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Jonah Jacob Goldberg (born March 21 , 1969 ), is an American Conservative commentator. Goldberg is known for his contributions on politics and culture to '' National Review Online '', where he is the editor-at-large. He also frequently appears on television, on such shows as '' Good Morning America '', '' Crossfire '', '' Nightline '', '' Hardball With Chris Matthews '', '' Larry King Live '' and '' Your World With Neil Cavuto ''. EARLY LIFE AND CAREER Goldberg graduated from Goucher College in 1991. He was active in Student Politics at Goucher and was the co-editor of the school newspaper, ''The Quindecim'' {Link without Title} , for two years. He and Andreas Benno Kollegger were the first men to run the paper. Goldberg 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, and for Morris, Bograd and Trippi, a political consulting firm. After graduation, he taught English in Prague for under a year before moving to Washington 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 also served for three years on the Board Of Trustees of Goucher College. In 1994 he was a founding producer for Wattenberg's ''Think Tank with 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, '': Witness to History''. Goldberg joined ''National Review'' as a Contributing Editor in 1998. By the end of that year he was asked to launch ''National Review Online'' as a sister publication to ''National Review''. He served as editor of National Review Online for several years, and is now Editor-at-Large. CLINTON-LEWINSKY SCANDAL Goldberg's career as a pundit was launched following his mother Lucianne Goldberg 's role in the Clinton-Lewinsky Scandal [http://www.townhall.com/opinion/contributors/jonahgoldberg.html . 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." {Link without Title} 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. WHERE HIS WORK HAS APPEARED 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, 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 ''. On November 11 2005 , The Los Angeles Times announced that Goldberg will be added to its editorial lineup. His new book, several years in the writing, is ''Liberal Fascism: The Totalitarian Temptation from Hegel to Whole Foods '' (ISBN 0385511841, due December 2007), a study of the ideological origins of fascism. OPINIONS Frequent topics Some frequent topics of his articles include , and his disagreements with Libertarians {Link without Title} {Link without Title} also appear often in his writings. Goldberg was a supporter of the 's or Israel 's or ExxonMobil '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." {Link without Title} 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 " is scarcely the same thing to Put A Man On The Moon as to put a bone in your nose." Goldberg stated that "[m 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." [http://www.nationalreview.com/goldberg/goldberg121399.html] He has recently published a column supporting finding an "Iraqi Augusto Pinochet " to bring stability to Iraq, stating that "Pinochet's abuses helped create a civil society." {Link without Title} Humor and lighter topics The "Goldberg File" frequently involves humor, often at the expense of has become a favorite topic {Link without Title} . Goldberg also likes to link to "timewaster" online games in his postings at "The Corner". Relations with other writers, public figures On the left, Goldberg has publicly feuded 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 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." [http://www.nationalreview.com/goldberg/goldberg200502081153.asp] Cole refused to accept and the wager was never actually made; [http://www.juancole.com/2005/02/playing-with-human-lives-goldbergs.html] Goldberg later conceded that if Cole had accepted the bet, Goldberg would have lost it.[http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZGEwNTJlODIwOTc5ODY3ZDMwMTNlNWU4NGJkNzE0MWI=] Jonah Goldberg and Peter Beinart host a Webtv show called ''What's Your Problem?''. {Link without Title} On the right, Goldberg had a friendly but sometimes-contentious relationship with Andrew Sullivan that became increasingly acrimonious over ideological differences. In October 2006, Goldberg wrote of Dick Morris , "I do not trust Dick Morris. Period." {Link without Title} Goldberg and others at National Review Online (including Rich Lowry ) broke with conservative writer Ann Coulter 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. {Link without Title} Fox News Goldberg's overall opinion on the alleged conservative news media source Fox News 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."http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/03/fox_john_edwards_and_the_two_a.html FAMILY Jonah Goldberg is married to , is Episcopalian. EXTERNAL LINKS
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