Midge Decter

Midge Rosenthal Decter (born July 25, 1927 in Saint Paul ) is an American publicist and journalist .

Life

Decter attended the University of Minnesota , the Jewish Theological Seminary, and New York University . Then she worked a. a. for Commentary and Harper's Magazine . She published in u. a. The Atlantic , The Weekly Standard , National Review , The New Republic, and The American Spectator . She was vice chairman of the anti-communist think tank Committee for the Free World . She is also the founder of the conservative non-profit Independent Women's Forum , a member of the Heritage Foundation's Board of Trustees and a member of the Philadelphia Society . She is a signatory to the Statement of Principles for the Project for the New American Century .

She is married to Norman Podhoretz and has four children, including John Podhoretz .

The Negro & the New York schools. A commentary report . American Jewish Committee, New York 1964.
The Liberated woman and other Americans . Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, New York 1971.
The new chastity and other arguments against women's liberation . Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, New York 1972.
Liberal parents, radical children . Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, New York 1975.
The Transatlantic Crisis. A Conference of the Committee for the Free World . Orwell Press, New York 1982.
Old Wife's Tale, An. My Seven Decades in Love and War . Regan Books, New York 2001, ISBN 0-06-039428-5 .
Rumsfeld: A Personal Portrait . Harper Collins, New York 2004, ISBN 0-06-056091-6 .

Phillip Truluck: Always right. Selected writings of Midge Decter . Heritage Foundation, Washington, DC 2002, ISBN 978-0-89195-108-7 .

personal data
SURNAME	Decter, Midge
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Decter, Midge Rosenthal (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American publicist and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH	July 25, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH	Saint Paul , Minnesota