Bill Kristol
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William Kristol (born December 23, 1952) is an American political analyst and commentator. He was the editor and publisher of the political magazine The Weekly Standard until it closed.[1] Kristol was a Fox News political analyst until friction with Fox News Chief Executive Officer Roger Ailes caused him to switch to the news division of ABC, where he is a political analyst.[2]
Personal life
[change | change source]Since 1975, he has been married to Susan Scheinberg. They met while they were both graduate students at Harvard. Scheinberg is a Ph.D. in classics. They have three children.[3] Their daughter Anne is married to writer Matthew Continetti. Continetti is editor-in-chief of The Washington Free Beacon. Their son Joseph served in the U.S. Marine Corps in Afghanistan and worked for the management consulting company McKinsey & Company. He started working as legislative director for Senator Tom Cotton in 2018.[4][5] Kristol lives in Northern Virginia.[6]
His father was neoconservative icon Irving Kristol and his mother was political historian Gertrude Himmelfarb.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Columnist Biography: William Kristol". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
- ↑ Maggie Haberman; Hadas Gold (2 February 2014). "Bill Kristol joins ABC News". POLITICO LLC. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Gang of Five". The New York Times. Retrieved 2014-01-30.
- ↑ Clifton, Eli (25 January 2018). "Tom Cotton Appointed "Never Trump" Bill Kristol's Son Legislative Director". lobelog.com. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
- ↑ Delia Pais and Joseph Kristol FEB. 16, 2014, New York Times
- ↑ "Mike Murphy on the Trump Administration, the Midterms, and 2020". Conversations with Bill Kristol. The Foundation for Constitutional Government, Inc. February 2018. Retrieved February 11, 2018.