Norman Podhoretz

Norman Podhoretz was the editor-in-chief of Commentary Magazine from 1960 to 1995. He is regarded as a key thinker within the neoconservative movement.The New York review of Books: His Toughness Problem—and Ours (September 27, 2007) Podhoretz was also the chief foreign policy advisor for former republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani.

Fast Facts:

Born: January 16, 1930 in Brooklyn, New York
Alma Mater: Columbia University
Spouse: Midge Decter
Member of the Council on Foreign Relations
Author of 10 books
Senior fellow at the Hudson Institute
Is the current editor-at-large for Commentary Magazine
Was the editor-in-chief of Commentary Magazine from 1960 to 1995
1981-1987: Served at the U.S. Information Agency

Quotes

"Certainly not all Muslims are terrorists...But...Islam has become an especially fertile breeding-ground of terrorism...This can only mean that there is something in the religion itself that legitimizes the likes of Osama bin Laden, and indeed there is: the obligation imposed by the Koran to wage holy war, or jihad, against the "infidels.""ISRANET.org: how to Win World War IV—How to Win World War IV by Norman Podhoretz