Stanley Kurtz
Stanley Kurtz is an American social commentator who identifies with the conservative movement.
[edit] Career and works
He is a Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and a former Adjunct fellow with Hudson Institute, with a special interest in America's "culture wars." Kurtz writings on the family, feminism, homosexuality, affirmative action, and campus "political correctness" have appeared regularly for publications such as National Review, Policy Review, The Weekly Standard, The Wall Street Journal, and Commentary.[1][2] Kurtz graduated from Haverford College and holds a Ph.D. in social anthropology from Harvard University. He did his field work in India and taught at Harvard and the University of Chicago. He has published extensively on family life, child rearing, religion, and psychology in various parts of the world.[1]
During the 2008 election cycle, Kurtz published several editorials that discussed relationships between Barack Obama and some Chicago church leaders such as Jeremiah Wright, and former Weather Underground member Bill Ayers.[3][4] According to Kurtz, the educational program on which Obama and Ayers collaborated was ultimately unsuccessful.[4] His 2010 book Radical-in-Chief claims that President Barack Obama is a socialist.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Stanley Kurtz". Hudson Institute. http://www.hudson.org/learn/index.cfm?fuseaction=staff_bio&eid=KurtStan. Retrieved 2008-11-02.
- ^ "Stanley Kurtz". Ethics and Public Policy Center. http://www.eppc.org/scholars/scholarID.81/scholar.asp. Retrieved 2008-11-02.
- ^ "Jeremiah Wright's 'Trumpet'". The Weekly Standard. May 19, 2008. http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/082ktdyi.asp?pg=1. Retrieved 2008-11-02.
- ^ a b Kurtz, Stanley (September 23, 2008). "Obama and Ayers Pushed Radicalism On Schools". The Wall Street Journal. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122212856075765367.html. Retrieved 2008-11-02.
- ^ "Radical-in-Chief: Barack Obama and the Untold Story of American Socialism". http://www.worldcat.org/title/radical-in-chief-barack-obama-and-the-untold-story-of-american-socialism/oclc/656158784&referer=brief_results.
[edit] External links
- Column archives at the National Review
- Column archives at The Weekly Standard
- Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center
- Adjunct Fellow at the Hudson Institute
- Author profile at Simon and Schuster
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