Evan Thomas (born 25 April 1951 at Huntington, New York) is an American journalist and author. He currently teaches journalism at Princeton University.[1]
A graduate of Phillips Andover, Harvard University, and the University of Virginia School of Law, since 1991 he has been the assistant managing editor at Newsweek. He formerly worked for TIME. Thomas began his reporting career at The Bergen Record in New Jersey. He won his numerous journalism awards, including the National Magazine Award in 1998 for Newsweek’s coverage of the Monica Lewinsky scandal.[2]
Thomas is the author of six books: Sea of Thunder: Four Naval Commanders and the Last Sea War (2006); John Paul Jones, a biography of the American revolutionary (2003); Robert Kennedy: His Life (2000); The Very Best Men: The Early Years of the CIA (1995); The Man to See: The Life of Edward Bennett Williams (1991), and The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made (with Walter Isaacson, 1986).[3] He is the grandson of the late Norman Thomas, a six-time Presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America[4]. He is married and is the father of two daughters. They live in Washington, D.C.
Thomas is a regular panelist on the weekly public affairs TV show "Inside Washington".[5]
On June 5, 2009, while being interviewed by Chris Matthews on Hardball with Chris Matthews, Thomas provoked controversy by stating that Barack Obama was "sort of God." [6] In response to criticism of this comment, Thomas responded with the following:[7]
"What I said was: "In a way, Obama's standing above the country, above -- above the world, a sort of god." I was not being literal. During a discussion about presidential rhetoric, I was comparing Ronald Reagan's patriotic appeals with Obama's attempt to transcend parochialism."
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- ^ http://registrar.princeton.edu/timetable/course_details.xml?courseid=003851&term=1102
- ^ Evan Thomas - Newsweek Services - MSNBC.com
- ^ Biography: Evan Thomas
- ^ Princeton Alumni Weekly, Jan. 23rd 2008
- ^ Inside Washington
- ^ http://newsbusters.org/blogs/kyle-drennen/2009/06/05/newsweek-s-evan-thomas-obama-sort-god
- ^ http://www.newsweek.com/id/202010
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