I was going to join in the obvious fun Kathrynโs having by posting as JJ Goldberg โ my middle initial is Jacob. But thereโs another writer by that name and it didnโt seem worth muddying the waters. Also, for a long time I went by Jonah J.S. Goldberg because my original family name was Stavaskavski, but American immigration officials forced my great-great grandfather (I think I have the right number of greats in there) to change it to Goldberg โor so family lore has it. My brother and I thought it was the right thing to do to restore the family name and stick it the Leviathan State for changing the name in the first place. Unfortunately too many of our legal documents were already set. So the Leviathan won, again. Anyway, I could go by J. Jake Goldberg (a very loose homage to J. Jonah Jameson). Or, as I did in prison, Jonah โBoom Boomโ Goldberg. But I think Iโll stick with the way Iโve always done it.

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Jonah Goldberg is a National Review contributing editor.
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