Michael Goldfarb (political writer)

For American journalist Michael Goldfarb, author of Ahmad's War, Ahmad's Peace, see Michael Goldfarb (author and journalist).

Michael L. Goldfarb (born June 6, 1980) is an American conservative[1] political writer. He was contributing editor for The Weekly Standard[2] and was a research associate at the Project for the New American Century.[3] During the 2008 presidential race he served as John McCain's deputy communications director.[4] He is a founder of the online conservative magazine The Washington Free Beacon.[1] Goldfarb attracted some online attention for two posts ridiculing liberal bloggers as basement-dwelling Dungeons & Dragons players.[5]

Goldfarb graduated with an A.B. in history from Princeton University in 2002 after completing a 98-page-long senior thesis, titled "The Search for Stability in Afghanistan: The Lessons of State Building in Afghan History," under the supervision of Stephen Kotkin.[6][7]

In an article titled "A Conservative Provocateur, Using a Blowtorch as His Pen," The New York Times called Goldfarb "an all-around anti-liberal provocateur" and said he "has blazed a trail in the new era of campaign finance, in which loosened restrictions have flooded the political world with cash for a whole new array of organizations that operate outside the traditional bounds of the parties."[8]

  1. ^ a b Rutenberg, Jim (February 23, 2013). "A Conservative Provocateur, Using a Blowtorch as His Pen". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  2. ^ Weekly Standard masthead Retrieved 2011-11-06
  3. ^ "About PNAC" Archived 2011-03-03 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2011-11-06
  4. ^ Weekly Standard 2 June 2008: (Bumped) Kristol: So long (for a while) to Michael Goldfarb Retrieved 2011-11-06
  5. ^ "Politics' new third rail: Dungeons & Dragons". The Week. The Week Publications. August 22, 2008. Archived from the original on August 27, 2008.
  6. ^ Goldfarb, Michael L. Kotkin, Stephen M.; Princeton University. Department of History (eds.). "The Search for Stability in Afghanistan: The Lessons of State Building in Afghan History". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. ^ The Phillips Foundation Michael Goldfarb profile Retrieved 2011-11-06 Archived 2008-06-25 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Ruttenerg, Jim (February 23, 2013) ""A Conservative Provocateur, Using a Blowtorch as His Pen." New York Times. (Retrieved 5-9-2014.