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EARLY LIFE AND CAREER Goldberg graduated in . CLINTON-LEWINSKY SCANDAL His opportunity to enter the punditry world came via his mother, who learned of the Clinton-Lewinsky Scandal from her friend Linda Tripp , and since she advised Tripp to secretly tape Lewinsky's phone conversations, his mother had media attention during that scandal. Goldberg's observations of this event launched his career. {Link without Title} , {Link without Title} . He worked briefly as a research analyst for the conservative American Enterprise Institute. WRITINGS Some frequent topics of his articles include {Link without Title} {Link without Title} also appear often in his writings. Goldberg has a second, 1998 . He has also written for '' The New Yorker '', '' The Wall Street Journal '', '' Commentary '', '' The Public Interest '', ''The Wilson Quarterly'', '' The Weekly Standard '', the '' New York Post '', ''The Women’s Quarterly'', and '' Slate ''. His ''National Review Online'' column, the "Goldberg File" (often called the "G-File" by fans, who are called "G-Philes"), frequently involves humor, often at the expense of Liberals . Alec Baldwin , a Hollywood actor whom Goldberg insinuates cannot read, is a frequent target of such jibes. Goldberg has also been critical of the French and claims credit for popularizing the term " Cheese-eating Surrender Monkeys " (first used on '' The Simpsons '' Television Program ) to refer to them (see Anti-French Sentiment In The United States ). Goldberg also makes occasional allusions to '' Star Trek '' and references to his anthropomorphized couch and his dog, Cosmo ("the wonderdog") {Link without Title} . He also 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, that "It is scarcely the same thing to put a man on the moon as to put a bone in your nose." Goldberg explains, "Multiculturalism — 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." {Link without Title} Goldberg has a friendly but sometimes contentious relationship with Andrew Sullivan (they refer to each other as drinking buddies). Goldberg has also been publicly feuding with Juan Cole over U.S. Iraq policy and Air America Radio commentators such as Janeane Garofalo . Garofalo has accused Goldberg of being a Chickenhawk on the Iraq War. On November 11 , 2005 , The Los Angeles Times announced that Goldberg will be added to its editorial lineup {Link without Title} Goldberg is a noted supporter of the War in Iraq and has advocated for American military intervention elsewhere in the world. (He once called for a full-scale US invasion of Africa). [http://nationalreview.com/goldberg/goldberg051000.html] FAMILY Goldberg has a brother, Joshua John Goldberg. Their late father, Sid (1931-2005), was Jewish, but their mother, Lucianne Goldberg, is Episcopalian. Their parents were married from April 10 , 1966 , until Sid Goldberg's death. Goldberg's mother, conservative activist, Virginia-born (circa 1935) Lucianne Steinberger Cummings Goldberg , played a role in 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." June 23, 2004 Goldberg's father, Sid Goldberg, an editor for a publication in New York City , died in 2005 at the age of 74. Goldberg's remarks for his father's memorial service were republished by National Review in honor of Father's Day in June 2005. {Link without Title} . EXTERNAL LINKS
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