Helen Thomas is an American author and former news service reporter, member of the White House Press Corps and opinion columnist of Lebanese Greek Orthodox/Melkite descent.[1] She worked for the United Press and post-1958 successor United Press International (UPI) for 57 years, first as a correspondent, and later as White House bureau manager. She was a columnist for Hearst Newspapers from 2000 to 2010, writing on national affairs and the White House. She covered every President of the United States from the last years of the Eisenhower admini…