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'''Jonah Jacob Goldberg''' (born ], ]), is an ] ] commentator. Goldberg is known for his contributions on politics and culture to '']'', where he is the editor-at-large. He also frequently appears on television, on such shows as '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'' and '']''. | |||
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|birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S. | |||
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'''Jonah Jacob Goldberg''' (born March 21, 1969) is an American ] syndicated columnist, author, political analyst, and commentator. The founding editor of ''National Review Online'', from 1998 until 2019, he was an editor at '']''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationalreview.com/g-file/last-g-file-national-review/|title=The End of an Era|website=]|date=May 31, 2019|access-date=June 20, 2019|archive-date=June 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190619020851/https://www.nationalreview.com/g-file/last-g-file-national-review/|url-status=live}}</ref> Goldberg writes a weekly column about politics and culture for the '']''.<ref name="latimes">{{Cite web |title=Jonah Goldberg |url=https://www.latimes.com/people/jonah-goldberg |access-date=September 13, 2020 |website=] |archive-date=August 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190801134302/https://www.latimes.com/lanews-jonah-goldberg-20130507-staff.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In October 2019, Goldberg became the founding editor of the online opinion and news publication ''].''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/464849-jonah-goldberg-steve-hayes-launch-conservative-media-company-the-dispatch|title=Jonah Goldberg, Steve Hayes launch conservative media company The Dispatch|first=Kyle|last=Balluck|date=October 8, 2019|website=The Hill|access-date=June 8, 2020|archive-date=June 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619215246/https://thehill.com/homenews/media/464849-jonah-goldberg-steve-hayes-launch-conservative-media-company-the-dispatch|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cjr.org/business_of_news/jonah-goldberg-national-review-steve-hayes.php|title=Jonah Goldberg is 'ideologically grounded, but I feel politically homeless'|website=Columbia Journalism Review|access-date=March 13, 2019|archive-date=April 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419014654/https://www.cjr.org/business_of_news/jonah-goldberg-national-review-steve-hayes.php|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Rowland |first1=Geoffrey |title=National Review's Goldberg, Weekly Standard's Hayes to launch conservative media company |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/432167-national-reviews-goldberg-weekly-standards-hayes-to-launch-conservative-media |website=The Hill |access-date=March 13, 2019 |language=en |date=March 1, 2019 |archive-date=March 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302125748/https://thehill.com/homenews/media/432167-national-reviews-goldberg-weekly-standards-hayes-to-launch-conservative-media |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationalreview.com/g-file/stay-puft-socialism-luxurious-infanticide/|title=Stay-Puft Socialism, Luxurious Infanticide|website=]|date=March 1, 2019}}</ref> Goldberg has authored the No. 1 ] '']'', released in January 2008; ''The Tyranny of Cliches: How Liberals Cheat in the War of Ideas'', released in 2012;<ref>{{Cite news|last=Klein|first=Joe|title='The Tyranny of Clichés,' by Jonah Goldberg|work=The New York Times |date=May 18, 2012 |language=en|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/20/books/review/the-tyranny-of-cliches-by-jonah-goldberg.html|access-date=August 12, 2018}}</ref> and '']'', which was published in April 2018 and also became a ''New York Times'' bestseller, reaching No. 5 on the list the following month.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Suicide of the West|publisher=Crown Forum|year=2018|isbn=978-1-101-90493-0|ref=Suicide of the West}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Hardcover Nonfiction Books – Best Sellers|date= 20 May 2018|work=The New York Times|language=en|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2018/05/20/hardcover-nonfiction/|access-date=August 12, 2018}}</ref> | |||
Goldberg is also a regular contributor on news networks such as ] and ], appearing on various television programs including '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', the ''],'' and '']''. Goldberg was an occasional guest on a number of ] shows such as '']'', '']'', and '']''. He was also a frequent panelist on ''].'' From 2006 to 2010, Goldberg was a frequent participant on ]. Goldberg has been a noted critic of President Donald Trump, fellow Republicans, and the conservative media complex during and after the Trump presidency.<ref name="Calderone2019"/> In November 2021, Goldberg and his colleague Steve Hayes resigned from ] in protest over ]'s documentary ''Patriot Purge.'' Goldberg described the documentary as "a collection of incoherent conspiracy-mongering, riddled with factual inaccuracies, half-truths, deceptive imagery, and damning omissions."<ref>{{Cite news |title=Two Fox News pundits quit over concerns about 'conspiracy-mongering' Jan. 6 documentary |language=en-US |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2021/11/22/jonah-goldberg-stephen-hayes-quit-fox-jan-6-conspiracy/ |access-date=2022-03-29 |issn=0190-8286 |archive-date=July 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220718161949/https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2021/11/22/jonah-goldberg-stephen-hayes-quit-fox-jan-6-conspiracy/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
==Early life and career== | |||
Goldberg graduated from ] in 1991. He was active in ] at Goucher and was the co-editor of the school newspaper, ''The Quindecim'' , for two years. He and Andreas Benno Kollegger were the first men to run the paper. | |||
==Early life and education== | |||
Goldberg interned for ], ], and other news organizations. He also worked for Delilah Communications, a publishing house in New York, and for Morris, Bograd and Trippi, a political consulting firm. | |||
Goldberg was born on the ] of New York City's ] borough to ] (née Steinberger), a ] who died in 2022, and Sidney Goldberg, an editor and media executive who died in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/blog/GoldbergBio.pdf|title=McAdams's Kennedy Assassination Home Page Index|access-date=August 8, 2012|archive-date=September 3, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120903154255/http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/blog/GoldbergBio.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/08/19/archives/writer-declares-she-was-gop-spy-in-mgovern-camp-paid-by-check-spoke.html|title=WRITER DECLARES SHE WAS G.O.P. SPY IN M'GOVERN CAMP|work=The New York Times |date=August 19, 1973 |access-date=August 12, 2018|language=en|archive-date=July 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722221615/https://www.nytimes.com/1973/08/19/archives/writer-declares-she-was-gop-spy-in-mgovern-camp-paid-by-check-spoke.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In speaking about his upbringing, Goldberg has said that his mother was an ] and that his father was ] and that he was raised Jewish.<ref name=nrtr1>Goldberg, Jonah (December 23, 2004). {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113091911/http://www.nationalreview.com/article/213225/politicizing-christmas-jonah-goldberg |date=January 13, 2016 }}, ''National Review Online''</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nationalreview.com/2005/06/hop-bird-jonah-goldberg/|title=The Hop Bird {{!}} National Review|date=June 17, 2005|work=National Review|access-date=August 12, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=September 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200906081920/https://www.nationalreview.com/2005/06/hop-bird-jonah-goldberg/|url-status=live}}</ref> After graduating from high school in 1987, Goldberg left New York City to attend ] in ], from which he earned his bachelor's in 1991, majoring in political science.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nationalreview.com/2001/04/chick-politics-jonah-goldberg/|title=Chick Politics National Review|date=April 18, 2001|work=National Review|access-date=May 28, 2019|language=en-US|archive-date=April 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428220547/https://www.nationalreview.com/2001/04/chick-politics-jonah-goldberg/|url-status=live}}</ref> Goldberg's class at Goucher, which was a ] until 1986, was the second to admit men.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1986/05/11/goucher-college-to-admit-men/952fb27c-23c4-4ab3-9fe9-283926bcba5a/|title=Goucher College To Admit Men|last1=Pressley|first1=Trustees of Md School Sue Anne|date=May 11, 1986|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=August 12, 2018|last2=Writer|first2=Washington Post Staff|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286|archive-date=July 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701003532/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1986/05/11/goucher-college-to-admit-men/952fb27c-23c4-4ab3-9fe9-283926bcba5a/|url-status=live}}</ref> While at Goucher, Goldberg was active in student politics and served as the co-editor of the school newspaper, ''The Quindecim'', for two years. Goldberg and Andreas Benno Kollegger were the first men to run the paper. He later interned for ], ], and other news organizations.{{When|date=July 2010}} He also worked for Delilah Communications, a publishing house in New York.{{When|date=July 2010}} | |||
==Career== | |||
After graduation, he taught English in ] for under a year before moving to ] to take a job at the ]. While at AEI he worked for ]. He was the researcher for Wattenberg's nationally syndicated column and for Wattenberg's book, ''Values Matter Most''. He also worked on several ] ] ], including a two-hour special hosted by ] and Wattenberg. Goldberg also served for three years on the ] of Goucher College. | |||
After graduating, Goldberg taught English in ] for less than a year before moving to ] in 1992 to take a job at the ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aei.org/author/jonah-goldberg/|title=Jonah Goldberg | AEI Scholar|website=AEI|access-date=September 8, 2019|archive-date=March 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150305220227/http://www.aei.org/author/jonah-goldberg/|url-status=live}}</ref> While at AEI he worked for ]. He was the researcher for Wattenberg's nationally syndicated column and for Wattenberg's book, ''Values Matter Most''. He also worked on several ] ] documentaries, including a two-hour special hosted by ] and Wattenberg.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PBS – A Third Choice – Credits |url=http://www.pbs.org/thinktank/thirdchoice/credits.html |access-date=July 13, 2020 |website=]}}</ref> Goldberg was also invited to serve on Goucher College's Board of Trustees immediately after graduating in 1991, a position he held for three years.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nationalreview.com/2001/06/taking-conservatism-seriously-jonah-goldberg/|title=Taking Conservatism Seriously {{!}} National Review|date=June 8, 2001|work=National Review|access-date=August 12, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=May 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510061353/https://www.nationalreview.com/2001/06/taking-conservatism-seriously-jonah-goldberg/|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
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In 1994, Goldberg became a founding producer for Wattenberg's '']''. That same year he moved to New River Media, an independent television production company, which produced "Think Tank" as well as numerous other television programs and projects. Goldberg worked on a large number of television projects across the United States, as well as in Europe and Japan. He wrote, produced, and edited two documentaries for New River Media, ''Gargoyles: Guardians of the Gate'' and ''Notre Dame: Witness to History''. | ||
He joined ''National Review'' as a ] in 1998. By the end of that year, he was asked to launch ''National Review Online'' (NRO) as a sister publication to ''National Review''. He served as editor of NRO for several years and later became editor-at-large. {{When|date=July 2010}} | |||
===Clinton–Lewinsky scandal=== | |||
==Clinton-Lewinsky Scandal== | |||
Goldberg's |
Goldberg's mother ] was involved in the ] as detailed in '']''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.salon.com/media/1998/09/18media.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060619144444/http://www.salon.com/media/1998/09/18media.html|url-status=dead|title=Salon Media Circus|The jester of Monicagate|archive-date=June 19, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.townhall.com/opinion/contributors/jonahgoldberg.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060214014642/http://www.townhall.com/opinion/contributors/jonahgoldberg.html|url-status=dead|title=Article on the Lewinsky scandal at Townhall.com|archive-date=February 14, 2006}}</ref> Goldberg has spoken of his mother and the Lewinsky scandal: | ||
<blockquote>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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalreview.com/article/211254/incredible-shrinking-clinton-jonah-goldberg |title=The Incredible Shrinking Clinton |publisher=Nationalreview.com |date=2004-06-23 |access-date=2015-09-12 |archive-date=October 19, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019152750/http://www.nationalreview.com/article/211254/incredible-shrinking-clinton-jonah-goldberg |url-status=live }}</ref></blockquote> | |||
Goldberg has spoken of his mother and the Lewinsky scandal: | |||
:"My mother was the one who advised ] to record her conversations with ] 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." | |||
These tapes became the focal point of the Lewinsky scandal. | |||
These tapes became the focal point of the Lewinsky scandal. Jonah Goldberg was privy to the tapes and the conversations Lucianne Goldberg had with Ms. Tripp because he served as a vice president of his mother's now-defunct literary agency. When the scandal broke, Goldberg defended his mother and Ms. Tripp during the ensuing media firestorm. | |||
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===Current work=== | ||
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He has a ''National Review Online'' column, the "Goldberg File" (often called the "G-File" by fans, who are called "G-Philes"), and a second, ] column, available from (among other places), which tends to be more uniformly serious in tone than his ''National Review Online'' column, which he has written regularly since ] ]. He has also written for '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', the '']'', '']'', and '']''. | |||
==== Writing for ''National Review'' and other publications ==== | |||
On ] ], ] announced that Goldberg will be added to its editorial lineup. | |||
Beginning in 1998, Goldberg was an editor and wrote a twice-weekly column at ''National Review'', which is syndicated to numerous papers across the United States, and at ]. ''National Review'' consists of fellow contributors such as ], ], and ].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nationalreview.com/the-masthead/|title=The Masthead {{!}} National Review|date=December 19, 2017|work=National Review|access-date=February 21, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=February 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180218070908/https://www.nationalreview.com/the-masthead/|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
Goldberg also wrote the "Goldberg File"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationalreview.com/g-file/|title=The G-File {{!}} National Review|website=www.nationalreview.com|language=en-US|access-date=August 16, 2018|archive-date=August 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816021336/https://www.nationalreview.com/g-file/|url-status=live}}</ref> at ''National Review,'' a column that was generally lighter and more focused on humor and cultural commentary. Goldberg's column often made pop-culture references to works including '']'' and '']'', of which he has said he is a fan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://old.nationalreview.com/goldberg/goldberg061703.asp|title=Jonah Goldberg on National Review Online|date=June 17, 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219042637/http://old.nationalreview.com/goldberg/goldberg061703.asp|archive-date=December 19, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/article/218938/tales-new-iraqica-jonah-goldberg|title=Tales from New Iraqica: They didn't leap the shark|date=October 10, 2006|publisher=Article.nationalreview.com|access-date=May 29, 2012|archive-date=October 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019152750/http://www.nationalreview.com/article/218938/tales-new-iraqica-jonah-goldberg|url-status=live}}</ref> Goldberg was also a frequent contributor at the ''National Review'' blog ''The Corner'', often authoring posts with light-hearted, comedic and pop-culture references. | |||
His new book, several years in the writing, is ''Liberal Fascism: The Totalitarian Temptation from ] to ]'', a study of the ideological origins of fascism. | |||
Goldberg left ''National Review'' in May 2019. | |||
==Opinions== | |||
===Frequent topics=== | |||
Some frequent topics of his articles include ] , ] , ] , ] , and interpretation of the ] , his attacks on the ethics and morals of "liberals" and ], and his disagreements with ] | |||
also appear often in his writings. | |||
Aside from being a member of the '']'' Board of Contributors, he has written for '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', and '']''. '']'' added Goldberg to its editorial lineup in 2005. | |||
Goldberg was a supporter of the ] and has advocated for American military intervention elsewhere in the world. He has defended historical ] in places such as ] as more beneficial than it is generally given credit for; in one column, he suggested that U.S. imperialism on the continent could help solve its persistent problems. | |||
In addition to supporting the U.S. invasion of Iraq, he implied treasonous motives to those who disagree.{{Fact|date=February 2007}} When he finally wrote in October 2006 that going in was a mistake, he called it a "noble" mistake and still maintained that liberal opponents to the war policy wanted America to fail: "In other words, their objection isn't to war per se; it's to wars that advance U.S. interests (or, allegedly, ]'s or ]'s or ]'s interests). I must confess, one of the things that made me reluctant to conclude that the Iraq war was a mistake was my distaste for the shabbiness of the arguments on the antiwar side." | |||
In 2020, Goldberg co-founded ''The Dispatch,'' an online news publication aimed at offering political, social and cultural analysis from a center-right perspective.<ref name="Coppins2020">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/01/dispatch-tries-sell-real-news-right/605860/|title=The Conservatives Trying to Ditch Fake News|first=McKay|last=Coppins|date=January 31, 2020|website=The Atlantic|access-date=March 20, 2021|archive-date=March 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310020332/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/01/dispatch-tries-sell-real-news-right/605860/|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
He popularized and expanded on a commentary by the late '']'' writer, ]. Henry had written on the subject of multiculturalism and cultural equality, stating that "t is scarcely the same thing to ] as to put a bone in your nose." Goldberg stated that "ulticulturalism—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." | |||
==== Online media ==== | |||
He has recently published a column supporting finding an "Iraqi ]" to bring stability to Iraq, stating that "Pinochet's abuses helped create a civil society." | |||
Goldberg is the host of ''The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg'',<ref name="remnant">{{Cite web |title=The Remnant With Jonah Goldberg |url=https://remnant.thedispatch.com/ |archive-date=September 13, 2020 |website=] |access-date=September 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913040326/https://remnant.thedispatch.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> an interview podcast that covers a variety of topics in the spheres of politics, conservative theory, and current events. Goldberg is a frequent participant in programs produced by ],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jonah Goldberg Archives – Ricochet |url=https://ricochet.com/hosts/jonah-goldberg/ |access-date=September 13, 2020 |website=] |archive-date=September 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200917072056/https://ricochet.com/hosts/jonah-goldberg |url-status=live }}</ref> including the podcast ''GLoP Culture'' which features Goldberg, ], and Ricochet co-founder ].<ref name="glop">{{Cite web |title=GLoP Culture Archives – Ricochet |url=https://ricochet.com/series/goldberg-long-podhoretz/ |access-date=September 13, 2020 |website=] |archive-date=September 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915024549/https://ricochet.com/series/goldberg-long-podhoretz/ |url-status=live }}</ref> From 2006 to 2010, he was a frequent participant on ].<ref name="bloggingheads.tv" /> | |||
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==== Books ==== | ||
Goldberg's first book, '']'', was published in January 2008. It reached No. 1 on the ] of hardcover ] in its seventh week on the list.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/09/books/bestseller/0309besthardnonfiction.html?_r=1&oref=slogin|title=Hardcover Nonfiction|date=March 9,<!-- sic. --> 2008|newspaper=]|access-date=March 5, 2008}}</ref> Some historians have denounced the book as being "poor scholarship",<ref>{{cite web|last=Feldman|first=Matthew|title=Poor Scholarship, Wrong Conclusions|url=http://www.hnn.us/articles/122247.html|work=HNN Special: A Symposium on Jonah Goldberg's Liberal Fascism|publisher=George Mason University (HNN)|access-date=May 31, 2011|archive-date=September 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110907053449/http://hnn.us/articles/122247.html|url-status=live}}</ref> "propaganda",<ref>{{cite web|last=Griffin|first=Roger|title=An Academic Book – Not!|url=http://www.hnn.us/articles/122473.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100128034040/http://www.hnn.us/articles/122473.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 28, 2010|work=HNN Special: A Symposium on Jonah Goldberg's Liberal Fascism|publisher=George Mason University (HNN)|access-date=May 31, 2011}}</ref> and not scholarly.<ref>{{cite web|last=Paxton|first=Robert|title=The Scholarly Flaws of "Liberal Fascism"|url=http://www.hnn.us/articles/122231.html|work=HNN Special: A Symposium on Jonah Goldberg's Liberal Fascism|publisher=George Mason University (HNN)|access-date=May 31, 2011|archive-date=April 27, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110427051356/http://www.hnn.us/articles/122231.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Other reviewers described the book as "provocative".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6504692.html |title=Nonfiction Reviews: Week of 26 November 2007 |access-date=December 24, 2007 |date=November 26, 2007 |publisher=] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071210141334/http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6504692.html |archive-date=December 10, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.creators.com/read/thomas-sowell/02/08/who-is-fascist | title=Who is 'Fascist' |date=February 11, 2008 |publisher=Creators.com |access-date=May 29, 2012}}</ref> The audiobook version of ''Liberal Fascism'' was narrated by Johnny Heller. Goldberg followed the book with ''The Tyranny of Clichés: How Liberals Cheat in the War of Ideas'' in 2012. The paperback edition of ''Tyranny of Cliches'' came out on April 30, 2013. Goldberg himself narrated the audiobook version. His most recent work, '']'', was released in 2018. | |||
The "Goldberg File" frequently involves humor, often at the expense of ]. ], whom Goldberg insinuates cannot read, is a frequent target of such jibes. Goldberg has also been ] and claims credit for popularizing the term "]" (first used on '']'' ]) to refer to them. Goldberg also makes occasional allusions to '']'' and references to his anthropomorphized couch and his dog, Cosmo ("the wonderdog") . More recently, ] has become a favorite topic . Goldberg also likes to link to "timewaster" online games in his postings at "The Corner". | |||
==== Pulitzer claim controversy ==== | |||
===Relations with other writers, public figures=== | |||
In May 2012, Goldberg was touted as a "two-time ] nominee" in the book jacket of his second book, ''The Tyranny of Cliches: How Liberals Cheat in the War of Ideas.'' NBC News reporter ] pointed this out as misleading because Goldberg had in fact only been an entrant in the Pulitzer contest and had never been nominated as a finalist, as the moniker "Pulitzer nominee" claimed. Becoming an entrant in the Pulitzer contest requires only that either the author of a written work submit an entry form along with a small fee or that someone else do so on their behalf. Following Dedman's reporting, Goldberg and his publishing company acknowledged the false claim and subsequently removed the line from the book jacket.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://investigations.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/05/09/11608553-conservative-author-jonah-goldberg-drops-claim-of-two-pulitzer-nominations|title=Conservative author Jonah Goldberg drops claim of two Pulitzer nominations|date=May 9, 2012|publisher=NBC News|access-date=May 12, 2018|archive-date=May 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513081211/http://investigations.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/05/09/11608553-conservative-author-jonah-goldberg-drops-claim-of-two-pulitzer-nominations|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
On the left, Goldberg has publicly feuded with ] over U.S. Iraq policy and ] commentators such as ]. Garofalo has accused Goldberg of being a ] on the Iraq War. On February 8th, 2005 Goldberg offered Cole a wager of $1,000 "that Iraq won't have a civil war, that it will have a viable constitution, and that a majority of Iraqis and Americans will, in two years time, agree that the war was worth it." Cole refused to accept and the wager was never actually made; Goldberg later conceded that if Cole had accepted the bet, Goldberg would have lost it. | |||
===Media appearances and commentary=== | |||
On the right, Goldberg had a friendly but sometimes-contentious relationship with ] that became increasingly acrimonious over ideological differences. In October 2006, Goldberg wrote of ], "I do not trust Dick Morris. Period." | |||
====Frequent topics==== | |||
Goldberg and others at National Review Online (including ]) broke with conservative writer ] over statements she made about the September 11, 2001 attacks that they considered irresponsible. Coulter stopped writing for National Review Online after the publishing of her column on September 13, 2001, opining that "We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity. | |||
Some frequent topics of his articles include censorship, ], ], ] and interpretation of the ]. He has attacked the ethics and morals of ] and ], and his disagreements with ] also appear often in his writings. In the years of the Trump presidency, his writings turned critical of the Trump movement and the moral rot within the Republican Party.<ref>{{cite web|last=Goldberg |first=Jonah |url=https://tulsaworld.com/opinion/columnists/jonah-goldberg-republicans-look-for-a-path-away-from-the-trump-fiasco/article_a0bb3aa6-34d8-11eb-be16-f39def336cdc.html |title=Republicans look for a path away from the Trump fiasco |publisher=Tulsa World |date=December 5, 2020 |access-date=March 21, 2021}}</ref> He was a supporter of the ] and has advocated American military intervention elsewhere in the world. He has defended historical ] in places such as Africa as more beneficial than it is generally given credit for; in one column, he suggested that U.S. imperialism on the continent could help solve its persistent problems.<ref name="three-cheers">{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalreview.com/article/204571/three-cheers-aristocracy-jonah-goldberg |title=Three Cheers For Aristocracy |publisher=Nationalreview.com |access-date=September 12, 2015 |date=December 13, 1999 |archive-date=October 19, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019152750/http://www.nationalreview.com/article/204571/three-cheers-aristocracy-jonah-goldberg |url-status=live }}</ref> When he wrote in October 2006 that invading ] was a mistake, he called it a "noble" mistake and still maintained that liberal opponents of the war policy wanted America to fail: "In other words, their objection isn't to war per se; it's to wars that advance U.S. interests. ... I must confess, one of the things that made me reluctant to conclude that the Iraq war was a mistake was my distaste for the shabbiness of the arguments on the ] side."<ref>{{cite web |last=Goldberg |first=Jonah |url=http://www.nationalreview.com/article/219010/iraq-was-worthy-mistake-jonah-goldberg |title=Iraq Was a Worthy Mistake |publisher=National Review Online |date=October 20, 2006 |access-date=September 12, 2015 |archive-date=October 19, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019152750/http://www.nationalreview.com/article/219010/iraq-was-worthy-mistake-jonah-goldberg |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
He popularized and expanded on a commentary by the late '']'' writer ]. Henry had written on the subject of ] and cultural equality, stating that "it is scarcely the same thing to ] as to put a bone in your nose". Goldberg stated that "ulticulturalism—which is simply ] wrapped in rainbow-colored paper—has elevated the notion that all ideas are equal, all systems equivalent, all cultures of comparable worth."<ref name="three-cheers" /> | |||
===Fox News=== | |||
Goldberg overall opinion on the alleged conservative news media source ] was this: "Look, I think liberals have reasonable gripes with Fox News. It does lean to the right, primarily in its opinion programming but also in its story selection (which is fine by me) and elsewhere. But it's worth remembering that Fox is less a bastion of ideological conservatism and more a populist, tabloidy network."<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/03/fox_john_edwards_and_the_two_a.html</ref> | |||
He has criticized the idea of "]" as meaning "anything its champions want it to mean" or "'good things' no one needs to argue for and no one dare be against".<ref>{{cite web|title=What is Social Justice? – PragerUniversity|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtBvQj2k6xo|website=YouTube|access-date=January 28, 2015|archive-date=January 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120161012/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtBvQj2k6xo|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
==Family== | |||
Goldberg has a brother, Joshua John Goldberg. Their late father, Sidney Goldberg (1931-2005) , was Jewish, and their mother, ], is Episcopalian. | |||
====Relations with other writers and public figures==== | |||
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Goldberg has publicly feuded with people on the ], like ], over U.S. Iraq policy, and ] commentators such as ], who has accused him of being a ] on the Iraq War. On February 8, 2005, Goldberg offered Cole a wager of $1,000 "that Iraq won't have a civil war, that it will have a viable constitution, and that a majority of ] and ] will, in two years' time, agree that the war was worth it".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalreview.com/article/213609/cole-goes-jonah-goldberg |title=Cole Goes On |publisher=Nationalreview.com |date=February 8, 2005 |access-date=September 12, 2015 |archive-date=October 19, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019152750/http://www.nationalreview.com/article/213609/cole-goes-jonah-goldberg |url-status=live }}</ref> Cole refused to accept and the wager was never made.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.juancole.com/2005/02/playing-with-human-lives-goldbergs.html |title=Playing With Human Lives Goldbergs |publisher=Informed Comment |date=February 8, 2005 |access-date=May 29, 2012 |archive-date=July 12, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712113637/http://www.juancole.com/2005/02/playing-with-human-lives-goldbergs.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Goldberg later conceded that if Cole had accepted the bet, Cole would have won.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/136214/juan-cole-pests-jonah-goldberg |title=Juan Cole Pests |publisher=National Review |date=January 18, 2007 |access-date=September 12, 2015}}</ref> | |||
] and Goldberg engaged in a discussion on ]]] | |||
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Goldberg and ] of '']'' hosted a conservative vs. liberal ] show, ''What's your Problem?'', from 2007 to 2010. It originally could be found on ''National Review Online''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tv.nationalreview.com/whatsyourproblem/ |title="What's Your Problem?", ''National Review Online'' |publisher=Tv.nationalreview.com |access-date=May 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402115902/http://tv.nationalreview.com/whatsyourproblem/ |archive-date=April 2, 2012 }}</ref> and later moved to ].<ref name="bloggingheads.tv">{{Cite web |title=Jonah Goldberg on Bloggingheads.tv |url=https://archives.bloggingheads.tv/guest/Jonah%20Goldberg |access-date=September 13, 2020 |publisher=] }}{{Dead link|date=May 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> | |||
====Relations with Fox News==== | |||
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Regarding ], Goldberg said, "Look, I think liberals have reasonable gripes with Fox News. It does lean to ], primarily in its opinion programming but also in its story selection (which is fine by me) and elsewhere. But it's worth remembering that Fox is less a bastion of ideological conservatism and more a ], ] network."<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web |url=http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/03/fox_john_edwards_and_the_two_a.html |title=Fox, John Edwards and the Two Americas |publisher=Realclearpolitics.com |date=March 16, 2007 |access-date=May 29, 2012 |archive-date=February 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224171922/https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/03/fox_john_edwards_and_the_two_a.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Goldberg has criticized liberals for applying a double standard to Fox News, arguing they have no "problem with the editorializing of ]'s ] or ], they think it's just plain wrong for conservatives to play that game".<ref name=autogenerated1 /> | |||
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During the Trump years and beyond, while Goldberg defended certain news hosts and shows on Fox News, he became more sympathetic towards critiques of Fox News, especially regarding their opinion hosts, including ], ], and ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://starherald.com/opinion/columnists/syndicated/jonah-goldberg-both-sides-need-to-ditch-whataboutism-and-condemn-bad-actors/article_2e27365a-5f9b-11eb-8d65-2fb534615469.html |title=Both sides need to ditch whataboutism and condemn bad actors |publisher=StarHerald.com |date=January 26, 2021 |access-date=March 21, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://gfile.thedispatch.com/p/popular-affront |title=Popular Afront |publisher=thedispatch.com |date=January 15, 2021 |access-date=March 21, 2021}}</ref><ref name="Coppins2020"/> On November 21, 2021, Goldberg and colleague Steve Hayes announced that they were severing their ties to Fox News in protest of its support for ]'s ''Patriot Purge'', which they described as "a collection of incoherent conspiracy-mongering, riddled with factual inaccuracies, half-truths, deceptive imagery, and damning omissions."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hayes |first1=Steve |last2=Goldberg |first2=Jonah |title=Why we are leaving Fox News | url=https://thedispatch.com/p/why-we-are-leaving-fox-news |access-date=22 November 2021 |work=The Dispatch |date=21 November 2021 |archive-date=November 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122032955/https://thedispatch.com/p/why-we-are-leaving-fox-news |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Folkenflik|first=David|date=November 21, 2021|title=Two Fox News commentators resign over Tucker Carlson series on the Jan. 6 siege|language=en|work=NPR News|url=https://www.npr.org/2021/11/21/1052837157/fox-resignations-tucker-carlson-patriot-purge-documentary|access-date=2021-11-22|archive-date=November 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122042928/https://www.npr.org/2021/11/21/1052837157/fox-resignations-tucker-carlson-patriot-purge-documentary|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
====Donald Trump==== | |||
'''Conservative Criticism of Goldberg''' | |||
During the years of the Trump Presidency, Goldberg remained very critical of conservative media's embrace of him. On Trump's defenders in the media, Goldberg said this: | |||
<blockquote>For nearly five years now, it has been obvious that Trump was unfit for the job and the arguments marshaled in his defense were cynical rationalizations that, for some, eventually mutated into sincerely held delusions. Sure, some deluded themselves from the beginning, but I’ve talked to too many Republican politicians and conservative media darlings who admitted it in private.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gfile.thedispatch.com/p/screwtape-went-down-to-georgia|title=Screwtape Went Down to Georgia|first=Jonah|last=Goldberg|website=gfile.thedispatch.com|date=December 4, 2020 }}</ref></blockquote> | |||
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During the Trump Presidency, Goldberg became increasingly critical of both the Republican Party's embrace of President Trump and their abandonment of pre-Trump principles.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cjr.org/business_of_news/jonah-goldberg-national-review-steve-hayes.php |title=Jonah Goldberg is 'ideologically grounded, but I feel politically homeless' |publisher=cjr.org |date=March 13, 2019 |access-date=March 21, 2021 |archive-date=March 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305221859/https://www.cjr.org/business_of_news/jonah-goldberg-national-review-steve-hayes.php |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Calderone2019">{{cite web |last1=Calderone |first1=Michael |title=Trump critics on the right join the media wars |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/08/trump-media-dispatch-bulwark-041121 |website=Politico.com |access-date=May 17, 2020 |date=October 8, 2019 |archive-date=July 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729025959/https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/08/trump-media-dispatch-bulwark-041121 |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
==Personal life== | |||
Goldberg is married to ], chief speechwriter and former senior policy adviser to former ] ].<ref>{{cite news|title=Weddings: Jessica Gavora, Jonah Goldberg|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B02E1DA1331F935A1575BC0A9679C8B63|work=The New York Times|date=August 26, 2001|access-date=May 21, 2007|archive-date=December 9, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071209152104/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B02E1DA1331F935A1575BC0A9679C8B63|url-status=live}}</ref> They have one daughter, and they live in the ] neighborhood.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jonahgoldberg.com/about-jonah/|title=About Jonah|access-date=June 8, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/02/the-urban-bane-that-is-d-c-speed-cameras/|title=The Urban Bane That Is D.C. Speed Cameras|website=]|date=February 26, 2018|access-date=September 8, 2019|archive-date=November 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109020640/https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/02/the-urban-bane-that-is-d-c-speed-cameras/|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
Goldberg's brother, Joshua, died in 2011 from accidental injuries.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Goldberg |first1=Jonah |title=Josh Goldberg, RIP |url=https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/josh-goldberg-rip-jonah-goldberg/ |website=National Review Online |date=February 12, 2011 |access-date=8 February 2022 |archive-date=February 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208151630/https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/josh-goldberg-rip-jonah-goldberg/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Goldberg's father, Sidney, died in 2005, and was survived by his wife, Jonah's mother, Lucianne.<ref>{{cite news |title=Goldberg, Sidney |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/10/classified/paid-notice-deaths-goldberg-sidney.html |access-date=8 February 2022 |work=New York Times |date=10 June 2005}}</ref> Lucianne Goldberg died on October 26, 2022.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Goldberg |first1=Jonah |title=That's no icon, that's my mom |url=https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/gfile/thats-no-icon-thats-my-mom/ |access-date=28 October 2022 |agency=The Dispatch |date=28 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Larimore |first1=Rachael |title=Our best stuff from an extreme week |url=https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/weekly/our-best-stuff-from-an-extreme-week/ |access-date=29 October 2022 |agency=The Dispatch |date=29 October 2022}}</ref> | |||
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American political commentator (born 1969)
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Born | Jonah Jacob Goldberg (1969-03-21) March 21, 1969 (age 55) New York City, New York, U.S. |
Education | Goucher College (BA) |
Occupation(s) | Journalist and author |
Employer | The Dispatch |
Spouse |
Jessica Gavora (m. 2001) |
Children | 1 |
Relatives | Lucianne Goldberg (mother) |
Goldberg's voice On fascism |
Jonah Jacob Goldberg (born March 21, 1969) is an American conservative syndicated columnist, author, political analyst, and commentator. The founding editor of National Review Online, from 1998 until 2019, he was an editor at National Review. Goldberg writes a weekly column about politics and culture for the Los Angeles Times. In October 2019, Goldberg became the founding editor of the online opinion and news publication The Dispatch. Goldberg has authored the No. 1 New York Times bestseller Liberal Fascism, released in January 2008; The Tyranny of Cliches: How Liberals Cheat in the War of Ideas, released in 2012; and Suicide of the West, which was published in April 2018 and also became a New York Times bestseller, reaching No. 5 on the list the following month.
Goldberg is also a regular contributor on news networks such as CNN and MSNBC, appearing on various television programs including Good Morning America, Nightline, Hardball with Chris Matthews, Real Time with Bill Maher, Larry King Live, Your World with Neil Cavuto, the Glenn Beck Program, and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Goldberg was an occasional guest on a number of Fox News shows such as The Five, The Greg Gutfeld Show, and Outnumbered. He was also a frequent panelist on Special Report with Bret Baier. From 2006 to 2010, Goldberg was a frequent participant on bloggingheads.tv. Goldberg has been a noted critic of President Donald Trump, fellow Republicans, and the conservative media complex during and after the Trump presidency. In November 2021, Goldberg and his colleague Steve Hayes resigned from Fox News in protest over Tucker Carlson's documentary Patriot Purge. Goldberg described the documentary as "a collection of incoherent conspiracy-mongering, riddled with factual inaccuracies, half-truths, deceptive imagery, and damning omissions."
Early life and education
Goldberg was born on the Upper West Side of New York City's Manhattan borough to Lucianne Goldberg (née Steinberger), a literary agent who died in 2022, and Sidney Goldberg, an editor and media executive who died in 2005. In speaking about his upbringing, Goldberg has said that his mother was an Episcopalian and that his father was Jewish and that he was raised Jewish. After graduating from high school in 1987, Goldberg left New York City to attend Goucher College in Towson, Maryland, from which he earned his bachelor's in 1991, majoring in political science. Goldberg's class at Goucher, which was a women's college until 1986, was the second to admit men. While at Goucher, Goldberg was active in student politics and served as the co-editor of the school newspaper, The Quindecim, for two years. Goldberg and Andreas Benno Kollegger were the first men to run the paper. He later interned for Scripps Howard News Service, United Press International, and other news organizations. He also worked for Delilah Communications, a publishing house in New York.
Career
After graduating, Goldberg taught English in Prague for less than a year before moving to Washington D.C. in 1992 to take a job at the American Enterprise Institute. While at AEI he worked for Ben J. Wattenberg. He was the researcher for Wattenberg's nationally syndicated column and for Wattenberg's book, Values Matter Most. He also worked on several PBS public affairs documentaries, including a two-hour special hosted by David Gergen and Wattenberg. Goldberg was also invited to serve on Goucher College's Board of Trustees immediately after graduating in 1991, a position he held for three years.
In 1994, Goldberg became a founding producer for Wattenberg's Think Tank with Ben Wattenberg. That same year he moved to New River Media, an independent television production company, which produced "Think Tank" as well as numerous other television programs and projects. Goldberg worked on a large number of television projects across the United States, as well as in Europe and Japan. He wrote, produced, and edited two documentaries for New River Media, Gargoyles: Guardians of the Gate and Notre Dame: Witness to History.
He joined National Review as a contributing editor in 1998. By the end of that year, he was asked to launch National Review Online (NRO) as a sister publication to National Review. He served as editor of NRO for several years and later became editor-at-large.
Clinton–Lewinsky scandal
Goldberg's mother Lucianne Goldberg was involved in the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal as detailed in The New Yorker. Goldberg has spoken of his mother and 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.
These tapes became the focal point of the Lewinsky scandal.
Current work
Writing for National Review and other publications
Beginning in 1998, Goldberg was an editor and wrote a twice-weekly column at National Review, which is syndicated to numerous papers across the United States, and at Townhall.com. National Review consists of fellow contributors such as Ramesh Ponnuru, Richard Brookhiser, and Kevin D. Williamson.
Goldberg also wrote the "Goldberg File" at National Review, a column that was generally lighter and more focused on humor and cultural commentary. Goldberg's column often made pop-culture references to works including Star Trek and Battlestar Galactica, of which he has said he is a fan. Goldberg was also a frequent contributor at the National Review blog The Corner, often authoring posts with light-hearted, comedic and pop-culture references.
Goldberg left National Review in May 2019.
Aside from being a member of the USA Today Board of Contributors, he has written for The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, Commentary, The Public Interest, The Wilson Quarterly, The Weekly Standard, The New York Post, and Slate. The Los Angeles Times added Goldberg to its editorial lineup in 2005.
In 2020, Goldberg co-founded The Dispatch, an online news publication aimed at offering political, social and cultural analysis from a center-right perspective.
Online media
Goldberg is the host of The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg, an interview podcast that covers a variety of topics in the spheres of politics, conservative theory, and current events. Goldberg is a frequent participant in programs produced by Ricochet, including the podcast GLoP Culture which features Goldberg, John Podhoretz, and Ricochet co-founder Rob Long. From 2006 to 2010, he was a frequent participant on Bloggingheads.tv.
Books
Goldberg's first book, Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, from Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning, was published in January 2008. It reached No. 1 on the New York Times Best Seller list of hardcover nonfiction in its seventh week on the list. Some historians have denounced the book as being "poor scholarship", "propaganda", and not scholarly. Other reviewers described the book as "provocative". The audiobook version of Liberal Fascism was narrated by Johnny Heller. Goldberg followed the book with The Tyranny of Clichés: How Liberals Cheat in the War of Ideas in 2012. The paperback edition of Tyranny of Cliches came out on April 30, 2013. Goldberg himself narrated the audiobook version. His most recent work, Suicide of the West, was released in 2018.
Pulitzer claim controversy
In May 2012, Goldberg was touted as a "two-time Pulitzer prize nominee" in the book jacket of his second book, The Tyranny of Cliches: How Liberals Cheat in the War of Ideas. NBC News reporter Bill Dedman pointed this out as misleading because Goldberg had in fact only been an entrant in the Pulitzer contest and had never been nominated as a finalist, as the moniker "Pulitzer nominee" claimed. Becoming an entrant in the Pulitzer contest requires only that either the author of a written work submit an entry form along with a small fee or that someone else do so on their behalf. Following Dedman's reporting, Goldberg and his publishing company acknowledged the false claim and subsequently removed the line from the book jacket.
Media appearances and commentary
Frequent topics
Some frequent topics of his articles include censorship, meritocracy, liberty, federalism and interpretation of the Constitution. He has attacked the ethics and morals of liberals and Democrats, and his disagreements with libertarians also appear often in his writings. In the years of the Trump presidency, his writings turned critical of the Trump movement and the moral rot within the Republican Party. He was a supporter of the Iraq War and has advocated American military intervention elsewhere in the world. He has defended historical colonialism in places such as Africa as more beneficial than it is generally given credit for; in one column, he suggested that U.S. imperialism on the continent could help solve its persistent problems. When he wrote in October 2006 that invading Iraq was a mistake, he called it a "noble" mistake and still maintained that liberal opponents of the war policy wanted America to fail: "In other words, their objection isn't to war per se; it's to wars that advance U.S. interests. ... I must confess, one of the things that made me reluctant to conclude that the Iraq war was a mistake was my distaste for the shabbiness of the arguments on the antiwar side."
He 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, stating that "it is scarcely the same thing to put a man on the moon as to put a bone in your nose". Goldberg stated that "ulticulturalism—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."
He has criticized the idea of "social justice" as meaning "anything its champions want it to mean" or "'good things' no one needs to argue for and no one dare be against".
Relations with other writers and public figures
Goldberg has publicly feuded with people on the political left, like Juan Cole, over U.S. Iraq policy, and Air America Radio commentators such as Janeane Garofalo, who has accused him of being a chickenhawk on the Iraq War. On February 8, 2005, Goldberg offered Cole a wager of $1,000 "that Iraq won't have a civil war, that it will have a viable constitution, and that a majority of Iraqis and Americans will, in two years' time, agree that the war was worth it". Cole refused to accept and the wager was never made. Goldberg later conceded that if Cole had accepted the bet, Cole would have won.
Goldberg and Peter Beinart of The New Republic hosted a conservative vs. liberal WebTV show, What's your Problem?, from 2007 to 2010. It originally could be found on National Review Online and later moved to Bloggingheads.tv.
Relations with Fox News
Regarding Fox News, Goldberg said, "Look, I think liberals have reasonable gripes with Fox News. It does lean to the right, primarily in its opinion programming but also in its story selection (which is fine by me) and elsewhere. But it's worth remembering that Fox is less a bastion of ideological conservatism and more a populist, tabloidy network." Goldberg has criticized liberals for applying a double standard to Fox News, arguing they have no "problem with the editorializing of MSNBC's Keith Olbermann or Chris Matthews, they think it's just plain wrong for conservatives to play that game".
During the Trump years and beyond, while Goldberg defended certain news hosts and shows on Fox News, he became more sympathetic towards critiques of Fox News, especially regarding their opinion hosts, including Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, and Mark Levin. On November 21, 2021, Goldberg and colleague Steve Hayes announced that they were severing their ties to Fox News in protest of its support for Tucker Carlson's Patriot Purge, which they described as "a collection of incoherent conspiracy-mongering, riddled with factual inaccuracies, half-truths, deceptive imagery, and damning omissions."
Donald Trump
During the years of the Trump Presidency, Goldberg remained very critical of conservative media's embrace of him. On Trump's defenders in the media, Goldberg said this:
For nearly five years now, it has been obvious that Trump was unfit for the job and the arguments marshaled in his defense were cynical rationalizations that, for some, eventually mutated into sincerely held delusions. Sure, some deluded themselves from the beginning, but I’ve talked to too many Republican politicians and conservative media darlings who admitted it in private.
During the Trump Presidency, Goldberg became increasingly critical of both the Republican Party's embrace of President Trump and their abandonment of pre-Trump principles.
Personal life
Goldberg is married to Jessica Gavora, chief speechwriter and former senior policy adviser to former Attorney General John Ashcroft. They have one daughter, and they live in the Palisades, Washington, D.C. neighborhood.
Goldberg's brother, Joshua, died in 2011 from accidental injuries. Goldberg's father, Sidney, died in 2005, and was survived by his wife, Jonah's mother, Lucianne. Lucianne Goldberg died on October 26, 2022.
Bibliography
- Suicide of the West: How the Rebirth of Tribalism, Populism, Nationalism, and Identity Politics is Destroying American Democracy. Crown Publishing Group. 2018. ISBN 978-1-101-90494-7.
- The Tyranny of Clichés: How Liberals Cheat in the War of Ideas. Penguin books. 2012. ISBN 978-1-101-57235-1.
- Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning. Crown Publishing Group. 2008. ISBN 978-0-385-51769-0.
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