Joshua Livestro

Joshua Livestro (born 16 December 1970, in Amersfoort) is a Dutch columnist and political writer.

During his studies, Livestro was an active checkers player, and became national students' champion in 1994.

[1] Livestro succeeded Ronald Plasterk as a columnist for the Sunday morning television talkshow Buitenhof.

He also called one of the broadcaster of Buitenhof, the NPS, a "left-wing funnel," where "a DDR mentality reigns.

[6] On 25 November 2010, the Dutch daily newspaper NRC Handelsblad published an article which names Livestro an advisor to Sarah Palin; Livestro confirmed the announcement by telephone from his home in Nottingham, England.