Robert D. Novak (1931-2009) was born Feb. 26, 1931, in Joliet, Ill. Robert Novak's first newspaper jobs were as a reporter for the Joliet (Ill.) Herald-News and the Champaign-Urbana (Ill.) Courier, where Robert Novak worked while attending the University of Illinois (1948-1952). Following service in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, Robert Novak joined the staff of the Associated Press, where Robert Novak worked in bureaus in Omaha, Lincoln, Indianapolis and later Washington, D.C., where Robert Novak covered Congress. In 1958, Robert Novak left the AP for a position in the Washington Bureau of the Wall Street Journal as Senate correspondent and political reporter, becoming chief congressional correspondent for the Journal in 1961. On May 15, 1963, Robert Novak teamed up with the late Rowland Evans, then congressional correspondent for the New York Herald Tribune, to write the political column "Inside Report." One of the longest-running syndicated columns in the nation, it is distributed by Creators Syndicate to more than 300 newspapers nationwide. After 30 years on "Inside Report," on May 15, 1993, Rowland Evans retired from the column, which Novak is now writing three times a week. "Inside Report" was noted for its rapidly moving dateline and its hard-hitting analysis of national and international developments. The Chicago Sun-Times has been the home newspaper to the column since 1966. In the course of his career as a columnist, Robert Novak crisscrossed the country numerous times to test grass-roots sentiment for local campaigns and national conventions. Robert Novak traveled around the globe to report wars, revolutions, and international conferences and to interview leaders in every part of the world -- his 1978 trip to China included an exclusive interview with Deng Xiaoping that opened the way for normalization of U.S.-Chinese relations. Robert Novak also co-authored the following books with Evans: Lyndon B. Johnson: The Exercise of Power, a political biography of President Johnson; Nixon in the White House: The Frustration of Power, a comprehensive study of the first two and one half years of the Nixon administration; and The Reagan Revolution, an analysis of Ronald Reagan's blueprint to transform the U.S. government. An esteemed television personality as well, Robert Novak appeared on and serves as co-executive producer of CNN's political roundtable -- "Capital Gang." Robert Novak was also an occasional co-host on CNN's "Crossfire" program and often appears as an interviewer on NBC's "Meet the Press." Robert Novak was a Radford Visiting Professor of Journalism at Baylor University in 1987. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RobertNovak http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RobertNovak TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2009 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:01:00 GMT Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:01:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Robert Novak recently sat down with Barbara Mutasow of the Washingtonian magazine for a deeply personal interview. This article was first published in the November 2008 issue of The Washingtonian magazine. ... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RobertNovak/2008/11/20/pray_for_me 22371f88-3092-4e04-a8c6-6bd48607d05f Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:01:00 GMT In serious conversations among Republicans since their election debacle Tuesday, what name is mentioned most often as the Moses, or Reagan, who could lead them out of the wilderness before 40 years? To the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RobertNovak/2008/11/08/newt_in_one-two 4ceeb541-62d9-426d-991b-019cedfc2ca8 Sat, 08 Nov 2008 05:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The national election Tuesday was not only historic for the election of the first African-American president in the nation's history but also for how little the avalanche of Democratic votes changed... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RobertNovak/2008/11/05/no_mandate_for_obama_and_no_lopsided_congress 7af39b34-b577-4fbd-bb13-b17457d0d63d Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:21:09 GMT WASHINGTON -- Not until 30 minutes had elapsed in the third and last presidential debate Wednesday night did the national candidates turn their attention to abortion -- the country's most explosive social issue,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RobertNovak/2008/10/17/an_illegitimate_baby_a_blessing_or_a_punishment f70a69ae-b84a-4b9a-88f9-c56630485c5a Fri, 17 Oct 2008 04:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- "60 Minutes," the popular CBS news program, normally doesn't deal with global finance, but last Sunday (Oct. 5) its lead story tried to isolate the cause of the current global financial meltdown.... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RobertNovak/2008/10/09/credit_default_swaps 322a5eb1-8d1b-4e53-9d90-6ef03dcb6529 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- How would Barack Obama pay for the $800 billion that John McCain claimed in the first presidential debate Sept. 26 in Oxford, Miss., that his Democratic opponent would spend if he were elected... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RobertNovak/2008/10/02/what_is_a_loophole b58595bb-5099-4d31-b8a2-9f3598a9e106 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 04:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The main reason I am writing this column is that many people have asked me how I first realized I was suffering from a brain tumor and what I have done about it. ... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RobertNovak/2008/09/06/my_brain_tumor b9c02fc8-4826-470a-8347-f450659a274b Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:45:24 GMT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Partisan Democrats and many members of the news media consider John McCain's choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate a terrible mistake. But McCain need not worry about their... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RobertNovak/2008/09/03/mccain_comes_through ad399131-dc31-4b17-a652-0ce8d69d68df Wed, 03 Sep 2008 04:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Reports of strong support within John McCain's presidential campaign for Independent Democratic Sen. Joseph Lieberman as the Republican candidate for vice president are not a fairy tale. Influential... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RobertNovak/2008/08/27/avoiding_a_lieberman_disaster 27330b96-178d-4d35-b06f-5134bc966196 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:49:29 GMT WASHINGTON -- In the contest for president, Barack Obama is a magnetic candidate supported by a disciplined, well-organized campaign. John McCain seems wooden, with a campaign that appears to be in shambles. Yet Obama's... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RobertNovak/2008/07/28/can_mccain_back_in_again cd3b492a-c608-4dd6-9c2f-457be11b5ff8 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The principal reason why former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has climbed to the top of Sen. John McCain's practical wish list for vice president is the possibility that he could bring... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RobertNovak/2008/07/26/romneys_value e9adba1b-b3c0-40db-84e5-9fd83f0f445f Sat, 26 Jul 2008 04:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rep. Roy Blunt, the House Republican whip, on July 8 introduced a resolution demanding that the Defense Department better enable U.S. military personnel overseas to vote in the November elections.... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RobertNovak/2008/07/24/the_soldier_voting_scandal c21253e4-ec5d-42c2-8b33-b92763011552 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- I asked one of the Republican Party's smartest, most candid heavy hitters this week whether John McCain really has a chance to defeat Barack Obama in this season of Republican discontent. "No, if the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RobertNovak/2008/07/21/obamas_iraq_spotlight 33c7988f-49fb-43c6-8b01-c2f9cc786568 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 04:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Sen. Barack Obama has been meeting secretly with heavy industry CEOs in Washington to discuss issues that he would face as president. On the campaign trail, Obama has been highly critical of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RobertNovak/2008/07/19/obamas_ceos 06c4fbb5-eed3-4f79-b688-8e0b40866957 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As financial storm signals appeared the last 18 months, there were Bush officials who urged drastic reform of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. But, according to internal government sources, Treasury... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RobertNovak/2008/07/17/cost_of_cronyism b365e7f4-6b00-4348-a9d9-616a7e254d0c Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:01:00 GMT