Sidney Blumenthal was born in Chicago in 1948 and educated at Brandeis University(BA in Sociology in 1969). He is a widely-published journalist, especially on American politics and foreign policy. Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Brandeis University is a private university in Waltham, Massachusetts. ... The Federal Government of the United States was established by the United States politics is dominated by the two major parties, the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. ... For the American magazine, see Foreign Policy. ...

He started his career in Boston, then wrote for The New Republic, The Washington Post, Vanity Fair, and The New Yorker. He served as assistant and senior adviser to Bill Clinton from August 1997 until January 2001. He subsequently wrote a book, The Clinton Wars. Other books include The Permanent Campaign, The Rise of the Counter-Establishment, and Pledging Allegiance: The Last Campaign of the Cold War. Boston is a town and small port c. ... For other uses, see the disambiguation section. ... The Washington Post is the largest and oldest newspaper in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. ... American actress Demi Moore, on a typical Vanity Fair cover (August, 1991) Vanity Fair is a glossy American glamour magazine monthly that offers a mixture of articles based on sensational exaggerations, jet-set and entertainment-business personalities, politics, and lies. ... The New Yorkers first cover, which is reprinted most years on the magazines anniversary. ... William Jefferson Bill Clinton (born August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. ...

Blumenthal is now the Washington bureau chief for Salon.com, for which he writes occasional pieces, as well as being a regular columnist for the UK newspaper, The Guardian. Screenshot of Salon. ... The Guardian is a British newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. ...

He once sued Matt Drudge for $30 million for claiming that he beat his wife. The case was settled before trial, although under the terms of the settlement, no damages were awarded. Matthew Drudge (born October 27, 1966) is an American Internet news personality. ...

He was the political advisor for the comedic and dramatic psudo-documentary "Tanner '88", the Robert Altman/Gary Trudeau collaboration. Robert Altman Robert Bernard Altman (born February 20, 1925) is an American film director known for making films that are highly naturalistic, but with a stylized perspective. ... Garry Trudeau Garretson Beekman Trudeau (born July 21, 1948) is an American cartoonist. ...

He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and two sons. Nickname: the District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Official website: http://www. ...

External links

• New York Review of Books on Clinton Wars
• Brief biographical information