Douglas MacKinnon is former White House and Pentagon official who spent three years working in a Joint Command. Douglas MacKinnon was also press secretary to former Senator Bob Dole. Douglas MacKinnon has published hundreds of columns in every major paper in the country, and Douglas MacKinnon is heard and seen regularly on radio and television as a political commentator. Douglas MacKinnon is also an author and novelist. Douglas MacKinnon's latest novel entitled "Vengeance Is Mine," can be found at Amazon.com and features a main character who proudly wears his strong belief in traditional values upon his sleeve. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DouglasMacKinnon http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DouglasMacKinnon TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2012 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Mon, 14 May 2012 04:01:00 GMT Mon, 14 May 2012 04:01:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ As anyone who has worked on a presidential campaign knows, there is always an undercurrent of trepidation that the candidate or a trusted advisor will say or do something that connects in a very negative way with the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DouglasMacKinnon/2012/05/14/obama_must_end_the_attacks_on_mormons 3d1e10bc-c3d0-463a-925e-8f5068289315 Mon, 14 May 2012 04:01:00 GMT As much as most in Hollywood bow, kneel, and even weep in joy before their Messiah Barack Obama, they are not doing him any favors of late with the release and massive viewing of first, The Hunger Games and now, The... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DouglasMacKinnon/2012/05/12/president_loki_demands_your_adoration c327232f-994e-4349-bdca-a9e50a7a5b19 Sat, 12 May 2012 04:01:00 GMT The Threshold Editions division of Simon & Schuster (the publisher of Dick Cheney, Mark Levin, Glenn Beck, and Laura Ingraham -- defenders of Traditional Values, all) has just published my new novel titled Vengeance Is... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DouglasMacKinnon/2012/05/01/the_top_ten_quotes_from_a_fictional_hero_that_liberals_already_hate 7d46a140-4521-464e-a9de-8cd12e6b24c6 Tue, 01 May 2012 04:01:00 GMT At what point in a nation where approximately 80% of the citizens identify themselves as "Christians" will Christian candidates defend themselves and their faith from the bigoted and deliberate smears of far-left... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DouglasMacKinnon/2012/04/16/its_always_open_season_on_the_christian_faith 7e9d558b-fa72-43e2-a651-79313de5d1a0 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 04:01:00 GMT Okay. It is now officially crunch-time for conservative voters. Time for them to grow-up, stand on principle, admit there is not a perfect candidate, cast aside the pretenders, flip-floppers, and flakes, and unite... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DouglasMacKinnon/2012/01/02/last_chance_to_elect_a_true_conservative 15b18fe1-26ff-422d-b386-baf1de5db3af Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:15:00 GMT During a speech on citizenship that he delivered in 1910, Theodore Roosevelt stressed what decades later has come to mean so much too so many: "It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DouglasMacKinnon/2011/11/03/a_conservative_woman_in_the_arena ef6dff7c-1018-4761-9067-e199f4d06147 Thu, 03 Nov 2011 04:01:00 GMT As the Republican primary process continues, there is no doubt that the establishment GOP is winning and the Tea Party is losing. Worse, as we accelerate toward the first votes finally being cast, many who believe... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DouglasMacKinnon/2011/10/24/the_idea-lab_for_obama a3dc47e6-299a-42f3-9c53-aacdded2dbc1 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 04:01:00 GMT In politics, character does and should count. For instance, character can be demonstrated in any number of ways including during a Republican presidential primary process. Hypothetically, let’s imagine... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DouglasMacKinnon/2011/10/11/gop_candidates_should_have_defended_perry_against_liberal_smear ab791e58-4ac4-4904-b78e-bf3056c03e26 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 04:01:00 GMT I once had a conversation with a well-connected Democrat in Washington, D.C., with regard to lack of advertising in conservative publications. Without missing a beat, she said it was because "advertisers and... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DouglasMacKinnon/2011/10/06/conservatives_need_to_grow_a_spine af0d4e2a-f966-4fe1-bfce-93a1a24b87a1 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 04:01:00 GMT Leaving aside the televised, overly scripted, predictable and marginally useful "debates" now taking place between the Republican candidates for president, there are much more important discussions going on between... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DouglasMacKinnon/2011/09/29/conservatives_arrive_at_a_critical_fork_in_the_road ab58460a-c067-465d-9ffc-8c540c3ffd75 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 04:01:00 GMT I must confess that I no longer have a clear understanding as to how many of our major newspapers operate. It had been my assumption -- and you know what they say about assuming things -- that a large percentage of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DouglasMacKinnon/2011/09/21/liberal_media_should_try_honest_reporting_for_a_change 901be9e3-e945-4422-97a4-336aa32b7be3 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 04:01:00 GMT Surprise. Despite his "jobs" speech, President Obama's own handpicked White House Office of Management and Budget has just predicted grim employment numbers right through 2012. Well, with... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DouglasMacKinnon/2011/09/16/lost_jobs_are_never_coming_back c82ebff5-11f0-4012-9df5-4a97c4852c24 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 04:01:00 GMT In their quest to widen the low-road and increase its rider-ship, the liberal Washington, D.C-based Politico just offered up this hackneyed but oh so predictable headline: “Is Rick Perry... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DouglasMacKinnon/2011/09/01/was_obama_smart_enough_to_make_it_as_an_air_force_pilot 5499a785-9e8e-4db7-afb4-1ec80ce89c0d Thu, 01 Sep 2011 04:01:00 GMT When you hear every single liberal media outlet in the country say, "We will know more about Rick Perry after we vet his 11 years in office," you need to understand that what they vindictively mean is:... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DouglasMacKinnon/2011/08/29/left_and_right_going_nuclear_on_rick_perry 273320a9-5395-4736-8461-ab11ce2571b4 Mon, 29 Aug 2011 04:01:00 GMT As our economy continues to self-destruct; U.S. credit is shockingly downgraded; home prices remain at historic lows; unemployment rises; small businesses continue to close their doors; public-employee-bloated... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DouglasMacKinnon/2011/08/12/should_obama_resign_his_office 9e6c1c7c-28fb-49d2-b1f8-64a21e9f6bc9 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 04:09:00 GMT