Midge Decter

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Midge Decter (b. 25 July, 1927; née Midge Rosenthal) is one of the original drivers of the neo-conservative movement with her spouse, Norman Podhoretz. With Donald Rumsfeld, Decter is the former co-chair of the Committee for the Free World and a founder of the Independent Women's Forum. She is the mother of right-wing syndicated columnist, John Podhoretz and of Rachel Decter, a product of her marriage to Moshe Decter. Her first job was secretary to the editor of Commentary, the intellectual magazine published by the American Jewish Committee. She later worked as an assistant editor at Midstream magazine, managing editor at Commentary, editor at Harper's Magazine, and was an editor at Legacy Books and at Basic Books.

According to Jim Lobe:

"Podhoretz and his spouse, Midge Decter, a polemical powerhouse in her own right, created a formidable political team in the 1970s as they deserted the Democratic Party, and then, as leaders of the Committee on the Present Danger -- like PNAC a coalition of mainly Jewish, neo-conservatives and more traditional right-wing hawks like Defence Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld -- helped lay the foreign-policy foundation for the rise of Ronald Reagan. [1]

Quotes

Posted 22 May 2004, at Max Blumenthal's Blogspot: [2]

"'We're not in the Middle East to bring sweetness and light to the world. We're there to get something we and our friends in Europe depend on. Namely, oil.'" --Decter on the Warren Olney Show, 89.9, Los Angeles, (21 May 2004)

Affiliations

Think Tanks and Lobbies

Editorial

Conferences

Resources and References

Publications

  • Losing the First Battle, Winning the War
  • The liberated woman and other Americans
  • Liberal Parents, Radical Children
  • The new chastity and other arguments against women's liberation
  • Always Right: Selected Writings of Midge Decter
  • Rumsfeld : A Personal Portrait. The "Rumsfeld" of the title is Department of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. Maureen Dowd's "Drunk on Rummy", [6] to the say the least, provides insight on the long-term relationship between Decter and Rumsfeld, as well as interesting notes on fellow neo-con Paul Dundes Wolfowitz.

Resources

References

  1. Jim Lobe, "Family ties connect US right, Zionists", Dawn, 9 March 2003.
  2. Max Blumenthal's Blogspot, 22 May, 2004.
  3. 'Nomination of Midge Decter To Be a Member of the Advisory Board for Radio Broadcasting to Cuba', web.archive.org/Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, 13 March, 1985. (Accessed 7 April, 2009)
  4. The Jewish Policy Center, "Board", JPC, accessed on 13 November 2010
  5. 'Nomination of Midge Decter To Be a Member of the Advisory Board for Radio Broadcasting to Cuba', web.archive.org/Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, 13 March, 1985. (Accessed 7 April, 2009)
  6. Maureen Dowd, 'Drunk on Rummy', The New York Times, 28 September, 2003 Op-Ed.