1989, McCloskey co-founded the Council for the National Interest along with former Congressman Paul Findley. It is a 501 (c)4 non-profit, non-partisan organization that works for "Middle East policies that serve the American national interest." He taught political science at Santa Clara University in the early 1980s. For many years, he practiced law in Redwood City, California and resided in Woodside, California. Iraq War An opponent of the Iraq War, McCloskey broke party ranks in 2004 to endorse John Kerry in his bid to unseat George W. Bush as President of the United States. Change of political affiliation In the spring of 2007, McCloskey announced that he had changed his party affiliation to the Democratic Party. In an email and letter to the Tracy Press, McCloskey stressed that the "new brand of Republicanism" had finally led him to abandon the party that he had joined in 1948. He followed this up with an op-ed column in which he explained that "Disagreement [with party leadership] turned into disgust" and "I finally concluded that it was fraud for me to remain a member of this modern Republican Party", although it was a "decision not easily taken." In the 2020 United States presidential election, McCloskey was nominated to be a member of the Democratic slate of electors for the state of California. As Democrat Joe Biden won the state's popular vote, McCloskey became one of California's 55 members of the Electoral College. He cast his presidential vote for Biden and vice-presidential vote for California Senator Kamala Harris on December 14, 2020. Political positions McCloskey favors abortion rights, supports stem cell research and Oregon's assisted suicide law. He was a co-chair of the first Earth Day in 1970. Family and personal life McCloskey's first marriage was to Caroline; they had four children, Nancy, Peter, John, and Kathleen, before divorcing. He later married Helen V. Hooper. Bibliography McCloskey, Paul Norton, The United States Constitution. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., 1964. McCloskey, Paul N., Truth and Untruth; Political Deceit in America. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1972. Boyle, Richard & Paul N. McCloskey (foreword), The Flower of the Dragon: The Breakdown of the U.S. Army in Vietnam. San Francisco: Ramparts Pr. 1972. McCloskey, Paul N., and Helen Hooper McCloskey, The Taking of Hill 610: And Other Essays on Friendship. Woodside, CA: Eaglet Books, 1992. McCloskey, Paul N. "Pete", An Honest Public Servant: A Brief Biography of