Amy Menefee is Director of Communications for Americans for Prosperity. Before joining AFP, she directed communications for the Galen Institute. She was previously managing editor for the Media Research Center's Business & Media Institute. A journalist by training, she has been a frequent commentator on radio and television and written op-eds on economic issues. Menefee's media appearances include Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network, and the Christian Broadcasting Network's "Newswatch" program. She has done more than 200 radio interviews including the nationally syndicated "Michael Medved Show," "The Lynne Breidenbach Show," "Dateline Washington" and "The Martha Zoller Show." Her op-eds have been published in The Washington Times, Detroit Free Press, Human Events Online, Townhall.com and other outlets. Her background includes covering federal, state and local government. She has reported for Congressional Quarterly's CQ Homeland Security, a daily Web-based publication, and The Macon (Ga.) Telegraph. She worked as a reporter and assistant editor in the state Capitol bureau of The Columbia Missourian. She holds an M.A. in public policy journalism from the Missouri School of Journalism (Columbia, Mo.) and a B.A. in journalism/mass communication from Samford University in Birmingham, Ala. Menefee is originally from Macon, Ga., and resides in Alexandria, Va. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/AmyMenefee http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/AmyMenefee TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2013 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:10:44 GMT Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:10:44 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ President Obama needs our urgent support, he says, because he wants to pass healthcare reform this year. Apparently it's so urgent that he's reversing the positions that got him elected. Candidate Obama, who... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/AmyMenefee/2009/06/05/dear_mr_president,_what_does_'health_reform'_mean 3d1350df-8a85-4c3a-be62-79002d15c842 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:10:44 GMT As Americans reflect on their blessings this Thanksgiving, will they count the U.S. health care system among them? Politicians, the media, and probably most people would say no. But if we alter the question, directing... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/AmyMenefee/2008/11/27/americans_on_health_care_the_bad,_the_ugly_and_._the_good ff2b7be2-13ea-4705-853f-96e8a389f303 Thu, 27 Nov 2008 05:01:00 GMT When one person calls something a tax hike and another calls it a tax break, they can't both be right. Democratic Sen. Barack Obama has accused Republican Sen. John McCain of attempting to impose the "largest... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/AmyMenefee/2008/10/31/the_three_rs_of_mccains_health_tax_credit 72ca01ed-43c6-473a-91fe-f4e9a017b94d Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:26:12 GMT If you're not too concerned about global warming, you're probably a regular American. If you think, however, that it's on par with World War II as a threat to the nation, you're the managing editor of Time magazine. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/AmyMenefee/2008/04/24/voters_dont_care_about_global_warming,_but_they_should 3c9dac34-1f90-4718-8ed1-bf323bd4385e Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:01:00 GMT You know the presidential race is in full rhetorical swing when candidates are rallying people against a dangerous enemy of America. It's time to play on the most basic of voters' instincts: fear and hate. The... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/AmyMenefee/2008/02/21/populist_'outrage'_forgets_people_behind_american_business cfa51d1d-0d32-488d-afd0-db917e15538b Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:51:24 GMT What's messier and more shameless than candidates campaigning to save the economy? Media coverage of that economy - the one all the candidates want to "stimulate." The media coverage that's driving people's votes. ... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/AmyMenefee/2008/02/02/which_candidate_will_pay_the_most_for_my_vote 420d16b5-e570-46fa-871d-541c329d8a5a Sat, 02 Feb 2008 05:00:40 GMT