Laura Ingraham
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Laura Anne Ingraham (born June 19, 1964) is an American radio host, author, and conservative political commentator. Her nationally-syndicated radio program, The Laura Ingraham Show, airs throughout the United States on Talk Radio Network. On June 16, 2008, Ingraham will begin hosting a new television show on Fox News Channel called Just In.
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Career
Ingraham grew up in a middle-class family in Glastonbury, Connecticut and graduated from Glastonbury High School in 1981. She was educated at Dartmouth College, graduating in 1985.
In the late 1980s, Ingraham worked as a speechwriter in the Ronald Reagan administration for the Domestic Policy advisor. She also briefly served as editor of The Prospect, the magazine issued by Concerned Alumni of Princeton. After receiving her Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1991, she served as a law clerk for Judge Ralph K. Winter, Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York and subsequently clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. She then worked as a private defense attorney at the New York-based law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.
In the late 1990s, she became a CBS commentator and hosted the MSNBC program Watch It!, which she jokingly says should have been called Watch It Get Canceled! She appeared on a 1995 cover of The New York Times Magazine in a leopardskin miniskirt — which, she joked, is displayed in the Smithsonian — for an article about rising young conservatives.
She is the author of three books: The Hillary Trap: Looking for Power in All the Wrong Places (2002), which presents Hillary Clinton as an example of the 'traps' women can encounter; Shut Up & Sing (2003), which decries the elitist views Ingraham attributes to liberals working primarily in entertainment, academia, and the media; and Power to the People (2007), in which she discusses conservative values concerning family life, education and patriotism.
Radio show host
Ingraham launched The Laura Ingraham Show in April 2001, which is heard on 306 stations and on XM Satellite Radio. The show was originally syndicated by Infinity's (now CBS') Westwood One, but is now syndicated by Talk Radio Network. Ingraham is also the official guest host of The O'Reilly Factor on Fox News Channel and a weekly contributor with her segment "The Ingraham Angle."[citation needed]
As of 2008, Laura Ingraham is rated as the number 6 radio show host in America by Talkers Magazine (a publication that claims to be the industry's Bible). She was as high as number 5 in the past according to the same publication. [1]
Ingraham is represented by the Executive Speakers Bureau of Memphis, Tennessee, and receives between 20,000-30,000 USD per appearance.[2]
Books
While still a talk show host on MSNBC, The Hillary Trap—Ingraham's first book—was released on December 25, 2002.
Ingraham's second book was published October 25, 2003. It is titled Shut Up and Sing: How Elites from Hollywood, Politics, and the U.N. are Subverting America. Later editions have a slightly altered title, changing "U.N." to "Media."
Ingraham's most recent book, Power to the People, was released on September 11, 2007. In this book, Ingraham focuses on what she calls the "pornification" of America. Power to the People stresses the importance of getting involved in the culture: [3]
Personal
Ingraham received her bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College in 1985 and earned a law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1991.
Ingraham once was engaged to conservative author and fellow Dartmouth alum Dinesh D'Souza and has dated former New Jersey Democratic Senator Robert Torricelli. [4]
In April 2005, she announced that she was engaged to businessman James V. Reyes, with a planned wedding in May or June 2005. On April 26, 2005, she announced that she had undergone breast cancer surgery. On May 11, 2005, Ingraham told listeners that her engagement to Reyes was canceled, citing issues regarding her diagnosis with breast cancer. Despite the breakup, she maintains that the two remain good friends, and has told listeners in 2006 that she is currently in good health.
She is a convert to Roman Catholicism. In May 2008, Ingraham began proceedings to adopt a young girl from Guatemala, whom she has named Maria Caroline.
References
External links
- Laura Ingraham Official Web Site
- Laura Ingraham at NNDB
- Photos of Ingraham in Iraq, February 2006, at LauraIngraham.com
