Re: [Pen-l] John Judis in the New Republic on Obama's choice for the CEA

[joel blau <jblau@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, I noticed the same drift in his ITT columns. And then he was gone, 
to write a biography of William Buckley and then to his current perch at 
TNR.

Joel Blau

Jim Devine wrote:
> Joel Blau wrote:
>   
> > Judis was a member of the New American Movement in the 1970s, where some
> > people were wary of his emphasis on electoral politics. (My memory is a
> > little foggy, but I think we were both on the national steering committee
> > together in 1974-75). Since the mid 1980s, though his politics have become
> > much more centrist,  he often has useful things to say.
> >     
>
> He used to have a regular column in the weekly newspaper IN THESE
> TIMES (which went monthly awhile back). (He was a friend of James
> Weinstein, I believe.) Back when I had a sub (which was a long time
> ago), you could see him shift slightly to the right every few months.
>   


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