Some See Nepotism in Commentary’s New Editor Choice

John Podhoretz did not consult his father when Neal Kozodoy, the editor of Commentary, called him last spring and asked if he would consider succeeding him.

John’s father—that’s Norman, if you’re not aware—had been the editor of Commentary for almost half a century; more than anyone, it was Norman who turned it into the Read More

John Podhoretz Issues a Threat to Me

A couple days ago I did my most successful item, counting by serious comments: about the vanishing progressive Jewish presence in public life, from my viewpoint as an assimilating Jew. Later that day I opened my email to discover a message from a “John Podhoretz.” It was titled “Look Out!”

I don’t know Read More

Daughtry: Broaden Your Base

John Podhoretz has a lesson in national politics for American Idol’s Chris Daughtry in his column today. It seems the outrage continues over Daughtry’s exit this week, and Podhoretz parallels the weekly vote cycle to presidential primaries.

He writes:

If you want to understand “Idol,” you need to understand American politics. And if Read More

Podhoretz: Only Rudy Can Stop Hillary

I’ve been reading the galleys of John Podhoretz’s new book on Hillary Clinton, Can She Be Stopped, of which more later.

His central argument is that Hillary will win in 2008 unless conservatives take pre-emptive action now, trying to force her to choose between left and right in Senate votes and public Read More

Don’t Forget Abe

The same under-employed reader who scans Pataki press releases has this note about John Podhoretz’s defense of Judy Miller in the Post today, in which the Postie declares:

“No one contemporaneously employed by a newspaper has ever been assailed by a colleague in its pages the way Maureen Dowd assailed Miller on Saturday.” Read More