National Review Editor to Discuss Iraq and American Foreign Policy

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., April 2, 2003 — Nationally syndicated columnist Jonah Goldberg will speak at Williams College on Wednesday, April 9, about the war in Iraq and America’s foreign policy in the post-Sept. 11 era. His talk, “War in Iraq: A First Step to Rebuilding the Middle East?” is scheduled for 8 p.m. in Chapin Hall. The lecture is free and open to the public. Seating will be available on a first-come first-serve basis.

Goldberg will be the latest in a line of a diverse group of speakers at the college, reflecting on foreign affairs, including former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, former ambassador to South Korea Donald P. Gregg, Legal Adviser of the Palestine Liberation Organization Diana Buttu, former U.N. weapons inspector Scott Ritter, and New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman.

Goldberg is a contributing editor to the conservative journal National Review and the editor of the award-winning National Review Online. He writes a nationally syndicated column, which regularly appears in The Washington Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and The Manchester Union Leader. He is the media critic for the American Enterprise magazine and a former columnist and contributing editor for Brill’s Content.

His writing has appeared in the New Yorker, Worth, The Wall Street Journal, Commentary, The Public Interest, The Wilson Quarterly, The Weekly Standard, The New York Post, Reason, The Women’s Quarterly, The New Criterion, Food and Wine, The Street.com, and Slate.

He is also a frequent contributor to CNN, including regular appearances on Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer and as occasional guest host of Crossfire. He has appeared on numerous television and radio programs including Nightline, Good Morning America, the Today Show, Hardball with Chris Matthews, NPR’s All Things Considered, Larry King Live, Politically Incorrect and the NBC Nightly News. He is a former television producer and was senior producer of “Think Tank with Ben Wattenburg.” Prior to his work in television, Goldberg was a researcher at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C.

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Published April 2, 2003