* 1961 – John Podhoretz, American columnist and political pundit

* Dave Wedge is a political columnist, longtime reporter and frequent TV and radio commentator.

Sciacca is a former political reporter and columnist who is a regular panelist on " Beat the Press " on the WGBH TV show Greater Boston, which is hosted by Emily Rooney.

* Nicholas von Hoffman ( journalist, political commentator / columnist )

* 1931 – Robert Novak, American political columnist ( d. 2009 )

* 2007 – Molly Ivins, American political columnist and author ( b. 1944 )

For example, the intense backlash against country band the Dixie Chicks, for remarks critical of President George W. Bush onstage in London in 2003, was described by newspaper columnist Don Williams as the price for freely speaking political views disapproved by supporters of the Iraq War.

In response, Wall Street Journal online columnist James Taranto jokingly called Scientific American " a liberal political magazine ".

# A commentary by political columnist Art Buchwald ;

The eponymous founder of the party was Pim Fortuyn, a charismatic former university professor and political columnist who initially had planned to contest the 2002 general election as leader of the Livable Netherlands ( LN ) party.

He was drawn to the paper, partly because he harboured political aspirations ( the paper ’ s perk as a useful stepping stone to Westminster was, by now, well established ), but also because his father had been a friend of Peter Fleming, its well known columnist.

He removed Peter Oborne as political editor, and appointed Fraser Nelson in his place to and decided not to appoint a new media columnist to succeed Stephen Glover, explaining, " I do not think The Spectator needs a media columnist.

Tess, the daughter of a diplomat ( Minor Watson ), is an internationally inclined political affairs columnist, a polyglot educated in various prestigious European universities who has traveled the world ( based on reporter Dorothy Thompson ).

* Peter Oborne, political columnist and television presenter.

The first gossip columnist, dominating the 1930s and 40s, was Walter Winchell, who used political, entertainment, and social connections to mine information and rumors, which he then either published in his column On Broadway, or used for trade or blackmail, to accumulate more power.

* Jeffrey D. Sadow, political scientist, columnist, professor at Louisiana State University in Shreveport

* Michelle Malkin ( born 1970 ), columnist and political commentator.

* Peggy Noonan – political speechwriter and Conservative columnist

* Peggy Noonan – political speechwriter and Conservative columnist

* Carsten Jensen is a Danish author and political columnist.

He was a columnist with Magill magazine, Ireland ' a major political and current affairs magazine, until October 2007 when he resigned to take up a research post in politics.

An old parking lot attendant, his pet whirlwind ( Kitty ), and a muckraking newspaper columnist who decide to " clean up " their city's corrupt government by running the whirlwind for political office.

* In New Zealand, political columnist Chris Trotter has theorised about the emergence of " Waitakere Man ", a traditionally blue-collar constituency who he believes switched their votes to National Party leader John Key in the 2008 elections on the premises of ' ambition ' and ' aspiration '.

While the media sometimes labeled him a " turncoat ", some commentators, such as the Canberra Times columnist John Warhurst, defended his need to be a " team player " if he was going to play the political game " from the inside ".

Over the years, Francis Coppola has given political contributions to several candidates of the Democratic Party, including Mike Thompson, Nancy Pelosi for the U. S. House of Representatives and Barbara Boxer and Alan Cranston for the U. S. Senate.

Holt responded rashly, questioning the impartiality of the ABC and implying political bias on the part of journalist Mike Willesee ( whose father Don Willesee was an ALP Senator and future Whitlam government minister ) and his statement drew strong protests from both Willesee and the Australian Journalists ' Association.

Although he had been called " crazy " for railing against Ronald Reagan's deep cuts to social programs on the Congress floor, Associated Press political reporter Mike Robinson noted that Washington worked " quietly and thoughtfully " as the time came to pass the act.

During the 2004 United States presidential election, artists and bands including Brian Baker, Jello Biafra, Mike Watt, Bad Religion, Rise Against, Circle Jerks, Ensign, Sick of It All, The Unseen, Western Addiction, and Youth Brigade involved themselves with the anti-Bush political activist group Punkvoter.

Has performed with: actor / singer Danny Aiello, Richie Cannata ( saxophonist w / Billy Joel ), Marc Ford ( Black Crowes ), Peter Stroud ( Sheryl Crow ), Mike Huckabee ( political commentator / bassist ), Michael Wolff ( pianist-The Arsenio Hall Show and Sonny Rollins ), Harvie S ( bassist-Stan Getz and Tony Bennett ), Victor Jones ( drums-Dizzy Gillespie and Chaka Khan )

Their debut single "( We Don't Need This ) Fascist Groove Thang " attracted some attention and, due to its overtly left-wing political lyrics, was banned by BBC Radio 1 DJ Mike Read ( who is a staunch supporter of the Conservative Party ), and neither this nor any other of the four singles taken from the band's debut album Penthouse and Pavement managed to reach the Top 40 in the UK Singles Chart.

A number of their songs also express the band's progressive political leanings (" The Greatest Man in America ", for instance, mocks Rush Limbaugh, and " Big Fish " lambastes former Premier of Ontario Mike Harris ).

Examples of this can be seen in the work of B. Knapp, who examined how the social elite manipulated ideology to maintain their political and economic control, and of Mike Parker Pearson, who asserted that tools were just as much a product of ideology as were a crown or a law code.

Throughout Lastman's political career, he was generally supported by the Progressive Conservatives and Liberals, such as Norman Gardner, Mike Colle, Mike Feldman, Joe Volpe, and David Shiner.

It is there that Tobin began his association with the ideas and political plans of Preston Manning and Mike Harris.

In June 2009, Adam Busby Jr., the son of the SNLA founder, was jailed for 6 years for sending a total of 6 packages to various political figures, including First Minister Alex Salmond, Liberal Democrats MSP Mike Rumbles and Glasgow City Council.

* Mike Collins-Washington, D. C. political and public relations consultant.

Mike Harris has attended the very controversial and secretive Bilderberg Group meetings, causing wide spread doubts on his political intentions.

However, it is most widely known as the name of the political movement and policy document advocated by Mike Harris, the Progressive Conservative premier of the Canadian province of Ontario from 1995 to 2002.

Henry Olsen of the American Enterprise Institute has named Americans Governor Mike Huckabee, Senator Rick Santorum, and political advisor Michael Gerson ( all members of the Republican Party ) as exemplars of the Christian democratic philosophy in the United States ..

* Mike Duffy, a CTV political correspondent who was reportedly awarded $ 50, 000 in civil court.

Ensign chose Mike Slanker and Lindsey Slanker of Nevada based political consulting firm November Inc. to be the Political Director and Finance Director of the NRSC.

Whereas mugwump has become an obscure and almost forgotten political moniker, goo-goo has been revived, especially in Chicago, by the political columns of the late Mike Royko.

Edward Michael " Mike " Harrington ( February 24, 1928 – July 31, 1989 ) was an American democratic socialist, writer, political activist, political theorist, professor of political science, radio commentator and founder of the Democratic Socialists of America.

* Mike Gallagher-radio host and political commentator

To the political columnist Mike Royko, Lake Shore Drive was goo-goo territory, a land occupied by Chicago's wealthy " good-government " types.