Tony Blankley

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Anthony David Blankley (January 21, 1948 – January 7, 2012) was an American political analyst who served as press secretary for Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and as a regular panelist on The McLaughlin Group. He later became an executive vice president at Edelman, a Washington, D.C.–based public relations firm.[1]

He was a visiting senior fellow in national security communications at The Heritage Foundation and[2] a weekly contributor to the nationally syndicated public radio programme Left, Right & Center,[3] author of The West's Last Chance: Will We Win the Clash of Civilizations? and American Grit: What It Will Take to Survive and Win in the 21st Century.[4] From 2002 to 2009, he served as editorial page editor at The Washington Times.[5]

Early life and education

Blankley was born in London, England, on January 21, 1948. He was a child actor briefly, appearing as Rod Steiger's son in The Harder They Fall, starring Humphrey Bogart and released in 1956.[6] The movie was, as Blankley liked to joke, both his and his co-star Bogart's last movie.[7][8]

He graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles,[9] and then Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, where he earned a J.D.[10] He was admitted to the State Bar of California in 1972.[11]

Career

Blankley spent ten years as a deputy attorney general with the California attorney general's office.[9]

He then served in the Reagan administration as a policy analyst and speechwriter,[10] and was a staff writer for Congresswoman Bobbi Fiedler.[12] He then served for seven years as press secretary to House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

From 2002 to 2009, Blankley was an editorial page editor for The Washington Times,[13] a contributing editor and monthly columnist for George magazine,[14] and a regular panelist on The McLaughlin Group. He was a regular commentator for radio shows, including The Diane Rehm Show,[15] Left, Right & Center,[16] and The Steve Gill Show with a segment titled Fill In the Blanks.[17]

In 2006, he authored a book, The West's Last Chance, in which he argued that, "Within our lifetimes, Europe could become Eurabia, a continent overwhelmed by militant Islam, which poses a greater threat to the United States than Nazi Germany did."[18]

He lectured at universities and institutes. On November 19, 2009, he presented his lecture, A Year out from the 2010 Congressional Elections – National Politics, Policy and their Communication, at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College.[19]

Political views

His political opinions were considered to fall within traditional conservatism, although he was labeled as a neoconservative by some critics. He denied that label, claiming that his views are more comparable to a classic conservative such as Ronald Reagan.[20][21]

Death

Blankley died of stomach cancer at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C., on January 7, 2012, at age 63.[22][7][23]

Selected filmography

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