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{{Short description|American political analyst (1948–2012)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Tony Blankley
| image =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1948|1|21}} <!-- NYT obit gives DOB 1949 -->
| birth_place = [[London]], England
| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|1|7|1948|1|21}}
| death_place = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S.
| occupation = Public relations executive, [[newspaper editor]], television commentator, radio commentator, prosecutor, [[child actor]]
| spouse = Lynda Davis {{Circa|1985–2012}} (his death)
| children = 3
| footnotes = <ref name=WashTimesObit>{{cite news|newspaper=[[Washington Times]]|date=January 9, 2012|title=Tony Blankley, former editorial page editor of Times, dies at 63|pages=A1, A4|first=David|last=Eldridge|author2=Jennifer Harper}}
[http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jan/8/former-times-editorial-page-editor-tony-blankley-d/ Web version]</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[Washington Post]]|date=January 9, 2012|page=B4|title=Speechwriter became conservative columnist|first=Emily|last=Langer|author2=Karen Tumulty|author2-link=Karen Tumulty}}
</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Cathleen Decker|title=Tony Blankley dies at 63; press secretary to Speaker Newt Gingrich|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=January 9, 2012|access-date=February 19, 2016|url=https://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-tony-blankley-20120109,0,3973692.story}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Tony Blankley|work=The Writers Directory|location=[[Detroit]]|publisher=[[St. James Press]]|year=2011|access-date=February 19, 2016|url=http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/bic1/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=Reference&disableHighlighting=false&prodId=BIC1&action=e&windowstate=normal&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CK1649584433&mode=view&userGroupName=fairfax_main&jsid=e88de82067e1b8b10d5faa7993b0ddb5|format=fee, via [[Fairfax County Public Library]]}}. [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]] Biography In Context. {{subscription required}}</ref>
| education = [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]], [[Bachelor of Science|B.S.]] ([[political science]])<br/>[[Loyola Marymount University]], [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]]<br/>[[University of London]], international law certificate
| nationality = American
| alma_mater = [[Fairfax High School (Los Angeles)]]<ref>{{cite web|first=Kevin|last=Roderick|title=Tony Blankley, KCRW commentator was 63|work=LA Observed|location=Los Angeles|access-date=February 19, 2016|url=http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2012/01/tony_blankley_kcrw_commen.php|quote=Blankley went to Fairfax High School here and UCLA, and worked for Bobbi Fielder when she ran for Congress (and won) from the Valley.}}</ref>
| notable_works = ''The West's Last Chance: Will We Win the Clash of Civilizations?'' (2005)<br/>''American Grit: What It Will Take to Survive and Win in the 21st Century'' (2009)
}}


'''Anthony David Blankley''' (January 21, 1948 – January 7, 2012) was an American<!-- adamantly denied holding dual citizenship --> political analyst who served as press secretary for [[Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives|Speaker of the House]] [[Newt Gingrich]] and as a regular panelist on ''[[The McLaughlin Group]]''. He later became an executive vice president at [[Edelman (firm)|Edelman]], a [[Washington, D.C.]]–based public relations firm.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.edelman.com/expertise/practices/public_affairs/publicaffairsstrategists.html|title=Edelman Public Affairs Strategists|publisher=Edelman.com|access-date=November 20, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111212125752/http://www.edelman.com/expertise/practices/public_affairs/PublicAffairsStrategists.html|archive-date=December 12, 2011}}</ref>


'''Anthony "Tony" Blankley''' (1948 – January 7, 2012) was an Executive Vice President with [[Edelman (firm)|Edelman]] public relations in Washington, D.C.,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.edelman.com/expertise/practices/public_affairs/publicaffairsstrategists.html|title=Edelman Public Affairs Strategists|publisher=Edelman.com|accessdate=November 20, 2011}}</ref> a Visiting Senior Fellow in National-Security Communications at the [[Heritage Foundation]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Stimson|first=Charles|url=http://www.heritage.org/about/staff/b/tony-blankley|title=Heritage Foundation Staff|publisher=Heritage.org|accessdate=November 20, 2011}}</ref> weekly contributor to the nationally syndicated [[public radio]] program ''[[Left, Right & Center]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kcrw.com/news/programs/lr|title=Left, Right and Center|publisher=Kcrw.com|accessdate=November 20, 2011}}</ref> 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'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.regnery.com/books/americangrit.html|title=Regnery catalog|publisher=Regnery.com|accessdate=November 2011}}</ref> and a regular guest on various news programs.
He was a visiting senior fellow in national security communications at [[The Heritage Foundation]] and<ref>{{cite web|last=Stimson|first=Charles|url=http://www.heritage.org/about/staff/b/tony-blankley|title=Heritage Foundation Staff|publisher=Heritage.org|access-date=November 20, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323163609/http://www.heritage.org/about/staff/b/tony-blankley|archive-date=March 23, 2012}}</ref> a weekly contributor to the nationally syndicated [[public radio]] programme ''[[Left, Right & Center]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kcrw.com/news/programs/lr|title=Left, Right and Center|publisher=[[KCRW]]|access-date=November 20, 2011}}</ref> 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''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.regnery.com/books/americangrit.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927083601/http://www.regnery.com/books/americangrit.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 27, 2011|title=Book Details – American Grit|publisher=[[Regnery Publishing]]|access-date=January 9, 2012}}</ref> From 2002 to 2009, he served as editorial page editor at ''[[The Washington Times]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Tony Blankley, former editorial page editor of The Times, dies at 63|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jan/8/former-times-editorial-page-editor-tony-blankley-d/?page=all|newspaper=The Washington Times|access-date=February 19, 2016}}</ref>


==Early life and education==
He was a regular commentator for radio shows including ''[[The Diane Rehm Show]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wbhm.org/Programs/Diane_Rehm.html|title=Tony Blankley - Regular|publisher=Wbhm.org|accessdate=November 20, 2011}}</ref> and ''[[Steve Gill|The Steve Gill Show]]'' with a segment titled ''Fill In the Blanks''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gillreport.com/fill-in-the-blanks|title=Fill In the Blanks|publisher=Gillreport.com|accessdate=20 November 2011}}</ref>
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 (1956 film)|The Harder They Fall]]'', starring [[Humphrey Bogart]] and released in 1956.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0087586|title=Tony Blankley profile/IMDb|website=[[IMDb]] }}</ref> The movie was, as Blankley liked to joke, both his and his co-star Bogart's last movie.<ref name=NYTObit/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/9011183/Tony-Blankley.html|location=London, UK|work=The Daily Telegraph|title=Tony Blankley|date=January 12, 2012}}</ref>
Earlier in his career, he was an editorial page editor for ''[[The Washington Times]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/09/17/tony-blankley-stepping-do_n_64787.html|title=Blankley steps down as editorial page editor|work=Huffington Post|accessdate=November 20, 2011}}</ref> a contributing editor and monthly columnist for [[George (magazine)|''George Magazine'']],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.steamboatinstitute.org/freedom-conference-2011-2/tony-blankley|title=Steamboat Institute profile of Tony Blankley|publisher=Steamboatinstitute.org|accessdate=20 November 2011}}</ref> and a regular panelist on ''[[The McLaughlin Group]]''.


He graduated from the [[University of California, Los Angeles]],<ref name=UclaAlumniNet/> and then [[Loyola Law School]] in [[Los Angeles]], where he earned a [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]]<ref name=CreatorBio/> He was [[Admission to the bar in the United States|admitted]] to the [[State Bar of California]] in 1972.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://members.calbar.ca.gov/fal/Member/Detail/53175|title=California State Bar Member Records|publisher=Members.calbar.ca.gov|access-date=November 20, 2011}}</ref>
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Blankley's political opinions were generally considered to fall within [[traditional conservatism]], although he was labeled as a [[neo-conservative]] by some critics. He denied this label, claiming that his views are more comparable to a classic conservative such as former U.S. President [[Ronald Reagan]].<ref> {{cite web|url=http://www.enotes.com/topic/Tony_Blankley|title=eNotes article on Tony Blankley|publisher=Enotes.com|accessdate=November 20, 2011}}</ref> His political career spanned several decades, and his most prominent position was a seven-year stint as [[Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives|House Speaker]] [[Newt Gingrich]]'s [[press secretary]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1996-06-23/news/ls-17692_1_speaker-s-speaker/The|title=Speaker's Speaker|publisher=Articles.latimes.com|date=June 12, 2007|accessdate=20 November 2011}}</ref>


==Career==
Prior to his career on [[Capitol Hill]], Blankley served President Reagan as a policy analyst and speechwriter,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.creators.com/opinion/tony-blankley-about.html|title=Biography|publisher=Creators.com|date=30 September 2011|accessdate=20 November 2011}}</ref> and was a staff writer for Congresswoman [[Bobbi Fiedler]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1996-06-23/news/ls-17692_1_speaker-s-speaker/3|title=The Speaker's Speaker from Los Angeles Times|publisher=Articles.latimes.com|date=June 12, 2007|accessdate=November 20, 2011}}</ref> Before coming to [[Washington, D.C.]], he spent 10 years as a [[prosecutor]] with the [[California Attorney General]]'s office.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uclalumni.net/alumnistories/notable/Blankley.cfm|title=UCLA Alumni bio|publisher=Uclalumni.net|accessdate=20 November 2011}}</ref>
Blankley spent ten years as a [[deputy attorney general]] with the [[California attorney general]]'s office.<ref name=UclaAlumniNet>{{cite web|url=http://www.uclalumni.net/alumnistories/notable/Blankley.cfm|title=UCLA Alumni biographies|publisher=Uclalumni.net|access-date=November 20, 2011|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929132506/http://www.uclalumni.net/alumnistories/notable/Blankley.cfm|archive-date=September 29, 2011}}</ref>


He was briefly a child actor, appearing, most notably, as [[Rod Steiger]]'s son in ''[[The Harder They Fall]]'' (1955).<ref> [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0087586 Tony Blankley's IMDb profile]</ref> He graduated from [[UCLA]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uclalumni.net/alumnistories/notable/Blankley.cfm|title=UCLA Alumni page|publisher=Uclalumni.net|accessdate=November 20, 2011}}</ref> and [[Loyola Law School]] (Los Angeles), earning a [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.creators.com/opinion/tony-blankley-about.html|title=Creators Bio|publisher=Creators.com|date=30 September 2011|accessdate=20 November 2011}}</ref>
He then served in the [[Presidency of Ronald Reagan|Reagan administration]] as a policy analyst and speechwriter,<ref name=CreatorBio>{{cite web|url=http://www.creators.com/opinion/tony-blankley-about.html|title=Biography|publisher=Creators.com|date=September 30, 2011|access-date=November 20, 2011}}</ref> and was a staff writer for Congresswoman [[Bobbi Fiedler]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-06-23-ls-17692-story.html|title=The Speaker's Speaker from Los Angeles Times|publisher=Articles.latimes.com|date=June 12, 2007|access-date=November 20, 2011|first=Gregg|last=Zoroya}}</ref> He then served for seven years as press secretary to [[Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives|House Speaker]] [[Newt Gingrich]].


From 2002 to 2009, Blankley was an editorial page editor for ''[[The Washington Times]]'',<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/09/17/tony-blankley-stepping-do_n_64787.html|title=Blankley steps down as editorial page editor|work=[[Huffington Post]]|access-date=November 20, 2011|first=Max|last=Follmer|date=September 17, 2007}}</ref> a contributing editor and monthly columnist for [[George (magazine)|''George'']] magazine,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.steamboatinstitute.org/freedom-conference-2011-2/tony-blankley|title=Steamboat Institute profile of Tony Blankley|publisher=Steamboatinstitute.org|access-date=November 20, 2011}}</ref> and a regular panelist on ''[[The McLaughlin Group]]''. He was a regular commentator for radio shows, including ''[[The Diane Rehm Show]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wbhm.org/Programs/Diane_Rehm.html|work=[[WBHM]]|title=Tony Blankley – Regular|publisher=Wbhm.org|access-date=November 20, 2011}}</ref> ''[[Left, Right & Center]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kcrw.com/news/programs/lr|title=Left, Right & Center|work=[[KCRW]]|access-date=January 15, 2012}}</ref> and ''[[Steve Gill|The Steve Gill Show]]'' with a segment titled ''Fill In the Blanks''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gillreport.com/fill-in-the-blanks|title=Fill In the Blanks|publisher=Gillreport.com|access-date=November 20, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110821002326/http://gillreport.com/fill-in-the-blanks/|archive-date=August 21, 2011}}</ref>
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He was admitted to the State Bar of California Bar in 1972, but from 2002 was ineligible to practice law in the State of California owing to a failure to pay his bar member dues.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://members.calbar.ca.gov/fal/Member/Detail/53175|title=California State Bar Member Records|publisher=Members.calbar.ca.gov|accessdate=November 20, 2011}}</ref> Blankley continued to write for the Washington ''Times''; he also lectured at many 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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anselm.edu/Institutes-Centers-and-the-Arts/NHIOP/News-and-Events/Past-Speakers-and-Events.htm|title=Events List Saint Anselm College|publisher=Anselm.edu|accessdate=November 20, 2011}}</ref>

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."<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16639284-the-west-s-last-chance|title=The West's Last Chance: Will We Win the Clash of Civilizations?|date=August 24, 2009|work=goodreads}}</ref>

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He lectured at universities and institutes. On November 19, 2009, he presented his lecture, ''A Year out from the 2010 Congressional Elections&nbsp;– National Politics, Policy and their Communication'', at the [[New Hampshire Institute of Politics]] at [[Saint Anselm College]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anselm.edu/Institutes-Centers-and-the-Arts/NHIOP/News-and-Events/Past-Speakers-and-Events.htm|title=Events List Saint Anselm College|publisher=Anselm.edu|access-date=November 20, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101220050501/http://www.anselm.edu/Institutes-Centers-and-the-Arts/NHIOP/News-and-Events/Past-Speakers-and-Events.htm|archive-date=December 20, 2010}}</ref>

===Political views===
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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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.enotes.com/topic/Tony_Blankley|title=eNotes article on Tony Blankley|publisher=Enotes.com|access-date=November 20, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-06-23-ls-17692-story.html|title=Speaker's Speaker|publisher=Articles.latimes.com|date=June 12, 2007|access-date=November 20, 2011|first=Gregg|last=Zoroya}}</ref>


==Death==
==Death==
Blankley died of stomach cancer on January 7, 2012, at [[Sibley Memorial Hospital]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], aged 63.<ref>[http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jan/8/former-times-editorial-page-editor-tony-blankley-d/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS ''Washington Times'' notice of death of Tony Blankley]</ref><ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/01/08/former-gingrich-spokesman-conservative-author-tony-blankley-dies/?test=latestnews Notice of death of Tony Blankley], FoxNews,
Blankley died of [[stomach cancer]] at [[Sibley Memorial Hospital]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], on January 7, 2012, at age 63.<ref name=WashTimesObit/><ref name=NYTObit>{{cite news|last=Clymer|first=Adam|author-link=Adam Clymer|title=Tony Blankley, Gingrich Aide and Columnist, Dies|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/09/us/politics/tony-blankley-gingrich-aide-and-columnist-dies-at-62.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 9, 2012|pages=B8 All other cited sources cite his year of birth as 1948}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/former-gingrich-spokesman-conservative-author-tony-blankley-dies|title=Notice of death of Tony Blankley|work=[[Fox News]]|date=January 8, 2012}}</ref>

January 8, 2012</ref>
==Selected filmography==
* ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'' (1955) (Season 1 Episode 12: "Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid") as boy
* ''[[The Harder They Fall (1956 film)|The Harder They Fall]]'' (1956) as Nick's son


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
{{portal|Conservatism|Biography}}
* [http://townhall.com/columnists/tonyblankley/ Archives: Tony Blankley]
* [http://townhall.com/columnists/tonyblankley/ Archives: Tony Blankley], townhall.com
* [http://conservativechronicle.com/index128.htm/Columns in ''Conservative Chronicle'']
* [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tony-blankley Tony Blankley's blog at the ''Huffington Post'']
* [https://www.huffingtonpost.com/tony-blankley Tony Blankley blog], HuffingtonPost.com
* [http://www.outloudopinion.com Podcasts of Blankley's recent articles]
* [http://www.outloudopinion.com Podcasts of Blankley's recent articles] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211020406/http://outloudopinion.com/ |date=2021-02-11 }}, outloudopinion.com
* [http://www.kcrw.com/news/programs/lr KCRW's Left Right & Center]
* [http://www.kcrw.com/news/programs/lr ''Left Right & Center''], kcrw.com
* {{C-SPAN|25213}}
* {{cite web|title=Tony Blankley profile|work=[[Contemporary Authors Online]]|location=Detroit|publisher=Gale|year=2010|access-date=February 19, 2016|url=http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/bic1/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=Reference&disableHighlighting=false&prodId=BIC1&action=e&windowstate=normal&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CH1000196670&mode=view&userGroupName=fairfax_main&jsid=edbee7fa91ac3035684885583ab47e8f|format=fee, via Fairfax County Public Library}} {{subscription required}}
* {{IMDb name|0087586}}

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Tony Blankley
Born(1948-01-21)January 21, 1948
London, England
DiedJanuary 7, 2012(2012-01-07) (aged 63)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
NationalityAmerican
EducationUCLA, B.S. (political science)
Loyola Marymount University, J.D.
University of London, international law certificate
Alma materFairfax High School (Los Angeles)[1]
Occupation(s)Public relations executive, newspaper editor, television commentator, radio commentator, prosecutor, child actor
Notable workThe West's Last Chance: Will We Win the Clash of Civilizations? (2005)
American Grit: What It Will Take to Survive and Win in the 21st Century (2009)
SpouseLynda Davis c. 1985–2012 (his death)
Children3
Notes

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.[6]

He was a visiting senior fellow in national security communications at The Heritage Foundation and[7] a weekly contributor to the nationally syndicated public radio programme Left, Right & Center,[8] 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.[9] From 2002 to 2009, he served as editorial page editor at The Washington Times.[10]

Early life and education

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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.[11] The movie was, as Blankley liked to joke, both his and his co-star Bogart's last movie.[12][13]

He graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles,[14] and then Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, where he earned a J.D.[15] He was admitted to the State Bar of California in 1972.[16]

Career

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Blankley spent ten years as a deputy attorney general with the California attorney general's office.[14]

He then served in the Reagan administration as a policy analyst and speechwriter,[15] and was a staff writer for Congresswoman Bobbi Fiedler.[17] 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,[18] a contributing editor and monthly columnist for George magazine,[19] and a regular panelist on The McLaughlin Group. He was a regular commentator for radio shows, including The Diane Rehm Show,[20] Left, Right & Center,[21] and The Steve Gill Show with a segment titled Fill In the Blanks.[22]

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."[23]

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.[24]

Political views

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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.[25][26]

Death

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Blankley died of stomach cancer at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C., on January 7, 2012, at age 63.[2][12][27]

Selected filmography

[edit]

References

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  1. ^ Roderick, Kevin. "Tony Blankley, KCRW commentator was 63". LA Observed. Los Angeles. Retrieved February 19, 2016. Blankley went to Fairfax High School here and UCLA, and worked for Bobbi Fielder when she ran for Congress (and won) from the Valley.
  2. ^ a b Eldridge, David; Jennifer Harper (January 9, 2012). "Tony Blankley, former editorial page editor of Times, dies at 63". Washington Times. pp. A1, A4. Web version
  3. ^ Langer, Emily; Karen Tumulty (January 9, 2012). "Speechwriter became conservative columnist". Washington Post. p. B4.
  4. ^ Cathleen Decker (January 9, 2012). "Tony Blankley dies at 63; press secretary to Speaker Newt Gingrich". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
  5. ^ "Tony Blankley" (fee, via Fairfax County Public Library). The Writers Directory. Detroit: St. James Press. 2011. Retrieved February 19, 2016.. Gale Biography In Context. (subscription required)
  6. ^ "Edelman Public Affairs Strategists". Edelman.com. Archived from the original on December 12, 2011. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  7. ^ Stimson, Charles. "Heritage Foundation Staff". Heritage.org. Archived from the original on March 23, 2012. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  8. ^ "Left, Right and Center". KCRW. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  9. ^ "Book Details – American Grit". Regnery Publishing. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved January 9, 2012.
  10. ^ "Tony Blankley, former editorial page editor of The Times, dies at 63". The Washington Times. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
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