 He has a B.A.in history from Princeton University.In an article titled "A Conservative Provocateur, Using a Blowtorch as His Pen," "The New York Times" called Goldfarb "an all-around anti-liberal provocateur" and said he "has blazed a trail in the new era of campaign finance, in which loosened restrictions have flooded the political world with cash for a whole new array of organizations that operate outside the traditional bounds of the parties."