Noah Rothman
{{Short description|American author and editor}}
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Noah Christopher Rothman (born 1981) is an American writer, editor, former MSNBC commentator, podcaster, and author. He is a senior writer and podcast guest for National Review, and he previously served as associate editor, podcast producer, and online editor for Commentary.{{cite web |last1=Staff |title=Commentary About Us- MastHead |url=https://www.commentarymagazine.com/about/ |website=Commentarymagazine.com |date=13 December 2009 |access-date=2 July 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/welcoming-noah-rothman/|title=Welcoming Noah Rothman|website=National Review |date=26 January 2023 |access-date=2023-03-02}}
Early life
Rothman was born in 1981{{Cite web |url=https://www.commentarymagazine.com/american-society/the-post-soviet-generation/ |title=The Generation that Wasn't Ready |last=Rothman |first=Noah |date=August 29, 2017 |website=Commentary |access-date=September 28, 2019}} and grew up in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, where he started acting in stage productions when he was 7 years old. Raised in Lebanon Township, New Jersey, he performed in over 30 high school and repertory theater group productions by the time he graduated from Voorhees High School in 2000.{{Cite news |url=https://newspapers.com/image/224424785/?terms=Noah%2BRothman |title=Presenting the Class of 2000 |date=June 20, 2000 |work=The Courier-News |access-date=September 28, 2019 |edition=Union, Middlesex |at=Graduation 2000 pp. 10–21 |via=Newspapers.com}} He attended Drew University on a performing arts scholarship and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Russian studies in 2004.{{Cite web |url=https://www.newjerseyhills.com/local-college-and-university-students-making-the-news/article_7d5bee35-f9cd-56ce-87ab-6ea2b3b76f75.html |title=Local college and university students making the news |date=April 11, 2004 |website=New Jersey Hills Media Group |access-date=September 28, 2019}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.earnthenecklace.com/noah-rothman-wiki-age-twitter-net-worth-5-facts-know/ |title=Noah Rothman's Wiki: The Conservative Trump Critic Gets Caught in the Brennan Storm |last=John |first=Caroline |website=earnthenecklace.com |date=August 28, 2018 |access-date=September 29, 2019}} He earned a Master of Arts degree in Diplomacy and International Relations from Seton Hall University in 2010.{{Cite web |url=https://advancement.shu.edu/event-registrations/a-celebration-of-leadership |title=The School of Diplomacy and International Relations Annual Alumni Awards Reception: A Celebration of Leadership |website=Seton Hall University |date=2019 |access-date=September 28, 2019}}
Career
=Radio=
Rothman joined WABC in New York City in 2002 and became a research analyst and producer for The John Batchelor Show.{{Cite web |url=http://ninetythrees.com/screenings/noah-rothman/ |title=Noah Rothman |date=November 2, 2010 |website=93 Studios |access-date=September 30, 2019}} In 2003, he created and hosted The Freakin' Radio Show on WSNR. He interned for The Opie and Anthony Show on XM Satellite Radio in 2004–2005 and played a regular character on the show.
=Web series=
Rothman acted in two web series. He played the character Slipknot in an episode of The Scene in 2006. In 2009, he played lead character Zeke Oros in Issues: The Series.
=Blogger and editor=
Rothman joined Campaigns and Elections magazine in 2010 as an editor.{{Cite web |url=https://www.campaignsandelections.com/campaign-insider/reagan-s-1982-is-not-obama-s-2010 |title=Reagan's 1982 Is Not Obama's 2010 |last=Rothman |first=Noah |date=July 21, 2010 |website=Campaigns and Elections |access-date=October 1, 2019}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/noah-rothman-7b722a4/ |title=Noah Rothman |last=Rothman |first=Noah |website=LinkedIn |access-date=October 1, 2019}} He moved to Ology.com in 2011 as a political news editor, and then on to Mediaite as a writer in 2012.{{Cite web |url=https://www.mediaite.com/online/a-bittersweet-goodbye/ |title=A Bittersweet Goodbye |last=Rothman |first=Noah |date=June 6, 2014 |website=Mediaite |access-date=October 1, 2019}} He joined the political blog Hot Air in 2014, replacing Erika Johnsen when she left to attend law school. Rothman left Hot Air to become the assistant online editor of Commentary magazine in 2015.{{Cite web |url=https://hotair.com/archives/noah-rothman/2015/05/15/lets-dont-say-goodbye-i-hate-the-way-it-sounds/ |title=Let's don't say goodbye. I hate the way it sounds |last=Rothman |first=Noah |date=May 15, 2015 |website=Hot Air |access-date=October 1, 2019}}
= Author =
He is the author of the 2019 book Unjust: Social Justice and the Unmaking of America. Published by Gateway Editions, an imprint of Regnery Publishing.{{cite news |last1=Hilliard |first1=Graham |date=7 March 2019 |title=The Social-Justice Movement's Unjust Crusade |publisher=National Review |url=https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2019/03/25/the-social-justice-movements-unjust-crusade/ |access-date=17 July 2019}}{{cite news |date=19 February 2019 |title=Author says social justice movement has created a new class of victims |work=The Hill |url=https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/430558-author-says-social-justice-movement-has-created-a-new-class-of-victims |access-date=17 July 2019}} Reviewer Warren Blumenfeld saw the book as praising older American social justice movements that challenged hierarchies based on race and gender and attempted to remedy societal inequities associated with prejudices toward certain ethnic groups and the economic displacements of the industrial revolution, while failing to acknowledge the extent to which contemporary America "privileges and subordinates individuals based primarily on their social identities."{{cite news |last1=Blumenfeld |first1=Warren |date=25 February 2019 |title=Noah Rothman's 'Unjust' Book Is an Exercise in Backlash Politics (book review) |publisher=The Good Men Project |url=https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/noah-rothmans-unjust-book-is-an-exercise-in-backlash-politics/ |access-date=1 March 2019}} Jonah Goldberg called Unjust "crisp, insightful and passionate".{{cite news |last1=Goldberg |first1=Jonah |date=8 February 2019 |title=Social justice too often linked to identity politics |publisher=Boston Herald |url=https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/02/08/social-justice-too-often-linked-to-identity-politics/ |access-date=1 March 2019}}
Honors
Personal life
Bibliography
- Unjust: Social Justice and the Unmaking of America. Regnery Gateway (2019). {{ISBN|9781621577928}}
- The Rise of the New Puritans: Fighting Back Against Progressives' War on Fun. Broadside Books (2022). {{ISBN|9780063160002}}
References
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External links
- {{Cite web|url=https://www.nationalreview.com/podcasts/the-remnant-with-jonah-goldberg/episode-84-social-justice-its-a-put-on/|title=Episode 84: Social Justice: It's a Put-On|date=2019-02-06|website=National Review|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-06}}
- [https://reason.com/blog/2019/02/13/noah-rothman-on-unjust-social-justice-an Unjust: Social Justice and the Unmaking of America Book interview, Reason podcast]
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Category:People from Lebanon Township, New Jersey
Category:Male actors from New Jersey
Category:Writers from Hunterdon County, New Jersey
Category:American political commentators
Category:American political writers
Category:American male non-fiction writers
Category:Voorhees High School alumni
Category:Drew University alumni
Category:Seton Hall University alumni
Category:21st-century American male actors
Category:21st-century American non-fiction writers
Category:21st-century American male writers
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