Family and Education
Miniter was born in New York City and grew up in Rosendale, New York. Among his siblings are several writers and journalists, including Frank Miniter, executive editor of the National Rifle Association magazine American Hunter, and Brendan Miniter, formerly of The Wall Street Journal, who is the editor of the book The 4% Solution.
He studied philosophy at Vassar College, graduating in 1990. He was an editor of the Vassar Spectator, one of the school's student periodicals.
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