Background
Clift, Eleanor was born on July 7, 1940 in Brooklyn. Daughter of Erk and Inna Roeloffs.
( What has become known as the Schiavo affair-the death o...)
What has become known as the Schiavo affair-the death of a brain-damaged woman in Florida in 2005, and the controversy that surrounded it-was a revelatory moment in American society. For the first time, the nation got a clear view of both the fanaticism gripping the religious right and the political power it could bring to bear even when the vast majority of the country disagreed with it. But it was also a turning point: a moment when America seemed to glimpse a dangerous radicalism, and began to pull back. Eleanor Clift witnessed this event from a unique vantage point. At the same time that Schiavo was dying in her Florida hospice, Clift’s husband, Tom Brazaitis, was dying of cancer at home; the two passed away within a day of each other. Two Weeks of Life alternates between these two stories to provide a moving commentary on how we deal, or fail to deal, with dying in modern America.
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An extraordinary new series intended to capture extraordinary moments in history. -Chicago Tribune TURNING POINTS features preeminent writers offering fresh, personal perspectives on the defining events of our time. Available Now Eleanor Clift, Founding Sisters and the Nineteenth Amendment Alan Dershowitz, America Declares Independence Thomas Fleming, The Louisiana Purchase William Least Heat-Moon, Columbus in the Americas Scott Simon, Jackie Robinson and the Integration of Baseball Forthcoming Titles Douglas Brinkley on the March on Washington William F. Buckley Jr. on the Fall of the Berlin Wall Sir Martin Gilbert on D-Day Martin Goldsmith on the Beatles Coming to America Kweisi Mfume on the Emancipation Proclamation
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Clift, Eleanor was born on July 7, 1940 in Brooklyn. Daughter of Erk and Inna Roeloffs.
Student, Hofstra University, Long Island, New York. Student, City University of New York Hunter College.
With Washington bureau Los Angeles Times, 1985—1986. Former secretary to national affairs editor Newsweek magazine, New York City, former reporter Atlanta bureau, former White House correspondent, named deputy Washington bureau chief, 1992, contributing editor, since 1994. Weekly column Capitol Letter appears on Newsweek.com, Microsoft and National Broadcasting Company.com.
Board directors International Women's Media Foundation.
( What has become known as the Schiavo affair-the death o...)
( An extraordinary new series intended to capture extraor...)
Married William Brooks Clift Junior, 1964 (divorced 1981). Children: Edward Montgomery, Woodbury Blair, Robert Anderson. Married Tom Brazaitis, September 30, 1989 (deceased March 30, 2005).