Robert D. Novak (A Closer Look)

[madinmaryland]

Robert David Novak (born February 26, 1931) is a U.S conservative columnist ("Inside Report", since 1963; until 1993 co-written with Rowland Evans) who is also a well-known television personality. He appears on programs such as CNN's Capital Gang or Crossfire or NBC's Meet the Press. He is referred to, by some Washington insiders, as "The Prince of Darkness".<1>
Born in Joliet, Illinois, he attended the University of Illinois from 1948 to 1952 and earned a bachelors of arts degree. He wrote for the Joliet Herald-News and The Champaign-Urbana Courier while in college. After serving in the Korean War as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army, he joined the Associated Press and covered politics in Indianapolis. In 1957, he covered Congress for the AP in Washington, D.C until he joined the D.C. bureau of The Wall Street Journal in 1958 to cover the Senate, eventually becoming the chief congressional correspondent in 1961. During his early years in Washington, Novak, although a Republican, held more centrist viewpoints than he does today; indeed, he supported the presidential candidacies of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, with whom Novak was friends.

Novak has strong conservative views, yet does not strongly identify with the current direction of the Republican Party. Like Pat Buchanan, he is ideologically similar to what many call a paleoconservative. Born Jewish, Novak lost his faith in college but converted to Catholicism in 1998. He is a member of the Catholic organisation Opus Dei.

In 1966, he teamed up with Rowland Evans to create the Evans-Novak Political Report until Evans' retirement in 1993. His column is syndicated by the Chicago Sun-Times. Unlike with many columnists, Novak's columns often contain original reporting in addition to analysis and opinion.


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Robert Novak may have supported a democrat in the past, but he is NO Democrat. Also note that he is a member of Opus Dei.

Discuss..

[DURHAM D]

1. I just got off the phone with a good friend - we were discussing

Novak. It is a continuing conversation we have been having for 30 years. My friend said "He is a vile old queen and should have had his Prince Albert jerked many years ago".

[dbonds]

2. Opus Dei

Somehow that doesn't fit to me. Or at least changes my opinion of Opus Dei a little. I thought they were very extremely religious, no drinking, no cussing,... Novak doesn't fit that.

[madinmaryland]

4. That seems a little strange,

Also, that he converted to Catholicism for Judaism. Was he afraid that he would not be accepted if he was Jewish?

I guess maybe he really is spineless.

[Rainbowreflect]

3. That is probably the scariest subject line ever!

[slutticus]

5. "paleoconservative"

:rofl:

Damn that's harsh...He's not THAT old!


:rofl:

[madinmaryland]

6. He's definately not "neo"

Sometimes you have to be harsh to be true!!!

:rofl: