Norman Podhoretz news stories on Newser

Palin's Just Like That 'Airhead' Reagan

Kevin Spak — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 09:07:14 CDT

It’s easy to see why liberal intellectuals hate Sarah Palin—she represents the “retrograde elements of American society” that have “stolen the country from its rightful (liberal) rulers,” writes Norman Podhoretz in the Wall Street Journal . But conservative intellectuals have come to deride her as well, using arguments Podhoretz has...

Hey, Jews Should Be Conservatives, Not Liberals: Podhoretz

Jason Farago — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 08:43:05 CDT

Jewish voters backed Barack Obama over John McCain last year by a staggering 57 points—the most resounding mandate from any group other than African Americans. That bewilders neocon Norman Podhoretz, who argues in the Wall Street Journal that both Judaism and the Jewish experience endorse "the infinitely precious virtues...

Why Iran Must Be Bombed

J. Kelman — Mon, 21 May 2007 17:16:56 CDT

The only way to protect the West from Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is to bomb Iran now, writes Norman Podhoretz in Commentary . The irascible neocon blasts left-wingers who downplay the threat of a nuclear Iran, and argues that deterrence won’t stop the Iranian leader once he’s armed.