David Horowitz

David Horowitz
BornDavid Joel Horowitz
(1939-01-10) January 10, 1939 (age 85)
Queens, New York, U.S.
OccupationConservative activist, writer
EducationColumbia University (BA)
University of California, Berkeley (MA)
Spouse
Elissa Krauthamer
(m. 1959; div. 1978)
Sam Moorman
(m. 1984; div. 1985)
Shay Marlowe
(m. 1990; div. 1995)

April Mullvain
Children4, including Ben

David Joel Horowitz (born January 10, 1939[1]) is an American conservative writer and activist. He is a founder and president of the right-wing David Horowitz Freedom Center (DHFC); editor of the Center's website FrontPage Magazine; and director of Discover the Networks, a website that tracks individuals and groups on the political left. Horowitz also founded the organization Students for Academic Freedom.

Horowitz wrote several books with author Peter Collier, including four on prominent 20th-century American families. He and Collier have collaborated on books about cultural criticism. Horowitz worked as a columnist for Salon.[2]

From 1956 to 1975, Horowitz was an outspoken adherent of the New Left. He later rejected progressive ideas and became a defender of neoconservatism.[3] Horowitz recounted his ideological journey in a series of retrospective books, culminating with his 1996 memoir Radical Son: A Generational Odyssey.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Jacobson was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Salon.com News | Who's afraid of the big, bad Horowitz?". January 3, 2007. Archived from the original on January 3, 2007. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
  3. ^ Campbell, Duncan (May 30, 2001). "Interview: neo-conservative, David Horowitz". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved December 7, 2018.