Judis, John B.: - John B. Judis is Editor-at-Large at Talking Points Memo, and author of The Politics of Our Time: Populism, Nationalism, Socialism, The Socialist Awakening: What's Different Now about the Left, The Populist Explosion: How the Great Recession Transformed American and European Politics, Genesis: Truman, American Jews, and the Origin of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, and The Emerging Democratic Majority, cowritten with Ruy Teixeira. He has written for numerous publications, including The New Republic, The National Journal, The New York Times Magazine, , and The Washington Post Magazine. Born in Chicago, he received his B.A. and M.A. degrees in Philosophy from the University of California, Berkeley. He lives in Silver Spring, MD.