor of Father's Day in June 2005. [15].

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