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Hewitt graduated from Harvard College Cum Laude with a degree in Government in 1978. He was Order Of The Coif at the University Of Michigan Law School and received his Juris Doctor ( J.D. ) degree in 1983, magna cum laude. Hewitt clerked for Judges Roger Robb and George MacKinnon on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1983-84, and then went on to serve as Special Assistant to Attorneys General William French Smith and Edwin Meese , Assistant Counsel in the White House Counsel's Office, General Counsel for the National Endowment For The Humanities and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, where he finished his career in the Reagan Administration as Deputy Director of the agency, having been confirmed by a voice vote in the Senate. Hewitt returned to California to oversee construction of the Richard Nixon Library And Birthplace as the Library's executive director from groundbreaking through dedication and opening at the request of former President Richard Nixon , for whom he had worked as a Ghostwriter between college and law school in San Clemente, California , and New York City . When he left the library to practice law, Hewitt also began a weekend radio talk show for Los Angeles radio station KFI, where he broadcast from late 1990 to 1995. In the spring of 1992 he began co-hosting Los Angeles PBS member station KCET 's nightly news and public affairs program ''Life & Times,'' and remained with the program until the fall of 2001, when he began broadcasting his radio show in the afternoons. Hewitt received three Emmys for his work on ''Life & Times'' on KCET, and also conceived and hosted the 1996 PBS series ''Searching for God in America.'' Hewitt is a weekly columnist for ''The Daily Standard,'' the online edition of The '' Weekly Standard '' and '' World ''. He also occasionally appears as a political/social commentator on programs such as ''The Dennis Miller Show,'' '' Hardball With Chris Matthews ,'' '' Larry King Live ,'' '' The O’Reilly Factor '' and '' The Today Show .'' On April 24th, 2006, Hewitt appeared as a guest on '' The Colbert Report ''. RADIO SHOW Hewitt's nationally syndicated radio show, ''The Hugh Hewitt Show'', is broadcast from Los Angeles radio station KRLA 870 AM in the afternoon drive slot. The show can be heard on 70 stations Monday through Friday such as AM1280 In The Twin Cities , KOTK and WKAT and WTNP and KSKY among others, and more on the weekends. The program, by post- Limbaugh radio talk show standards, is something of a throwback in that it relies heavily on guest interviews (something that Rush Limbaugh's success put out of vogue in modern Talk Radio ). Regular guests include:
Hewitt's staff includes:
Others making regular appearances include some of the Fraters Libertas bloggers, including "Peeps" the Elder, as well as the rest of the Northern Alliance bloggers. References to Hewitt's wife of over 20 years, "the fetching Mrs. Hewitt," are made from time to time, although Hewitt will not reveal her first name to preserve an aura of mystery about her. In addition to regular guests, Hewitt has a loyal following and will have many repeat callers from week to week in addition to one-time callers. BOOKS
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