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) 2013 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 WASHINGTON -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, back from the Fourth of July break, last week delivered a typical harangue on Republican obstructionism and Democratic virtue that included a promise: By week's end, he... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RobertNovak/2008/07/14/oil_paranoia c531aa8e-65c9-49ad-9d18-b6ec0e63ea49 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Despite assurances to the contrary from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Democratic insiders are certain Sen. Joseph Lieberman next year will be kicked out of the party's caucus and lose his... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RobertNovak/2008/07/12/goodbye,_joe aa232733-fca0-474f-ac7f-27d16a4310e7 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 04:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- "I would say he was pretty underwhelming," said Lawyer Gus several days after he and some 200 other big-money supporters of Hillary Clinton's failed presidential campaign met with the victor,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RobertNovak/2008/07/10/an_underwhelming_nominee c830c83a-97b0-473d-8a2b-dba01f8fb0a9 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- When House Republican leaders left Washington for their Fourth of July break, they felt good about outwitting the Democratic majority. The feeling was not reciprocated 3,000 miles away, where... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RobertNovak/2008/07/07/no_permanent_gop_minority aab28169-f64f-48a6-9649-42aec7a106af Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Retired Gen. Wesley Clark, whose stock as Sen. Barack Obama's possible vice presidential running mate had been rising, may have ruined his chances with his belittling attack on Sen. John McCain's war... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RobertNovak/2008/07/05/gen_clarks_attack 39dab65b-1beb-441c-ac04-8f788ac7cf24 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Yousuf Raza Gilani, prime minister of Pakistan, will lunch with George W. Bush in the White House on Monday, July 28. That will not be merely another of the president's routine meetings with foreign... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RobertNovak/2008/07/03/visitor_from_pakistan 77f7b500-f27b-4694-bfbe-66483a5e36ea Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- After months of claiming insufficient information to express an opinion on the District of Columbia gun law, Barack Obama noted with apparent approval Thursday that the Supreme Court ruled the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RobertNovak/2008/06/30/scalia_saving_obama 98d5c84c-3637-4b15-9aa8-382364a678cb Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has appealed to Senate Democratic leaders to confirm President Bush's long-pending nominations to fill two empty chairs as Fed governors, enabling a fully... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RobertNovak/2008/06/28/empty_fed_chairs 98911452-a3d1-4823-ac6c-bf30e1ac3560 Sat, 28 Jun 2008 04:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- What is an "Obamacon?" The phrase surfaced in January to describe British Conservatives entranced by Barack Obama. On March 13, the American Spectator broadened the term to cover all "conservative... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RobertNovak/2008/06/26/two_big_obamacons d20d2bf2-14dd-42fd-bbef-889bf5921960 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- When John McCain met privately with Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin after a political event in the Milwaukee suburbs May 29, the Republican presidential candidate might not have realized that he had... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RobertNovak/2008/06/23/a_chance_for_mccain c0a071a7-7d7b-4f4d-9fb7-94ae604eb8e1 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Leaders of Sen. John McCain's campaign are looking toward "527s" as their principal means of attacking Sen. Barack Obama because they have been given a green light by McCain. "I can't be a... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RobertNovak/2008/06/21/how_to_hit_obama a3258696-9a3a-457e-bd61-dacaa59a4c7b Sat, 21 Jun 2008 04:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A 26-year-old political operative from Buffalo on Daniel Patrick Moynihan's staff in 1977 was overshadowed by the all-star cast accompanying the newly elected senator to Washington. Not for the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RobertNovak/2008/06/19/my_friend_and_my_source 824e873f-2792-48b9-9263-88fed8514060 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 04:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Speculation that the Federal Reserve is about to begin inflation-fighting interest rate increases appears to be dead wrong. Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke is worried more about runaway oil prices... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RobertNovak/2008/06/16/the_fed_doesnt_raise 37bcc6be-e4d9-446f-89e0-703ef38326b9 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 04:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Before multimillionaire Democratic power broker James A. Johnson quit as Sen. Barack Obama's chief vice presidential screener, the name that came to the fore in his internal discussions was... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RobertNovak/2008/06/14/biden_for_vp 3da0ce7d-a425-4682-a5c6-4dd1e8fa54a5 Sat, 14 Jun 2008 04:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Sen. Arlen Specter, at age 78 suffering from cancer, was feeling miserable Monday following chemotherapy the previous Friday. But believing the best antidote was hard work, Specter took the Senate... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RobertNovak/2008/06/12/decline_of_the_senate b57d4dbe-a038-490e-9df2-e7c8f4b8c8a4 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Shortcomings by John McCain's campaign in the art of politics are alienating two organizations of Christian conservatives. James Dobson's Focus on the Family is estranged following the failure of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RobertNovak/2008/06/09/mccains_evangelical_problem 350f36b8-5e38-4ab1-82b2-67ef66a77a1d Mon, 09 Jun 2008 04:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Sen. John McCain had just begun his speech from Kenner, La., on the year's last primary election night when distraught Republicans began e-mailing each other this message: Is it possible at this... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RobertNovak/2008/06/07/a_mccain_mistake eb33df0b-c152-4a19-a059-51ec52bdaf04 Sat, 07 Jun 2008 04:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Just when it seemed on the last Tuesday of the presidential primary season that Hillary Clinton would bow to the inevitable, she enraged Democrats who expected her to start strengthening Barack... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RobertNovak/2008/06/05/hillarys_latest_provocation 99a517f3-e1b8-456a-a888-87d99e09cdbc Thu, 05 Jun 2008 04:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In Scott McClellan's purported tell-all memoir of his trials as President George W. Bush's press secretary, he virtually ignores Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage's role leaking to me... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RobertNovak/2008/06/02/mcclellan_on_plame 6dabbfab-5f91-40c9-bd2e-3d482a3c12a6 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 04:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Republican insiders see the bitter criticism in Scott McClellan's memoir, "What Happened," as a payback for his abrupt firing as White House press secretary in the spring of 2006. ... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RobertNovak/2008/05/31/mcclellens_revenge 40027413-254a-48b4-a386-92be837854f8 Sat, 31 May 2008 04:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- When Hillary Clinton last Friday said, "We all remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June (1968) in California," she was not saying anything she had not publicly declared earlier. Yet, those... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RobertNovak/2008/05/29/hillary_agonistes 7b3162d8-a273-4624-8335-baa4f80b6c48 Thu, 29 May 2008 04:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann, whose Roman Catholic archdiocese covers northeast Kansas, on May 9 called on Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to stop taking Communion until she disowns her support... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RobertNovak/2008/05/26/a_vice_president_for_abortion 9cb1a329-cf08-40d4-abdc-7275dda20dd2 Mon, 26 May 2008 04:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner, a strong favorite to be elected to the Senate this year, has told associates that he is being considered as Barack Obama's vice presidential running mate. He... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RobertNovak/2008/05/24/warner_for_vp 38b88843-05a2-4617-9d9e-a0fc99cf33ac Sat, 24 May 2008 04:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- When one of the Democratic Party's most astute strategists this week criticized John McCain for attacking Barack Obama's desire to engage Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, I asked what the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RobertNovak/2008/05/22/mccain,_not_disarmed f39714a6-e557-40ff-bc72-a9c52771c6cf Thu, 22 May 2008 04:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, at age 38 and having served less than five terms, did not leap over a dozen of his seniors to become ranking Republican on the House Budget Committee by bashing GOP... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RobertNovak/2008/05/19/gop_drinking_its_bath_water fb02c1f8-e30d-4eee-b7c6-60d5d7188b2d Mon, 19 May 2008 04:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Agents for Sen. Hillary Clinton, trying desperately to keep alive her presidential campaign, are privately telling Democrats that she is so "tight" with a dollar that she would not continue her... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RobertNovak/2008/05/17/hillarys_spending 2e711f8d-b7f5-4c01-84c1-5fd76c241cff Sat, 17 May 2008 04:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On May 15, 1963, the late Rowland Evans and I published our first column. That makes today (Thursday) the 45th anniversary (the first 30 years under the Evans & Novak byline) of the nation's... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RobertNovak/2008/05/15/45_years_of_columns 7aa78d4e-cf8b-4c29-babf-7c7d1b3a6b54 Thu, 15 May 2008 04:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- John McCain, who has spent the last two months trying to consolidate right-wing support as the Republican candidate for president, has a problem of disputed dimensions with a vital component of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RobertNovak/2008/05/12/mccain,_huckabee_and_the_evangelicals d8312c46-d349-4ec6-86cc-9cacca808e42 Mon, 12 May 2008 04:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Close-in supporters of Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign are convinced he never will offer the vice presidential nomination to Sen. Hillary Clinton for one overriding reason: Michelle... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RobertNovak/2008/05/10/michelle_vetoes_hillary f862b71e-26be-45a5-840e-5e6cd615811a Sat, 10 May 2008 04:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Buyer's remorse was beginning to afflict supporters of Barack Obama before Tuesday's primary election returns showed he had delivered a knockout punch against Hillary Clinton. The young orator who... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RobertNovak/2008/05/08/obama_flawed_or_fantastic 527c8e61-b37a-4bef-bbed-a11250f17eab Thu, 08 May 2008 04:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Operating outside public view, the House Democratic majority is taking extraordinary steps to maintain spending as usual while awaiting a Democrat as president. Remarkably, the supine House... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RobertNovak/2008/05/05/czar_nancys_rule 2f5ae00b-a1bb-4d9e-94a5-84a2dc7eca79 Mon, 05 May 2008 04:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A recent secret survey of the House Republican minority by the party's whip organization showed a two-to-one margin opposed to imposing a moratorium on earmarks. House Republican John... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RobertNovak/2008/05/03/gop_loves_earmarks 550cef8a-6277-44ce-9b94-7c264818a0c9 Sat, 03 May 2008 04:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- "That is just terrible, absolutely dreadful," a prominent supporter of Barack Obama said Monday morning after listening to the Rev. Jeremiah Wright's screed at the National Press Club. He proposed... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RobertNovak/2008/05/01/solving_the_pastor_problem 8e3689a3-9c1a-413c-b4c7-1b8cbf531254 Thu, 01 May 2008 04:01:00 GMT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In the aftermath of the visit by Pope Benedict XVI, a troublesome question is asked by traditional Catholics: Did American pro-choice politicians receiving Communion at the papal masses indicate a... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RobertNovak/2008/04/28/disobeying_the_pope d1aefd10-c3b4-4eeb-8b18-353b9a52ff3e Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT