Longtime Communist activist turned conservative and author of such books as "Destructive Generation," "Radical Son," "Hating Whitey and Other Progressive Causes," "Uncivil Wars: The Controversy Over Reparations for Slavery," "Unholy Alliance: Radical Islam and the American Left," "The Anti-Chomsky Reader," "Left Illusions: An Intellectual Odyssey" and "The Politics of Bad Faith." He is also the editor of the conservative online magazine FrontPage.com and the president of the Center for the Study of Popular Culture.