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| − | '''Midge Decter''' 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]] | + | '''Midge Decter''' 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]]. 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. |
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| + | 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]].{{ref|lobe}} | ||
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| + | ==Quotes== | ||
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| + | Posted May 22, 2004, at [http://maxblumenthal.blogspot.com/2004/05/midge-decter-drunk-on-truth-serum.html Max Blumenthal's Blogspot]: | ||
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| + | :"'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, (May 21, 2004) | ||
==Afflitiations== | ==Afflitiations== | ||
| + | *[[American Jewish Committee]] | ||
*[[Capital Research Center]] | *[[Capital Research Center]] | ||
*[[Committee for the Free World]] | *[[Committee for the Free World]] | ||
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*[[Independent Women's Forum]] | *[[Independent Women's Forum]] | ||
*[[Israel Center for Social and Economic Progress]] | *[[Israel Center for Social and Economic Progress]] | ||
| + | *[[Coalition for a Democratic Majority]] - co-founder | ||
| + | *[[Advisory Committee on European Democracy and Security]] - co-chair | ||
| + | *[[Radio Broadcasting to Cuba]] - appointed by Reagan to the Advisory board on March 13, 1985. | ||
| + | *[[Hudson Institute]][http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/resource/speeches/1985/31385a.htm] | ||
| + | *[[Project for the New American Century]] | ||
| + | *[[Heritage Foundation]] - board of directors | ||
| + | *[[Institute of Religion and Public Life]] - senior fellow | ||
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| + | ==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 [http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/28/opinion/28DOWD.html?th September 28, 2003 Op-Ed] "Drunk on Rummy", 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]]. | ||
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| + | == External Links == | ||
| + | *{{note|lobe}} Jime Lobe, [http://www.dawn.com/2003/03/09/int11.htm "Family ties connect US right, Zionists"], ''Dawn'', March 9, 2003 | ||
| + | *[http://www.namebase.org/main3/Midge-Decter.html Midge Decter on NameBase.com]. | ||
| + | *[http://www.heritage.org/about/bookstore/alwaysright.cfm Always Right. Selected Writings of Midge Decter] (Edited, with an introduction, by Phillip N. Truluck) offered by [[Heritage Foundation]]. | ||
| + | *Midge Decter, [http://www-hoover.stanford.edu/publications/digest/021/decter.html Breaking Away], ''[[Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace|Hoover]] Digest'', 2002: "Adapted from the new book ''An Old Wife's Tale: My Seven Decades in Love and War'', by Midge Decter (Regan Books/HarperCollins, 2001)." | ||
| + | The following comes from (and was adapted from) the March 9, 2003 Jim Lobe article | ||
Revision as of 17:39, 16 July 2007
Midge Decter 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. 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 May 22, 2004, at Max Blumenthal's Blogspot:
- "'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, (May 21, 2004)
Afflitiations
- American Jewish Committee
- Capital Research Center
- Committee for the Free World
- Committee on the Present Danger
- Independent Women's Forum
- Israel Center for Social and Economic Progress
- Coalition for a Democratic Majority - co-founder
- Advisory Committee on European Democracy and Security - co-chair
- Radio Broadcasting to Cuba - appointed by Reagan to the Advisory board on March 13, 1985.
- Hudson Institute[2]
- Project for the New American Century
- Heritage Foundation - board of directors
- Institute of Religion and Public Life - senior fellow
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 September 28, 2003 Op-Ed "Drunk on Rummy", 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.
External Links
- ^ Jime Lobe, "Family ties connect US right, Zionists", Dawn, March 9, 2003
- Midge Decter on NameBase.com.
- Always Right. Selected Writings of Midge Decter (Edited, with an introduction, by Phillip N. Truluck) offered by Heritage Foundation.
- Midge Decter, Breaking Away, Hoover Digest, 2002: "Adapted from the new book An Old Wife's Tale: My Seven Decades in Love and War, by Midge Decter (Regan Books/HarperCollins, 2001)."
The following comes from (and was adapted from) the March 9, 2003 Jim Lobe article
