John Podhoretz has two older half-siblings from his mother's first marriage.
16 Facts About John Podhoretz
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John Podhoretz grew up on the Upper West Side in New York City.
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John Podhoretz attended Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School and he received a bachelor's degree from the University of Chicago in 1982.
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John Podhoretz was special assistant to White House Drug Czar William Bennett.
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John Podhoretz co-founded the White House Writers Group, a public-relations firm in Washington, DC Podhoretz was a consultant for the popular television series The West Wing, including the controversial episode "Gaza" in season five, first broadcast on May 12,2004.
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John Podhoretz has contributed to a number of conservative publications, including National Review and the Weekly Standard, where he was a movie critic and was the magazine's deputy editor.
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John Podhoretz was a consulting editor at ReganBooks, a former imprint of HarperCollins.
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John Podhoretz has a regular column at the New York Post.
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John Podhoretz has appeared on television, including Fox News, CNN's Reliable Sources, MSNBC, and The McLaughlin Group.
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John Podhoretz was a contributor to The Corner, a group blog run by National Review.
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On January 1,2009, John Podhoretz became editor of Commentary, succeeding Neal Kozodoy.
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John Podhoretz is emphatic in his defense of Israel in its conflicts with its Arab neighbors.
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John Podhoretz has supported the Iraq War from its inception until the present.
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In disagreement with several writers at National Review and conservatives in general, John Podhoretz has aggressively favored a more open immigration policy for the United States.
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John Podhoretz has frequently clashed with Derbyshire on immigration policy and other issues.
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John Podhoretz often writes about popular culture, and was called the "resident pop culture expert" at National Review Online by Jonah Goldberg.