James K. Glassman

James K. Glassman (born January 1, 1947 in Washington, D.C.) is an American libertarian conservative editorialist, journalist and author. He is well-known for co-writing the book "Dow 36,000" in 1999, which predicted that the stock market was greatly undervalued and would keep rising. As a syndicated columnist, Glassman's articles have appeared in newspapers around the world, including the "Los Angeles Times", "The New York Times", "The Wall Street Journal", "The Washington Post", "Forbes", "The Atlantic Monthly", "Reader's Digest", and "The Times Literary Supplement" (London). On December 11, 2007 Glassman was nominated by President George W. Bush to replace Karen Hughes as the Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy. [ [http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/12/20071211-9.html Nominations and Withdrawals Sent to the Senate ] ] Before his appointment, he was a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, editor in chief and executive publisher of "The American", a columnist at Townhall.com, and a columnist for Scripps Howard News Service.

Glassman is known for his market analyses and commentary on economics and equities investing. He is a long-term optimist and is quick to point out positive developments, which is clearly typified in his book "Dow 36,000". In this book, published near the peak of the late 1990s stock market bubble, Glassman declared that the Dow Jones Industrial Average was undervalued and would rise to 36,000 within three to five years. In its introduction, Glassman and his co-author wrote that the book "will convince you of the single most important fact about stocks at the dawn of the twenty-first century: They are cheap....If you are worried about missing the market's big move upward, you will discover that it is not too late. Stocks are now in the midst of a one-time-only rise to much higher ground–to the neighborhood of 36,000 on the Dow Jones industrial average." [http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0609806998] At the time the book was released (October 1, 1999) the average stood at 10,273. During the next three years the index declined by over 30%, bottoming at under 7,200 in the fall of 2002. [http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110002065]

Although considered to be a conservative by many, Glassman introduced himself as a libertarian while guest hosting the "The Rush Limbaugh Show" on July 20, 1999.

Having lived in New York City, Falls Village, Connecticut, and Washington, D.C., Glassman commutes often between these three locations.

In June 2008, Glassman became Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs under the Bush administration.

Education

Glassman attended private Quaker school, Sidwell Friends School, in Washington, DC, and graduated cum laude from Harvard College with a B.A. in government in 1969.

Journalism

*Served as managing editor of "The Harvard Crimson" while at Harvard.
*Held first job as a Sunday writer for the "Boston Herald Traveler". (1969-70)
*Became editor and publisher of "The Advocate" in Provincetown, MA (1970-72).
*Co-Founder with Mary Hanby Glassman, Jack W. Davis, jr. and Robin von Breton of the weekly newspaper publication, "Figaro", in New Orleans, Louisiana (1972-78).
*After selling Figaro, Glassman became executive editor of "Washingtonian" magazine (1979-81).
*Publisher of "The New Republic" (1981-84).
*Served as president of "The Atlantic Monthly" as well as executive vice-president of "U.S. News & World Report" (1984-1986).
*Part-owner and editor of "Roll Call", later sold to "The Economist" (1987-1993).
*Started television career as moderator of CNN's "Capital Gang Sunday" (1995-98).
*Wrote a syndicated column in the "Washington Post" business section (1993-99, 2001-04).
*Hosted PBS's TechnoPolitics (1995-99).
*Chief columnist of FolioFN (2001).
*Analyst for "Left, Right & Center" on KCRW (2001-02).
*Currently a columnist for Kiplinger Investing Magazine
*Currently a columnist for Townhall.com (2000-)
*Currently a columnist for Scripps Howard News Service (2004-)
*Founded and served as editor in chief and executive publisher of "The American", [http://www.american.com/] a printed bimonthly "magazine of ideas for business leaders" [http://www.aei.org/about/filter.,contentID.20038142215500107/default.asp] (2006-2008).

Other positions

*Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute
*Founded "Tech Central Station" (now "TCS Daily"), an online magazine (2000).
*Served on the Advisory Board on Public Diplomacy in the Arab and Muslim World (2003).
*Confirmed by the U.S. Senate as Chairman, Broadcasting Board of Governors. (2007) [cite web |url=http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/legislative/one_item_and_teasers/nom_confc.htm |title=NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED (CIVILIAN) |date=2007-06-05|accessdate=2007-07-10 |format= |work=United States Senate website|quote=James K. Glassman, of Connecticut, to be Chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors.]

Books

*"Dow 36,000" (co-author)
*"The Secret Code of the Superior Investor"

Awards and honors

*Warren Brookes Award for Excellence in Journalism (1998) from the American Legislative Exchange Council
*Norman B. Ture Award (1997) from the Tax Foundation for service toward sound tax policy.

References

External links

* [http://www.bbg.gov/bbg_board.cfm Bio at the Broadcasting Board of Governors]
* [http://www.bizforward.com/wdc/issues/2002-09/twenty/ Washington Business Forward profile]
* [http://www.aei.org/scholars/scholarID.21,filter./scholar.asp Bio at the American Enterprise Institute]
* [http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BIOS/cbglassman.html Bio at Townhall.com]
* [http://www.american.com/ "The American"]