Norman Podhoretz — ink portrait
§ The minds · b. 1930 · United States · Editor

Norman Podhoretz

Commentary's crusader

From the left to the hawkish right.

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The longtime editor of 'Commentary' whose journey from the literary left to militant neoconservatism made his magazine the movement's intellectual flagship.

social

Strong cultural traditionalist against the counterculture.

economic

Free-market anti-communism.

governance

Militant assertion of American power and values.

Notable for
  • Edited 'Commentary'
  • 'Making It'
  • Neoconservative polemics
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