John Podhoretz
John Podhoretz
John Mordecai Podhoretzis an American writer. He is the editor of Commentary magazine, columnist for the New York Post, the author of several books on politics, and a former presidential speechwriter...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth18 April 1961
CountryUnited States of America
robots rich
Robots have a rich and storied history in movies.
beauty weakness needs
She needs to seem tough, and whatever Hillary's weaknesses, tough is a pretty good word to describe her.
firsts exit disappointing
The exit polls suggest that after a relatively disappointing first term, Obama managed to reassemble almost all of his 2008 electorate.
government would-be debt
The thing is, Obama is right that it would be a calamity for the government to default on its debt by not meeting its obligations. Such a thing has never happened and can't be allowed to happen.
cities atmosphere conservative
I was wholeheartedly attracted to the conservative atmosphere that permeated the city of Washington.
bills internet computing
Back in 1995, Bill Gates himself didn't understand that the internet was the direction computing was going.
pay sound problem
The problem is that borrowing money to pay back more borrowed money that will oblige you in the future to borrow even more money doesn't sound kosher. Because it isn't.
spiritual jobs insulting
Insulting the electorate and accusing it of spiritual weakness and sinfulness are not the ways to get yourself the job of president.
winning giving political
Every great political campaign rewrites the rules; devising a new way to win is what gives campaigns a comparative advantage against their foes.
media break-through needs
Some candidates need to say provocative things that make noise to break through the media muffle and get themselves noticed.
race political gender
Your race and gender don't change, but you can choose to change your political affiliation at will.
zero memories grief
Memories of the last nine years have turned Ground Zero from a site of horror, to a reminder of grief, to an occasion for ludicrous artistic posturing - and now to something very close to parody.
ideas negativity demoralizing
While negativity is politically useful, it is also demoralizing unless it is accompanied - and to some extent overshadowed - by elevated and inspiring ideas about the American future.
team rights america
America is great not because it's a team. America is great because it is a nation whose founding documents elevated the rights of the individual.