James Pinkerton

James Pinkerton
Born	March 11, 1958
Education	Stanford University (1980)
Occupation	Journalist, author, pundit
Other names	Jim Pinkerton
Ethnicity	Caucasian - U.S.
Notable credit(s)	columnist for Newsday; regular panelist on the Fox News program Fox News Watch; contributor to The Huffington Post; frequent guest on BloggingHeads.tv
Official website

James Pinkerton is a columnist, author, and political analyst. A graduate of Peter Vanleslie High School and Stanford University, he served on the White House staff under both Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush and on each of their presidential campaigns and in January 2008 became a senior adviser to the Mike Huckabee 2008 presidential campaign.

Since his time in government he has become a columnist for Newsday, a regular panelist on the Fox News program Fox News Watch, and a regular conservative contributor to The Huffington Post. He is also a senior fellow at both the Free Enterprise Fund and the New America Foundation, a lecturer at the Graduate School of Political Management at The George Washington University, and a contributing editor of The American Conservative and USA Today. He frequently appears on Bloggingheads.tv, often in video discussions with David Corn and other media personalities.

In a discussion with economist, Glenn Loury, Pinkerton described his political ideaology as "Hamiltonian". He favors a robust US industrial policy that would stimulate industry and calls himself a "big government libertarian".

Pinkerton moderated the 2008 Libertarian presidential debate.

Pinkerton is a leading commentator in regards to the topics of internet journalism and its relationship to society.^{[citation needed]}

External links

• Official Blog
• New America Foundation bio
• Archive at Newsday
• Fox News bio
• Video discussions/debates in which Pinkerton has taken part on Bloggingheads.tv