Sidney Blumenthal

Sidney Blumenthal briefing President Bill Clinton in the Oval Office, 1998 Sidney Blumenthal ( , born November 6, 1948) is a former aide to President Bill Clinton and a widely published American journalist, especially on American politics and foreign policy . Born in Chicago , he earned a BA in sociology from Brandeis University in 1969 and started his career in Boston as a journalist who wrote for The New Republic . Over a career of twenty years, he became editor of several departments and wrote for several publications including The Washington Post , Vanity Fair , and The New Yorker . During the '00s, he published several essays critical of the administration of then-President George W.

Sidney Stone Blumenthal ( / ˈ b l uː m ən θ ɔː l / ; born November 6, 1948) is a former aide to President of the United States Bill Clinton and a journalist, especially on American politics and foreign policy . He was editor of several departments and wrote for several publications including The Washington Post , Vanity Fair , and The New Yorker . After 2000, he published several essays critical of the administration of then-President George W.

Sidney Stone Blumenthal ( / ˈ b l uː m ən θ ɔː l / ; born November 6, 1948) is an American journalist and political operative. He is a former aide to President Bill Clinton ; a long-time confidant of Hillary Clinton , formerly employed by the Clinton Foundation ; and a journalist, particularly known for his writings about American politics and foreign policy . Blumenthal is also the author of a multivolume biography of Abraham Lincoln , The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln . Three books of the planned five-volume series are available already: A Self-Made Man , Wrestling With His Angel , and All the Powers of Earth . Subsequent volumes are planned for 2020 and later. Blumenthal has written for numerous publications, including The Washington Post , Vanity Fair , and The New Yorker , for whom he served for a time as the magazine's Washington correspondent, and, was, briefly, the Washington, D.C. , bureau chief for Salon , for which he has written over 1,800 pieces online. He is a regular contributor to the openDemocracy website and was formerly a regular columnist for The Guardian . After 2000, he published several essays critical of the administration of George W. "The Hillary Confidant You Can't Escape" . : CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link ) "Report: Clinton Foundation Paid Sidney Blumenthal $10,000 a Month" .

American political writer Sidney Stone Blumenthal (born November 6, 1948) is an American journalist, political operative, and Lincoln scholar. A former aide to President Bill Clinton , he is a long-time confidant of Hillary Clinton and was formerly employed by the Clinton Foundation . As a journalist, Blumenthal wrote about American politics and foreign policy . He is also the author of a multivolume biography of Abraham Lincoln , The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln . Three books of the planned five-volume series have already been published: A Self-Made Man , Wrestling With His Angel , and All the Powers of Earth . Subsequent volumes were planned for later. Blumenthal has written for publications such as The Washington Post , Vanity Fair , and The New Yorker , for whom he served for a time as the magazine's Washington correspondent, and, was, briefly, the Washington, D.C. , bureau chief for Salon . He is a regular contributor to the openDemocracy website and was formerly a regular columnist for The Guardian . After 2000, he wrote several essays critical of the administration of George W. Over time, Blumenthal began to be viewed as an archetype of a new type of journalist who has eroded the divide between the fading boundaries between independent journalism and partisan journalism : "As the connection between journalists and politicians is umbilical in Washington, Blumenthal's political problem, in part, is journalistic," reporter Michael Powell wrote of him in a profile in The Washington Post : "His is a type found far more often on the right in Washington, a partisan warrior who takes a critically sympathetic stance not just toward his issues but his chosen political party as well. Even as a writer at The Washington Post , where Blumenthal passed some time in the 1980s, he placed a porous membrane between his political views and his writing. It is the sort of partisan, if also intellectual, engagement that makes mainstream journalists, even those of liberal politics, deeply uncomfortable." Warren, James (July 5, 2016). The New York Times . What Bush is hiding , Salon ; March 22, 2007.

American political writer and operative (born 1948) Sidney Stone Blumenthal (born November 6, 1948) is an American journalist, political operative, and Abraham Lincoln scholar. A former aide to Bill Clinton , he is a long-time confidant of Hillary Clinton , and was formerly employed by the Clinton Foundation . As a journalist, Blumenthal wrote about American politics and foreign policy . He is also the author of a multivolume biography of Lincoln, The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln . Three books of the planned five-volume series have already been published ( A Self-Made Man , Wrestling With His Angel , and All the Powers of Earth ), and subsequent volumes were planned for later. Blumenthal has written for publications such as The Washington Post , Vanity Fair , and The New Yorker , for whom he served for a time as the magazine's Washington correspondent, and was, briefly, the Washington, D.C. bureau chief for Salon . He is a regular contributor to the openDemocracy website and is a regular columnist for The Guardian . After 2000, he wrote several essays critical of the administration of George W. Over time, Blumenthal was viewed as a new type of journalist who eroded the divide between independent journalism and partisan journalism . In the words of reporter Michael Powell in his profile of Blumenthal in The Washington Post , "As the connection between journalists and politicians is umbilical in Washington, Blumenthal's political problem, in part, is journalistic. His is a type found far more often on the right in Washington, a partisan warrior who takes a critically sympathetic stance not just toward his issues but his chosen political party as well. Even as a writer at The Washington Post , where Blumenthal worked in the 1980s, he placed a porous membrane between his political views and his writing. It is the sort of partisan, if also intellectual, engagement that makes mainstream journalists, even those of liberal politics, deeply uncomfortable." Warren, James (July 5, 2016). The New York Times . The Guardian . 2014 . The Washington Post . p.