John Podhoretz
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| Born | John Mordecai Podhoretz 1961 (age 64–65) New York City, U.S. |
| Education | University of Chicago (BA) |
| Occupations | Author, columnist, pundit, film critic |
| Spouses | Elisabeth Marie Hickey
(m. 1997; div. 1997)Ayala Rae Cohen (m. 2002) |
| Children | 3 |
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John Mordecai Podhoretz (/pɒdˈhɒrɛts/; born 1961) is an American journalist and conservative political commentator. The son of writers Norman Podhoretz and Midge Decter, he has been the editor of the magazine Commentary since 2009, a post his father held for over 30 years. Before that, Podhoretz ran the editorial page of the New York Post, was a deputy editor of The Weekly Standard, and contributed to numerous other publications. He served as a speechwriter for President Ronald Reagan, worked in the George H. W. Bush administration, and has authored several books on politics.