Morton Matt Kondracke is an American journalist and political commentator.
19 Facts About Morton Kondracke
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Morton Kondracke became well known due to a long stint as a panelist for the television series The McLaughlin Group.
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Morton Kondracke was co-host of the series The Beltway Boys of Fox News Channel and was a regular nightly contributor to the series Special Report with Brit Hume and Special Report with Bret Baier.
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Morton Kondracke was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Matthew Morton Kondracke and Genevieve Marta.
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Morton Kondracke's father was of Polish ancestry, while his maternal grandfather was from a Jewish family.
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Morton Kondracke graduated from Joliet Township High School in 1956, and from Dartmouth College in 1960.
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Morton Kondracke was a board member of the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine and served as his class secretary.
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Morton Kondracke quit the Sun-Times in 1977 to become executive editor of the news magazine The New Republic.
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Morton Kondracke worked there until 1985, when he quit to become Washington bureau chief for the magazine Newsweek.
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In 1991, Morton Kondracke began serving as executive editor of Roll Call, retiring in 2011.
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In October 1998, Morton Kondracke began co-hosting his own television series, The Beltway Boys, with Fred Barnes, for the Fox News Channel.
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Morton Kondracke was a regular nightly contributor to Special Report with Brit Hume on the same network.
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Morton Kondracke was supportive of the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia and referred to the Serbs as "bastards" on national television.
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Morton Kondracke appeared on C-SPAN in July 2017, calling for a revival of the "political center" in America.
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In 1967, Morton Kondracke married Millicent Martinez, a half Mexican, half Jewish liberal activist.
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Morton Kondracke struggled with alcoholism during the 1980s, and he credits Millicent for helping him end his addiction by 1987.
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Millicent Morton Kondracke grew increasingly incapacitated by the disease, and died on July 22,2004.
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On May 6,2006, Morton Kondracke married Marguerite Sallee, CEO of America's Promise.
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Morton Kondracke is a trustee of Dartmouth College, a board member of the Parkinson's Action Network and a member of the Founders Council of the Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research.