Joel Mowbray, who got his start with Townhall.com, is an award-winning investigative journalist and nationally-syndicated columnist. With tenacious reporting and insightful commentary, Joel has become a leading expert on the original Axis of Evil: Iran, Iraq, and North Korea; its unindicted co-conspirator, Saudi Arabia; and the Middle East’s original democracy, Israel. He is best-known for his exposés of the State Department which led to the end of Visa Express in Saudi Arabia and the firing of the Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs, Mary Ryan. More recently, he uncovered the fact that the Bureau of Prisons was allowing Islamic terrorists in federal prison to communicate with the outside world—and the agency did not have a single full-time Arabic translator to monitor the phone calls and letters of over 100 terrorists. In 2003, Joel was named “Journalist of the Year” at the Conservative Political Action Conference and won the Eugene Katz award for excellence in immigration coverage. He was also a finalist for a National Magazine Award—that industry’s Pulitzer Prize—for outstanding investigative journalism. In addition, he is the author of “Dangerous Diplomacy: How the State Department Threatens America’s Security.” His work has been published in a wide variety of top publications, including the Wall Street Journal, L.A. Times, National Review, New York Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, San Diego Union-Tribune, Investors Business Daily, Philadelphia Inquirer, Arizona Republic, Manchester Union Leader, FrontPage magazine, Jewish World Review, and Washington Times. Since 2002, Joel has made over 200 appearances on TV news programs, ranging from ABC’s “Good Morning America” and “World News Tonight” to Fox News’ “Hannity & Colmes” and “Fox & Friends.” He is also a regular on several nationally-syndicated talk radio programs, such as the “G. Gordon Liddy Show” and the “Jim Bohanon Show.” A graduate of the University of Illinois (with a degree in economics) and Georgetown Law School, Joel worked on Capitol Hill for former Rep. Mark Sanford (R-SC), where he primarily handled Social Security privatization. Earlier he spent two years working for Pioneer Strategies under now-ABC News reporter Heather Nauert. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JoelMowbray http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JoelMowbray TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2009 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:01:00 GMT Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:01:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ As Sen. Joe Lieberman, Connecticut independent, officially begins his inquiry this week into the disturbing failures that enabled Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan to stay in uniform, it must go beyond the normal... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JoelMowbray/2009/11/18/ignorance_enabled_ft_hood_jihadist 11bd84f8-d8a1-4f0a-b2ec-91e018d7a91e Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:01:00 GMT Looking at the latest high-profile "report" from the United Nations on the recent war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, it's not difficult to understand why the vast majority of Americans harbor deep distrust of the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JoelMowbray/2009/09/18/un_strikes_again_hamas_not_terrorist,_but_israel_is f6b5c44b-1d61-4da2-b17a-5871aae8ee86 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:45:27 GMT Looking at the latest high-profile "report" from the United Nations on the recent war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, it's not difficult to understand why the vast majority of Americans harbor deep distrust of the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JoelMowbray/2009/09/18/the_un_strikes_again_hamas_not_terrorist,_but_israel_is 280566f5-9bc4-49f6-917d-68408781e491 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:01:01 GMT Following a surprising speech in which he uttered the words "Palestinian state" for the first time, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has strengthened his standing at home and abroad, far exceeding expectations... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JoelMowbray/2009/06/23/obama_unable_to_bully_israel_-_for_now c9d92298-6c09-456c-87b7-681695e8e9de Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:01:00 GMT It did not come with the promise of 72 virgins, but newly released Guantanamo Bay detainees managed to make it to paradise after all. What the fawning media neglected to mention was that these supposedly friendly lads... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JoelMowbray/2009/06/19/media_love_for_terrorists_in_paradise_program 556568b7-37c1-4f90-9eb6-fe4c25063ee3 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:01:00 GMT If President Obama is serious about tackling the ever-elusive goal of achieving peace in the Middle East, he should start his efforts not by focusing on Israel or the Palestinians, but rather a little closer to... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JoelMowbray/2009/06/05/how_us_taxpayers_are_funding_palestinian_terrorism 0744c0c6-4c4d-4f2e-9558-58f06efa2411 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:01:00 GMT When Barack Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu sit down for the first time as world leaders today, chatter in and outside the Beltway will revolve around the chess match expected between two savvy political... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JoelMowbray/2009/05/18/obama's_main_obstacle_to_pushing_around_israel_ordinary_americans 6f56a3ce-7d58-4444-9d41-9e4f9f43b4c0 Mon, 18 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT JERUSALEM-Speaking anonymously, senior Obama administration officials have been complaining about the prospect of working with a newly elected center-right government in Israel, led by Benjamin Netanyahu. The whispering... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JoelMowbray/2009/02/18/how_netanyahu_helps_obama,_peace e4fe19ed-4e7a-4679-8272-7d2c73ff7d05 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:01:00 GMT As Bush nears his departure, the vast majority of Americans-left, right and center-have a multitude of reasons why they're happy to see him go. Liberals believe Bush cut taxes too much and had an unnecessarily... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JoelMowbray/2009/01/20/bush_was_right_the_one_time_it_mattered_most a4d4b18d-fbff-435e-8120-253a46bd6821 Tue, 20 Jan 2009 05:00:29 GMT The most underreported story of the election is that conservative voters provided the margin of victory for Barack Obama-a finding that has dramatic implications for both Democrats and Republicans. Normally winning... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JoelMowbray/2008/12/04/how_conservatives_helped_elect_obama bcab3777-9c38-4529-832c-a1f9f3b61c28 Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:01:00 GMT When Josh Mandel got a call from the Marines last year asking him to return voluntarily to Iraq, he had much more to contemplate than when he first enlisted in 2000. He had just been elected to the Ohio state... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JoelMowbray/2008/10/27/iraq_war_vet's_service_attacked_in_ohio_campaign 2ddb4957-f66d-4c80-b92b-7f2fa032bb5c Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:00:33 GMT TEL AVIV, ISRAEL-Across Israel on the eve of the recent primary election likely to decide the next prime minister, most Israelis shared the same feeling: apathy. In stark contrast to the political theater playing out... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JoelMowbray/2008/10/03/apathy_in_the_holy_land 18044954-3d9f-4f5d-884c-51242aa0604a Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:01:00 GMT Hell hath no fury like the Gray Lady scorned. This weekend, the venerable New York Times ran five hit pieces on Sarah Palin: three breathless op-eds, one blistering editorial and a scathing 3,200-word front-page... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JoelMowbray/2008/09/16/the_times_in_a_tizzy_over_palin 8c547724-d844-4adc-8ecf-fc5d5feb3398 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 04:00:02 GMT For the first time in this presidential cycle, social issues such as abortion took center stage this past week courtesy of the candidates' high-profile, back-to-back interviews at a mega-church last weekend. Yet the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JoelMowbray/2008/08/22/obamas_falsehood_the_truth_about_his_abortion_record ab3c00e1-d29e-49f9-a56f-f68d96f9c6ec Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:52:23 GMT SIMI VALLEY, CA-Striding to the podium without a hair follicle anywhere on his smooth face, Josh Mandel certainly didn't inspire high expectations at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley this past Sunday night. The former... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JoelMowbray/2008/07/03/ohios_rising_gop_star f779d265-0061-49e7-a471-06f8b9f0ef94 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:16:46 GMT