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In 1997, Peretz fired Michael Kelly as the editor of The New Republic after Kelly refused to publish a ghostwritten, unsigned editorial defending Peretz's former student and friend Al Gore, who was then vice president and likely to run for president when Bill Clinton 's term was over.
Feb 15, 2013 · During the Clinton administration, Peretz fired Michael Kelly, acknowledging openly that the reason was that the magazine had been too critical of the president.
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Jul 31, 2023 · In this scintillating memoir, Peretz writes candidly about the life that took a middle-class Jewish kid from the Bronx to decades in the editor’s chair at a national magazine, and how along the way he became a major player in intellectual life, politics, and business.
Feb 8, 2011 · Stephen Rodrick’s vivid picture of Marty Peretz underplays one ofthe man’s essential characteristics: his extraordinary kindness to young people.
May 14, 2024 · Peretz’s TNR hired and nurtured scores of talented journalists, chief among them Hendrik Hertzberg, John Judis, Robert Wright, Margaret Talbot, Peter Beinart, and Michelle Cottle. True, the staff leaned heavily white and male and also toward Harvard alumni, highlighting privileged voices even more than the dismal standards of the rest of the media.
Jan 24, 2011 · Looking for a public outlet for his political views, Peretz bought The New Republic in 1974. He fired most of the staff and installed himself as editor in chief in 1978.
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Dec 13, 2023 · Marty Peretz makes a rich and compelling argument for the ideals that have been the focus of his life: liberalism, democracy, and Zionism. He considers what will come next now that those ideals are no longer assured.
