Dan Gainor, the T. Boone Pickens Fellow and the Vice President of the Business & Media Institute, is a veteran editor with more than two decades' experience in print and online media. Gainor regularly appears on the Fox Business Network as part of the "Blasting Biz" segment of "Fox Business Live." He has served as an editor at several newspapers including The Washington Times and The Baltimore News-American. Mr. Gainor also has extensive experience in online publishing - holding the position of managing editor for CQ.com, the Web site of Congressional Quarterly, and executive editor for ChangeWave, published by Phillips International. He has worked in financial publishing in his last two positions, launching new services for ChangeWave and Agora Inc. Mr. Gainor holds an MBA from the University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business and a master's in publications design from the University of Baltimore. As an undergraduate, he majored in political science and history at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. Mr. Gainor lives in Maryland and volunteers as a media and issues speaker with the Close-Up Foundation. Gainor has made hundreds of radio and TV appearances. In addition to the Fox Business Network, his appearances include: CNBC's "Power Lunch," Fox News' "Hannity & Colmes" and "Fox & Friends," as well as CNN's "Paul Zahn Now." He has appeared on local or national radio shows in every state including: the Jerry Doyle Show, the Chuck Harder Show, Battleline with Alan Nathan, The Right Balance, Janet Parshall's America, the Thom Hartmann Show, Money & More, the Gordon Liddy Show, America at Night, Dateline Washington, the Lars Larson Show, the Jim Bohannon Show, Home Talk USA, The Weekend, Mancow, Money Dots on Main Street USA, American Family Radio, and Entertainment USA. 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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:27:54 GMT Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:27:54 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ It's been a year since the American public first said "I do" to Barack Obama and it's still a honeymoon period for the mainstream press. The first year of marriage might have been a bit rocky, but journalists still have... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DanGainor/2009/11/05/one_year_later,_obamas_media_honeymoon_still_going_strong 6eeffed6-cc07-4e7a-aa6f-7364671e8d56 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:27:54 GMT It's an era of hoaxes and hucksters. Balloons shaped like 1950s UFOs dominate the skies and missing children out their parents for their stupid stunts. TV news shows are filled with made up news stories and made up http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DanGainor/2009/10/24/welcome_to_the_pt_barnum_administration 1c7c0783-69da-4fbc-a2e2-04808add4a3f Sat, 24 Oct 2009 04:01:00 GMT Turn on any network last week and you saw famous people making excuses. It didn't matter if it was Hollywood morons defending a rapist, David Letterman pretending he was a victim for treating his staff like a harem, or... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DanGainor/2009/10/09/real_olympic_event_is_making_excuses 793e75d6-7a9c-4f09-80bb-93978971e1f9 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:20:00 GMT Bruce Springsteen once wrote: "From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come)." I doubt he expected that story of love gone wrong would become ideal political commentary for the group known as ACORN. The small... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DanGainor/2009/09/19/acorn_story_grows_but_mainstream_media_reluctant_to_cover_it 0a87bfa2-316e-4aa2-bd60-78ba5970f4d4 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:41:41 GMT It's "silly season" according to White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs. You know silly season. It's the time when all of the ridiculous stuff the administration is doing gets revealed - no matter how little the media... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DanGainor/2009/09/11/obama__out_of_frying_pan,_into_the_fire 3344b4e2-fe72-4959-83c8-0cbc99bdd06d Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:50:00 GMT Dear Rev. Wright I started to write: "Having a wonderful time. Wish you were here." But you know better. Being president isn't fun and games like I hoped. And I really don't wish you were here. I could use a... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DanGainor/2009/09/04/the_end_of_obamas_summertime_blues be801f44-19bc-4063-a7d8-5091fcf81bfd Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:14:15 GMT Count de Monet: "It is said that the people are revolting." King Louis XVI: "You said it. They stink on ice." - "History of the World: Part I" Out of the mouths of babes . and B-movie comedies come our words of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DanGainor/2009/08/21/the_peasants_are_revolting 13875de8-8a2b-4220-ade8-3e505392457f Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:36:08 GMT What goes up must come down. Unless it goes down further, sideways or moves some other way that no one really predicted. That's the way economics really works and no matter how many talking heads - right, le http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DanGainor/2009/08/08/experts_put_the_con_in_e-con-omics 8e9d6771-f2bc-46a4-b600-fa8c4aaf2963 Sat, 08 Aug 2009 04:01:00 GMT The left is constantly arguing for so-called "fair trade" to make up for previous unfair financial practices. "We need economic justice," they scream. I agree. It's time for those greedy ingrates to pay their fair... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DanGainor/2009/07/22/third_world_owes_us_more_than_just_debt_of_gratitude 9f0be50f-4b91-4c04-91ba-0181c28e0c15 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:04:46 GMT Nearly 200 years ago, emperor Napoleon came back from exile and re-conquered France without firing a shot. His conquest of Europe failed when Napoleon, in proper English terms, was soundly thrashed at Waterloo by the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DanGainor/2009/07/09/conservatives,_let_this_be_our_waterloo c7d4df49-5f8f-4c1e-b735-9724416b8a1a Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:59:18 GMT With apologies to Janet Jackson, America's rhythm nation is so 1989. Now it's an Indoctri-nation. The mainstream media don't tell us what's going on; they tell us what to think. Today's example is nationalized health... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DanGainor/2009/06/25/we_are_a_part_of_an_indoctri-nation 7fa6fc55-500a-4a07-9bf5-9a94262f089e Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:23:59 GMT It's 8 feet of automotive amusement wrapped around a rockin' "3-cylinder, 1-liter gasoline powered engine." OK, that's only impressive if you like driving around in a golf-cart with sides or you find a riding mower... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DanGainor/2009/05/21/if_its_a_smart_car,_why_does_it_look_so_stupid b31098a7-624f-41e9-af5b-b25f03aa100a Thu, 21 May 2009 19:26:21 GMT What do you do if your country is too incompetent to drill for oil effectively? Drill an oil company instead. That's exactly what tiny Ecuador is trying to do to oil giant Chevron - with the help of brain-dead... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DanGainor/2009/05/08/ecuador_tries_crude_form_of_justice a720b9b5-e436-4a66-aaf2-592d410c9de8 Fri, 08 May 2009 18:19:11 GMT It seems like the end of the world. A deadly virus is sweeping across the globe killing off young and old alike. Media coverage goes round the clock dwelling on the danger. Sounds like the plot for a movie - Stephen... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DanGainor/2009/04/29/maybe_this_flu_isnt_for_the_birds,_but_the_last_one_was 2ce30dd3-a018-4173-a9cb-53d886b3fad5 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:35:27 GMT Republicans are derided as the party in disarray and, with Michael Steele at the helm, there is little wonder. GOP stalwarts are often depicted as dinosaurs by a disparaging press or by faux conservatives who are hired... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DanGainor/2009/03/20/attack_dogs_no,_democrats_walk_the_dinosaur 0431a8a3-7e32-42bf-b624-42d4302e62ef Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:52:22 GMT