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
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The attack on ObamaCare was that Congress does not have the power under the Commerce Clause to force a private citizen into a private contractual relationship. If such a thing is permitted to stand, the anti-ObamaCare forces argue, there will be no limit to Congress's power in the future.
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Obama learned from Ronald Reagan that it helps to strike an optimistic tone. But genuine optimism deriving from American exceptionalism, it turns out, does not come naturally to him.
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Whether my columns are worth reading isn't for me to say.
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Whatever Romney's failings, he certainly doesn't suggest that the United States is teetering on the brink of a moral cesspool.