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[[File:Famous novak.jpg|right|200px|thumb| Robert Novak]]
[[File:Famous novak.jpg|right|200px|thumb| Robert Novak]]
'''Robert ("Bob") Novak''' (1931-2009) was a longtime columnist for the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]''<ref>http://www.suntimes.com/news/novak/index.html</ref> and television commentator who became a leading [[conservative]] voice in journalism. A convert to [[Catholicism]] after he became a [[conservative]], Novak was an insightful critic of [[liberal]] policies and an informed writer about politics in general. Novak passed away at age 78 after a battle with brain cancer. A 1952 graduate of Northwestern University and member of Tau Delta Chapter Alpha Epsilon Pi. He was a veteran of the [[Korean War]], having risen to the rank of lieutenant in the [[U.S. Army]].
'''Robert David Sanders Novak''', known as '''Bob Novak''' (1931-2009), was a longtime columnist for the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]''<ref>http://www.suntimes.com/news/novak/index.html</ref> and television commentator who became a leading [[conservative]] voice in journalism. A convert from [[Judaism]] to [[Catholicism]] after he became a conservative, Novak was an insightful critic of [[liberal]] policies and an informed writer about politics in general, repeatedly having refused to leave any stone unturned in the pursuit of truth.
Novak died at the age of seventy-eight after a battle with brain cancer. He was a 1952 graduate of [[Northwestern University]] in Evanston, [[Illinois]], and member of Tau Delta Chapter of Alpha Epsilon Pi. He was a veteran of the [[Korean War]], having risen to the rank of lieutenant in the [[U.S. Army]].
Novak was a [[movement conservative]], providing strong intellectual reasons for his positions. Novak was a leading social and economic conservative in the media. At times, like colleague [[Pat Buchanan]], he challenged what [[neoconservatives]] call "[[free trade]]" policies.
Novak was a [[movement conservative]], providing strong intellectual reasons for his positions. Novak was a leading social and economic conservative in the media. At times, like colleague [[Pat Buchanan]], he challenged what [[neoconservatives]] call "[[free trade]]" policies.