| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Ahmad Abbas |
Novelist |
7-Jun-1914 |
1-Jun-1987 |
The Last Page |
| Cecil Adams |
Columnist |
? |
|
The Straight Dope |
| Franklin Pierce Adams |
Columnist |
15-Nov-1881 |
23-Mar-1960 |
New York columnist, The Conning Tower |
| George Ade |
Author |
9-Feb-1866 |
16-May-1944 |
Fables in Slang |
| Larry Adler |
Musician |
10-Feb-1914 |
6-Aug-2001 |
Mouth organ virtuoso |
| Mitch Albom |
Novelist |
23-May-1958 |
|
Tuesdays with Morrie |
| Jonathan Alter |
Columnist |
6-Oct-1957 |
|
Newsweek Senior Editor |
| Eric Alterman |
Columnist |
14-Jan-1960 |
|
The Nation columnist |
| Jack Anderson |
Columnist |
19-Oct-1922 |
17-Dec-2005 |
Uncovered CIA plot to kill Fidel Castro |
| Army Archerd |
Columnist |
13-Jan-1922 |
8-Sep-2009 |
Variety's gossip columnist |
| Gustavo Arellano |
Journalist |
3-Feb-1979 |
|
ĦAsk a Mexican! |
| Bill Arp |
Columnist |
15-Jun-1826 |
24-Aug-1903 |
Columnist for Atlanta Constitution |
| Ken Auletta |
Columnist |
23-Apr-1942 |
|
Media Columnist |
| Jed Babbin |
Columnist |
c. 1948 |
|
Human Events |
| Russell Baker |
Author |
14-Aug-1925 |
|
Growing Up |
| Fred Barnes |
TV Personality |
c. 1943 |
|
Fox News regular |
| Rona Barrett |
Columnist |
8-Oct-1936 |
|
Entertainment gossip columnist |
| Alex Barris |
TV Personality |
16-Sep-1922 |
15-Jan-2004 |
Canadian TV star from the '50s and '60s |
| Dave Barry |
Columnist |
3-Jul-1947 |
|
Dave Barry's Guide to Life |
| Bruce Bartlett |
Government |
11-Oct-1951 |
|
Conservative pundit |
| Peter Beinart |
Columnist |
1971 |
|
Washington Post columnist |
| John Berlau |
Columnist |
c. 1972 |
|
Competitive Enterprise Institute |
| Stanley Bing |
Columnist |
20-May-1951 |
|
Columnist for Fortune |
| Jeffrey H. Birnbaum |
Columnist |
c. 1955 |
|
K Street Confidential |
| Mark Bittman |
Chef |
c. 1950 |
|
The Minimalist |
| Tony Blankley |
Pundit |
21-Jan-1948 |
7-Jan-2012 |
McLaughlin Group pundit |
| Charles M. Blow |
Columnist |
? |
|
New York Times Op-Ed columnist |
| Erma Bombeck |
Columnist |
21-Feb-1927 |
22-Apr-1996 |
The Grass is Always Greener |
| Max Boot |
Columnist |
1969 |
|
Conservative pundit |
| Tom Braden |
Columnist |
22-Feb-1917 |
3-Apr-2009 |
Crossfire, Eight Is Enough |
| Barbara Taylor Bradford |
Novelist |
5-May-1933 |
|
Emma Harte saga |
| Tom Brazaitis |
Columnist |
8-Aug-1940 |
30-Mar-2005 |
Cleveland Plain Dealer columnist |
| Andrew Breitbart |
Columnist |
1-Feb-1969 |
1-Mar-2012 |
Washington Times columnist |
| Jimmy Breslin |
Columnist |
17-Oct-1930 |
|
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight |
| Susie Bright |
Columnist |
25-Mar-1958 |
|
Sexpert, porn critic |
| David Broder |
Journalist |
11-Sep-1929 |
9-Mar-2011 |
Washington Post reporter |
| Charlie Brooker |
TV Personality |
3-Mar-1971 |
|
British satirist, Screenwipe |
| David Brooks |
Columnist |
11-Aug-1961 |
|
Shields and Brooks |
| Ron Brownstein |
Columnist |
6-Apr-1958 |
|
The Los Angeles Times |
| Tammy Bruce |
Radio Personality |
19-Aug-1962 |
|
Right-wing radio pundit, columnist |
| Pat Buchanan |
Columnist |
2-Nov-1938 |
|
Crossfire |
| Art Buchwald |
Columnist |
20-Oct-1925 |
17-Jan-2007 |
Syndicated columnist and humorist |
| William F. Buckley |
Columnist |
24-Nov-1925 |
27-Feb-2008 |
National Review |
| Stu Bykofsky |
Columnist |
c. 1941 |
|
Philadelphia Daily News |
| Herb Caen |
Columnist |
3-Apr-1916 |
1-Feb-1997 |
Long running San Francisco columnist |
| Margaret Carlson |
Columnist |
c. 1944 |
|
Time columnist |
| Tucker Carlson |
Pundit |
16-May-1969 |
|
Conservative pundit on Fox News |
| Howie Carr |
Columnist |
17-Jan-1952 |
|
Boston Herald columnist, talk-radio host |
| Jonathan Chait |
Journalist |
1972 |
|
Senior Editor, The New Republic |
| Alexander Cockburn |
Columnist |
6-Jun-1941 |
20-Jul-2012 |
The Nation, CounterPunch |
| Claudia Cohen |
Columnist |
16-Dec-1950 |
15-Jun-2007 |
Gossip columnist |
| Richard Cohen |
Columnist |
1941 |
|
Washington Post columnist |
| Charles Cook |
Publisher |
? |
|
Cook Political Report |
| David Corn |
Columnist |
Feb-1959 |
|
Washington editor of The Nation |
| Jay Cost |
Columnist |
1978 |
|
Spoiled Rotten |
| Craig Crawford |
Columnist |
1956 |
|
Congressional Quarterly columnist |
| Stanley Crouch |
Columnist |
14-Dec-1945 |
|
Jazz critic |
| Ross Douthat |
Columnist |
28-Nov-1979 |
|
New York Times columnist |
| Maureen Dowd |
Columnist |
14-Jan-1952 |
|
New York Times columnist |
| Pete du Pont |
Politician |
22-Jan-1935 |
|
Governor of Delaware, 1977-85 |
| John Dvorak |
Columnist |
1952 |
|
Crusty Geek PC Magazine Columnist |
| Bruce Eckel |
Computer Programmer |
8-Jul-1957 |
|
Thinking in Java |
| Barbara Ehrenreich |
Author |
26-Aug-1941 |
|
Nickel and Dimed |
| Larry Elder |
Radio Personality |
27-Apr-1952 |
|
Republitarian radio talk show host |
| Bonnie Erbe |
TV Personality |
? |
|
Host of To the Contrary |
| Susan Estrich |
Pundit |
16-Dec-1952 |
|
Fox News liberal |
| Rowland Evans |
Columnist |
28-Apr-1921 |
23-Mar-2001 |
Evans and Novak |
| Bruce Fein |
Government |
c. 1947 |
|
Former Reagan lawyer |
| Rebecca Latimer Felton |
Politician |
10-Jun-1835 |
24-Jan-1930 |
First female in the US Senate |
| Andrew Ferguson |
Journalist |
? |
|
Senior Editor, The Weekly Standard |
| Garance Franke-Ruta |
Columnist |
c. 1975 |
|
Senior Editor, The American Prospect |
| Dan Frisa |
Politician |
27-Apr-1955 |
|
Congressman from New York, 1995-97 |
| Dan Froomkin |
Columnist |
c. 1963 |
|
Huffington Post writer and media critic |
| David Frum |
Pundit |
30-Jun-1960 |
|
Coined "Axis of Evil" |
| John Fund |
Columnist |
c. 1956 |
|
The Wall Street Journal |
| Frank Gaffney |
Columnist |
5-Apr-1953 |
|
Prominent neocon |
| Henry Louis Gates, Jr. |
Author |
16-Sep-1950 |
|
The Signifying Monkey |
| Bill Geist |
Columnist |
10-May-1945 |
|
60 Minutes II |
| David Gergen |
Columnist |
9-May-1942 |
|
Advisor to Nixon, Reagan, Bush, Clinton |
| Jack Germond |
Columnist |
30-Jan-1928 |
|
Fat Man in a Middle Seat |
| Bill Gertz |
Journalist |
21-Mar-1952 |
|
Washington Times reporter, Fox News analyst |
| Georgie Anne Geyer |
Journalist |
2-Apr-1935 |
|
Foreign correspondent turned columnist |
| Paul Gigot |
Columnist |
1955 |
|
Wall Street Journal columnist |
| Malcolm Gladwell |
Columnist |
3-Sep-1963 |
|
The Tipping Point |
| James Glassman |
Publisher |
1-Jan-1947 |
|
Roll Call editor |
| Jonah Goldberg |
Columnist |
21-Mar-1969 |
|
National Review Online |
| Victoria Gotti |
Relative |
27-Nov-1962 |
|
Growing Up Gotti |
| Sheilah Graham |
Columnist |
15-Sep-1904 |
17-Nov-1988 |
Beloved Infidel |
| Jeff Greenfield |
Pundit |
10-Jun-1943 |
|
ABC, CNN talking head |
| Meg Greenfield |
Journalist |
27-Dec-1930 |
13-May-1999 |
The Washington Post |
| Lloyd Grove |
Columnist |
c. 1954 |
|
Gossip columnist |
| Rebecca Hagelin |
Columnist |
c. 1961 |
|
Heritage Foundation spokesperson |
| David Harsanyi |
Columnist |
? |
|
Nanny State |
| Steve Hartman |
Columnist |
14-Apr-1963 |
|
60 Minutes II |
| Paul Harvey |
Radio Personality |
4-Sep-1918 |
28-Feb-2009 |
The Paul Harvey Show |
| Bob Herbert |
Columnist |
7-Mar-1945 |
|
Former New York Times columnist |
| Hugh Hewitt |
Radio Personality |
22-Feb-1956 |
|
Conservative talk radio show |
| Carl Hiaasen |
Author |
12-Mar-1953 |
|
Team Rodent: How Disneyland Devours the World |
| Fred Hiatt |
Columnist |
30-Apr-1955 |
|
Washington Post Editorial Page Editor |
| Jim Hightower |
Radio Personality |
11-Jan-1943 |
|
Texan, radio voice, author |
| Perez Hilton |
Columnist |
23-Mar-1978 |
|
Gossip columnist |
| Michael Hiltzik |
Columnist |
9-Nov-1952 |
|
Los Angeles Times columnist |
| James Hirsen |
Columnist |
c. 1950 |
|
The Left Coast Report |
| Amy Holmes |
Columnist |
1973 |
|
BET host, conservative commentator |
| Hedda Hopper |
Actor |
2-May-1885 |
1-Feb-1966 |
Queen of the Quickies |
| Arianna Huffington |
Columnist |
15-Jul-1950 |
|
The Huffington Post |
| David Ignatius |
Columnist |
1950 |
|
Washington Post op-ed columnist |
| Molly Ivins |
Columnist |
30-Aug-1944 |
31-Jan-2007 |
Loudmouthed Texas dame |
| Jeff Jacoby |
Columnist |
10-Feb-1959 |
|
Boston Globe columnist |
| Holman Jenkins |
Columnist |
c. 1960 |
|
Wall Street Journal |
| Robert Kagan |
Government |
26-Sep-1958 |
|
Influential neocon, cofounded PNAC |
| Fred Kaplan |
Columnist |
? |
|
Slate columnist |
| Amos Kenan |
Author |
2-May-1927 |
4-Aug-2009 |
The Road to Ein Harod |
| Dorothy Kilgallen |
Columnist |
3-Jul-1913 |
8-Nov-1965 |
What's My Line? |
| James J. Kilpatrick |
Columnist |
1-Nov-1920 |
15-Aug-2010 |
Conservative columnist, Point-Counterpoint |
| Colbert King |
Columnist |
20-Sep-1939 |
|
Washington Post columnist |
| Michael Kinsley |
Pundit |
9-Mar-1951 |
|
Founding editor of Slate |
| Mort Kondracke |
Columnist |
28-Apr-1939 |
|
Tolerated by Fox, McLaughlin |
| Charles Krauthammer |
Columnist |
13-Mar-1950 |
|
Washington Post columnist |
| Bill Kristol |
Columnist |
23-Dec-1952 |
|
Editor of The Weekly Standard |
| Irving Kristol |
Columnist |
22-Jan-1920 |
18-Sep-2009 |
Influential neocon |
| Paul Krugman |
Columnist |
28-Feb-1953 |
|
New York Times columnist/economist |
| Lawrence Kudlow |
Economist |
20-Aug-1947 |
|
Kudlow & Cramer |
| Jeffrey T. Kuhner |
Radio Personality |
1-Sep-1969 |
|
Conservative pundit |
| Irv Kupcinet |
Columnist |
31-Jul-1912 |
10-Nov-2003 |
Kup's Column |
| Howard Kurtz |
Journalist |
1-Aug-1953 |
|
Media critic |
| Donald Lambro |
Journalist |
14-Jul-1940 |
|
Washington Times |
| Ann Landers |
Columnist |
4-Jul-1918 |
22-Jun-2002 |
Syndicated advice columnist |
| Michael Lewis |
Author |
15-Oct-1960 |
|
Liar's Poker |
| Tod Lindberg |
Columnist |
1960 |
|
Policy Review editor |
| Kathryn Jean Lopez |
Columnist |
22-Mar-1976 |
|
National Review Online editor |
| Jim Louderback |
Columnist |
c. 1961 |
|
Former PC Magazine editor-in-chief |
| Regina Lynn |
Columnist |
? |
|
Wired News sex columnist |
| Heather Mac Donald |
Columnist |
c. 1956 |
|
Neoconservative bombthrower |
| Andrew H. Malcolm |
Columnist |
22-Jun-1943 |
|
Los Angeles Times editorial board |
| Michelle Malkin |
Columnist |
20-Oct-1970 |
|
Syndicated conservative columnist |
| Julianne Malveaux |
Columnist |
c. 1953 |
|
Pundit |
| Ruth A. Marcus |
Columnist |
c. 1960 |
|
Washington Post columnist |
| Rachel Marsden |
Pundit |
2-Dec-1974 |
|
Conservative pundit |
| Judith Martin |
Columnist |
13-Sep-1938 |
|
Miss Manners |
| Chris Matthews |
Talk Show Host |
17-Dec-1945 |
|
Hardball with Chris Matthews |
| Clifford D. May |
Activist |
c. 1951 |
|
Foundation for the Defense of Democracies |
| William McGurn |
Government |
4-Dec-1958 |
|
Chief speechwriter for Bush, 2005-08 |
| Ilana Mercer |
Columnist |
? |
|
WorldNetDaily columnist |
| Matthew Miller |
Columnist |
c. 1962 |
|
The Two Percent Solution |
| Dick Morris |
Government |
28-Nov-1948 |
|
Fox News lapdog, former Clinton advisor |
| Walter Mossberg |
Columnist |
27-Mar-1947 |
|
Technology columnist, Wall Street Journal |
| Joel Mowbray |
Columnist |
? |
|
Dangerous Diplomacy |
| Deroy Murdock |
Columnist |
1963 |
|
Conservative pundit |
| Michael Musto |
Columnist |
3-Dec-1955 |
|
Village Voice gossip columnist |
| Nicholas Negroponte |
Educator |
1943 |
|
Founder, MIT Media Lab |
| George Neumayr |
Columnist |
c. 1972 |
|
Editor, Catholic World Report |
| Joe Nocera |
Columnist |
6-May-1952 |
|
Business columnist, NYT |
| Jay Nordlinger |
Columnist |
1963 |
|
Senior Editor, National Review |
| Grover Norquist |
Activist |
19-Oct-1956 |
|
Washington lobbyist, anti-tax crusader |
| Robert Novak |
Columnist |
26-Feb-1931 |
18-Aug-2009 |
Conservative ideologue, outed Valerie Plame |
| Bill Nye |
Columnist |
25-Aug-1850 |
22-Feb-1896 |
Bill Nye and Boomerang |
| Kate O'Beirne |
Columnist |
c. 1949 |
|
Conservative pundit |
| Tom Oliphant |
Columnist |
c. 1945 |
|
Boston Globe columnist |
| Norman Ornstein |
Author |
14-Oct-1948 |
|
American Enterprise Institute |
| Clarence Page |
Columnist |
2-Jun-1947 |
|
Newspaper columnist, talking head |
| Kathleen Parker |
Columnist |
c. 1954 |
|
Washington Post columnist |
| Louella Parsons |
Columnist |
6-Aug-1881 |
9-Dec-1972 |
Hollywood queen of gossip |
| Sara Payson Willis Parton |
Columnist |
9-Jul-1811 |
10-Oct-1872 |
Columnist Fanny Fern |
| Westbrook Pegler |
Columnist |
2-Aug-1894 |
24-Jun-1969 |
Ultraconservative newspaper columnist |
| Ralph Peters |
Columnist |
1952 |
|
New York Post columnist |
| Kevin Phillips |
Pundit |
30-Nov-1940 |
|
Political commentator |
| Jim Pinkerton |
Pundit |
11-Mar-1958 |
|
Fox News Watch |
| John Podhoretz |
Columnist |
18-Apr-1961 |
|
Conservative columnist |
| Ramesh Ponnuru |
Columnist |
16-Aug-1974 |
|
Senior Editor, National Review |
| Sylvia Porter |
Columnist |
18-Jun-1913 |
5-Jun-1991 |
Financial columnist |
| Emily Post |
Columnist |
27-Oct-1873 |
25-Sep-1960 |
Etiquette |
| Michael Potemra |
Columnist |
? |
|
Deputy Managing Editor, National Review |
| Dennis Prager |
Radio Personality |
2-Aug-1948 |
|
Conservative Jewish radio host |
| Bill Press |
Pundit |
1940 |
|
Liberal commentator |
| Wes Pruden |
Columnist |
? |
|
Washington Times editor-in-chief |
| Anna Quindlen |
Columnist |
8-Jul-1953 |
|
NYT columnist, later novelist |
| Ted Rall |
Cartoonist |
26-Aug-1963 |
|
Godless heathen cartoonist |
| William Raspberry |
Columnist |
12-Oct-1935 |
17-Jul-2012 |
The Washington Post |
| Frank Rich |
Columnist |
2-Jun-1949 |
|
New York magazine |
| Paul Craig Roberts |
Economist |
1939 |
|
The Supply-Side Revolution |
| Eugene H. Robinson |
Journalist |
12-Mar-1954 |
|
Associate Editor, Washington Post |
| Richard Roeper |
Columnist |
17-Oct-1959 |
|
Siskel's replacement |
| Will Rogers |
Comic |
04-Nov-1879 |
15-Aug-1935 |
American Cowboy, Entertainer, Humorist |
| Andy Rooney |
Journalist |
14-Jan-1919 |
4-Nov-2011 |
60 Minutes' resident crank |
| Elmo Roper |
Business |
31-Jul-1900 |
30-Apr-1971 |
American pollster |
| Abe Rosenthal |
Journalist |
2-May-1922 |
10-May-2006 |
NY Times Executive Editor, 1977-86 |
| Ilene Rosenzweig |
Columnist |
? |
|
Swell designer |
| Stuart Rothenberg |
Publisher |
c. 1948 |
|
Rothenberg Political Report |
| Carl Rowan |
Columnist |
11-Aug-1925 |
23-Sep-2000 |
Chicago Sun-Times columnist |
| Mike Royko |
Columnist |
19-Sep-1932 |
29-Apr-1997 |
Syndicated Chicago columnist |
| Tim Rutten |
Columnist |
? |
|
Los Angeles Times columnist |
| William Safire |
Columnist |
17-Dec-1929 |
27-Sep-2009 |
NYT columnist, language maven |
| Robert J. Samuelson |
Columnist |
23-Dec-1945 |
|
Newsweek columnist |
| Dan Savage |
Columnist |
7-Oct-1964 |
|
Weekly sex columnist |
| Rowan Scarborough |
Journalist |
? |
|
Rumsfeld's War |
| Sydney Schanberg |
Journalist |
17-Jan-1934 |
|
The Death and Life of Dith Pran |
| Robert Scheer |
Columnist |
4-Apr-1936 |
|
Former L.A. Times columnist |
| Debbie Schlussel |
Radio Personality |
9-Apr-1969 |
|
Conservative pundit |
| Bill Schneider |
Pundit |
8-Oct-1944 |
|
CNN senior political analyst |
| Mark Shields |
Columnist |
25-May-1937 |
|
Shields and Brooks |
| Amity Shlaes |
Columnist |
1960 |
|
The Forgotten Man |
| Hugh Sidey |
Journalist |
3-Sep-1927 |
21-Nov-2005 |
Time magazine |
| Michael Smerconish |
Radio Personality |
15-Mar-1962 |
|
Philadelphia talk radio host |
| Liz Smith |
Columnist |
2-Feb-1923 |
|
Gossip Columnist |
| Lawrence Solomon |
Activist |
1948 |
|
The Deniers |
| Norman Solomon |
Critic |
1952 |
|
Media critic |
| Joel Stein |
Columnist |
23-Jul-1971 |
|
LA Times columnist |
| A. B. Stoddard |
Columnist |
c. 1967 |
|
Columnist for The Hill |
| Mike Straka |
Columnist |
10-Oct-1969 |
|
Grrr! columnist for Fox News |
| Tristan Taormino |
Columnist |
9-May-1971 |
|
Anal sex authority |
| James Taranto |
Columnist |
1966 |
|
Wall Street Journal |
| Stuart Taylor, Jr. |
Journalist |
c. 1948 |
|
National Journal columnist |
| Marc A. Thiessen |
Columnist |
c. 1967 |
|
White House speechwriter, 2004-09 |
| Cal Thomas |
Columnist |
2-Dec-1942 |
|
Fox News Watch |
| Emmett Tyrrell |
Columnist |
1943 |
|
Publisher, The American Spectator |
| Harlan Ullman |
Columnist |
15-Mar-1941 |
|
Shock and Awe |
| Abigail Van Buren |
Columnist |
4-Jul-1918 |
|
Dear Abby emeritus |
| Amy Vanderbilt |
Columnist |
22-Jul-1908 |
27-Dec-1974 |
Amy Vanderbilt's Complete Book of Etiquette |
| Vaughn Ververs |
Journalist |
10-Jan-1969 |
|
Editor of The Hotline 2002-05 |
| Marilyn vos Savant |
Columnist |
11-Aug-1946 |
|
IQ 228, writes for Parade |
| Jude Wanniski |
Columnist |
17-Jun-1936 |
29-Aug-2005 |
Supply-side theorist |
| Artemus Ward |
Columnist |
23-Apr-1834 |
6-Mar-1867 |
Humorist |
| Keith Waterhouse |
Novelist |
6-Feb-1929 |
4-Sep-2009 |
Billy Liar |
| Ben Wattenberg |
Pundit |
26-Aug-1933 |
|
Think Tank moderator |
| Auberon Waugh |
Columnist |
17-Nov-1939 |
16-Jan-2001 |
Columnist for Private Eye |
| Gene Weingarten |
Columnist |
2-Oct-1951 |
|
Below the Beltway |
| David Wessel |
Journalist |
c. 1953 |
|
Wall Street Journal |
| Paul Weyrich |
Columnist |
7-Oct-1942 |
18-Dec-2008 |
Conservative activist |
| E. B. White |
Author |
11-Jul-1899 |
01-Oct-1985 |
Charlotte's Web |
| James Wieghart |
Journalist |
16-Aug-1933 |
21-Feb-2010 |
Editor, NY Daily News, 1982-84 |
| George Will |
Columnist |
4-May-1941 |
|
Conservative pundit, baseball lover |
| Armstrong Williams |
Columnist |
5-Feb-1959 |
|
Black conservative pundit on the take |
| Jules Witcover |
Columnist |
16-Jul-1927 |
|
Longtime Baltimore Sun columnist |
| Byron York |
Columnist |
c. 1956 |
|
Former National Review columnist |
