Benjamin J. "Ben" Wattenberg (b. 1933, The Bronx, New York) is a prominent American neo-conservative commentator and writer. He graduated from Hobart College in 1955, majoring in English. Year 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bronx redirects here. ... This article is about the state. ... Neoconservatism describes several distinct political ideologies which are considered new forms of conservatism. ... Hobart College is a senior secondary college, located on Mt. ... Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ...

From 1955 to 1957 he was in the U.S. Air Force, based in San Antonio. He was an aide and speechwriter to President Lyndon B. Johnson from 1966 to 1968, and served as an advisor to Hubert Humphrey's race for the Senate in 1970 and Senator Henry "Scoop" Jackson's contest for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1972, and Democratic Party presidential primaries of 1976, and served on the 1972 and 1976 Democratic National Convention platform committees. Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... Seal of the Air Force. ... Nickname: Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: Counties Bexar County Government  - Mayor Phil Hardberger Area  - City  412. ... Look up speechwriter in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... LBJ redirects here. ... Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Hubert Humphrey (disambiguation). ...  Republican holds  Republican pickups  Democratic holds  Democratic pickups  Independent pickups  Conservative pickups The U.S. Senate election, 1970 was an election for the United States Senate which was a midterm election in the term of President Richard M. Nixon. ... Several notable persons have been named Henry Jackson: Henry Bradwardine Jackson, British First Sea Lord in World War I Henry M. Jackson, US Senator Henry R. Jackson, US general in 19th century See also: William Henry Jackson, Henry Jackson van Dyke, Henry Jackson Hunt This is a disambiguation page — a... Presidential electoral votes by state. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The 1972 Democratic National convention nominated Senator George McGovern for President and Senator Thomas Eagleton for vice president. ... The 1976 Democratic National Convention in New York City nominated Jimmy Carter of Georgia for President and Walter F. Mondale of Minnesota for Vice President. ...

He first came to national attention as co-author with Richard M. Scammon of The Real Majority, the 1970 analysis believed to have provided the basis for the campaign strategies of the Nixon administration in the 1970 and 1972 elections. His other books include: This article or section is missing references or citation of sources. ... Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. ... Presidential electoral votes by state. ...

• This U.S.A., 1965
• The Real America, 1974
• Against All Enemies: A Novel, co-authored with Ervin S. Duggan 1977
• The Good News is, the Bad News is Wrong, 1984
• The Birth Dearth, 1987
• The First Universal Nation, 1991
• Values Matter Most, 1995
• The First Measured Century: An Illustrated Guide to Trends in America 1900-2000, co-authored with Theodore Caplow and Louis Hicks, 2000
• Fewer: How the New Demography of Depopulation Will Shape Our Future, 2004

He has been the host of a number of PBS television specials, including Values Matter Most, The Grandchild Gap, America's Number One, What Next?, The Stockholder Society, A Third Choice (about the role of third parties in American politics), The Democrats, and The First Measured Century. He is currently moderator of a weekly PBS television program, Think Tank with Ben Wattenberg, and has previously hosted PBS series In Search of the Real America and Ben Wattenberg At Large. Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... This article is about the year. ... This article is about the year 1987. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Not to be confused with Public Broadcasting Services in Malta. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... In a two-party system a third party is a party other than the two dominant ones. ... The Democrats (Italian language: I Democratici) is a former Italian party, launched by Romano Prodi in 1998. ... Think Tank is a discussion program on PBS, moderated by Ben Wattenberg. ...

Wattenberg is a Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C. He has been appointed to various committees and commissions by Presidents Carter, Reagan, and Bush (senior), as well as by then-Speaker Thomas Foley. The American Enterprise Institutes Logo The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI) is a neoconservative think tank, founded in 1943. ... For other uses, see Washington, D.C. (disambiguation). ... For other persons named Jimmy Carter, see Jimmy Carter (disambiguation). ... Reagan redirects here. ... George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12, 1924) was the 41st President of the United States, serving from 1989 to 1993. ... The term Speaker is usually the title given to the presiding officer of a countrys lower house of parliament or congress (ie: the House of Commons or House of Representatives). ... Thomas Stephen Foley (born March 26, 1929, in Spokane, Washington) is an American politician of the Democratic party, having served as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and ambassador to Japan. ...

Family

He is the son of Judah Wattenberg and Rachel Gutman Wattenberg, and the younger brother of actress Rebecca Schull.^[1] Rebecca Schull is an American actress most famous for her work in television. ...

Ben Wattenberg has four children: Ruth, Daniel Wattenberg, Sarah, and Rachel. Daniel Eli Wattenberg is an American journalist and musician. ...

References

External links

• Official PBS Think Tank Page
• Ben Wattenberg Archive of columns published on Jewish World Review.
• American Enterprise Insitute Bio Page
• NNDB Biographical Information
• Open to Greatness: We need immigrants
• Memo to Ben Wattenberg: The Good News Is The Bad News Is Wrong Critique of Wattenberg's fertility analysis.
• John Kerry Is Wrong: Vietnam vs. Iraq