Talk:Norman Podhoretz

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Medal of Freedom?

Norman Podhoretz is mentioned on the list of Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients in the Presidential Medal of Freedom wiki-entry. (According to the Senate website linked there, he received it June 23, 2004.)

Should there be some mention that he received this award, and why?

--Wbakker2 16:53, 6 Jan 2005 (UTC)

There certainly should be a mention. On a separate issue, does anyone know why the bulk of the article is pulled from a copyrighted source? I don't see any permission. -Willmcw 22:10, 6 Jan 2005 (UTC)

I've deleted it. It was from "Family ties connect US right, Zionists" by Jim Lobe at [1] "Pakistan's most widely circulated English language newspaper." -Willmcw 01:37, Mar 1, 2005 (UTC)

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The article says "He is believed to be a member of the Council on Foreign Relations". I don't think the CFR membership list is secret, so this information should be available. And who "believes" he's a member? Presumably the person who wrote that sentence. If the author doesn't know whether Podhoretz is a member he shouldn't be speculating in the article.

[edit] Proportionality

I didn't see the Podhoretz interview where he lost his composure ... not sure if that is an objective or subjective criteria, but ....

My real observation is that the entire bio is 7 paragraphs long, and almost half of all the words are on the interview in question. A life evaluated based on 20 minutes? Come on.

How proportional is that observation to his overall body of work. Yes, Podhoretz is a strong advocate for controversial political positions -- so slam him for ONE interview where he lost it? Is that fair? Is that constructive to dialogue?

Somehow, I think not.

Mantuan 00:30, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Other than being a neocon what can you say good/intellectual about him, what can you say bad? He lost it in an interview, is it on youtube - link? Are you sure he ever had it?