Jacob Heilbrunn is a writer and blogger for many publications such as The Huntington Post and The Los Angeles Times. He was previously a senior editor at The New Republic and an editor at The National Interest. He has written for The New York Times, The New York Review of Books, the Washington Monthly, the American Prospect, Commentary, and the Weekly Standard. He was a 1997 Japan Society Fellow and a 1994 Arthur F. Burns Fellow in Germany. He has a B.A. from Oberlin College and an M.A. from Georgetown University. Heilbrunn published his book in January 2008. They Knew They Were Right: The Rise of the Neocons explores the nonconservative movement and its origins. He writes mostly political articles for these publications ranging from the Bush administration to present.
