Doug is correct that Billy Kristol is the son of Gertrude Himmelfarb. Barkley Rosser On Fri, 5 Feb 1999 12:57:09 -0500 Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> Marta Russell wrote:
>
> >Does anyone know what Himmelfarb's background is? Like where her money comes
> >from, family political background, etc., you know, the skinny on her. Isn't
> >she a board member of AEI, for starters?
>
> I don't know anything about her personal background other than that she's
> married to Irving Kristol, and I assume she's the mother of Billy Kristol,
> editor of the Weekly Standard and former Quayle advisor. Her own academic
> expertise is social policy; her schtick seems to be recommending a return
> to good old Victorian values. Amazon lists 23 titles under her name.
>
> She's on AEI's "Council of Academic Advisors" (check out the list of ghouls
> at <http://www.aei.org/annual/trustee.htm>).
>
> Doug
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