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) 2013 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Tue, 09 Apr 2013 04:01:00 GMT Tue, 09 Apr 2013 04:01:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ For the last twenty years or so, first as a Republican, and of late as an independent conservative, I have been imploring the GOP to reach out in more meaningful ways to Hispanic and minority-America. Of course, unlike... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DouglasMacKinnon/2013/04/09/america--meet-francis-suarez-n1561280 6f602b92-b7b3-4b83-82f1-1a3622925ca7 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 04:01:00 GMT President Obama knows for a fact what many in the Republican Party - especially it's "leadership" - fail to understand or acknowledge: the GOP is not only irrelevant, but impotent as it flails about in search of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DouglasMacKinnon/2013/03/24/gops-postmortem-shows-political-party-without-a-clue-n1546128 bfa29779-8bcb-460c-9382-62bb0c25afd8 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 04:01:00 GMT If my email in-box is any indication, the Obama White House and its allies may have bitten off much more than they can chew as they look to weaken or abolish the Second Amendment to the Constitution and our right to... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DouglasMacKinnon/2013/01/16/gun-owners-react-to-my-novel-n1490192 5a1de4cf-e8a7-4f41-a4b8-ed02eb9dc8b1 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 05:01:00 GMT News flash for conservatives, Christians, libertarians or anyone in America who embraces traditional values, the rule of law, common sense, basic math, a more secure nation or politicians who put you and your family... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DouglasMacKinnon/2012/12/13/leftwing-ideology-now-rules-supreme-in-america-n1465531 dc6baed3-319d-429a-9831-825e7f917f1a Thu, 13 Dec 2012 05:01:00 GMT The quality of life often comes down to one moment, one opportunity, one roll of the dice or one decision to draw a line in the sand and scream "No more." Will Nov. 6, 2012, be one of those moments? I believe for the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DouglasMacKinnon/2012/11/02/to_defeat_obama_all_conservatives_must_vote e67a0954-4db2-4979-9977-c3fe64bd4706 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 04:01:00 GMT With many of the polls and much of the momentum trending for Mitt Romney, much of the mainstream media is in full-panic mode as they work overtime to tilt the "news" in favor of Barack Obama. For a recent example of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DouglasMacKinnon/2012/10/27/the_liberal_media_unites_to_stop_romney 75a7bbd1-9f7a-408e-ac7b-3afdef96730c Sat, 27 Oct 2012 04:01:00 GMT As much of the far-left mainstream media continues to panic over Mr. Obama's abject failure of a first debate, they deliberately avoid doing their jobs and reporting the real reason for his totally expected... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DouglasMacKinnon/2012/10/09/obama_has_earned_next_to_nothing_in_life 5d69972f-599e-4100-8882-4e46692949c1 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 12:46:00 GMT More than anything, what the just completed Republican convention showed is that Mitt Romney is an incredibly decent, moral, and honorable man. It became abundantly clear as the convention went on that this man... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DouglasMacKinnon/2012/09/02/romney_needs_to_defend_eastwood 7cfd28a6-cef0-4c04-843d-d1dddbec369c Sun, 02 Sep 2012 04:01:00 GMT By their own admission, the vast majority of the mainstream media is not only liberal, but often purposely (and unethically) carries water for liberal politicians. Politicians who in reality, almost never have the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DouglasMacKinnon/2012/06/27/the_liberal_war_on_the_poor 029ea83c-7288-499a-a812-78e2f47248cd Wed, 27 Jun 2012 16:35:00 GMT 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 I spoke recently with a senior Democrat strategist who offered up a quite logical and incredibly frightening scenario for those who are desperate to vote Barack Obama out of office in 2012. His theory goes like... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DouglasMacKinnon/2011/08/09/what_if_ron_paul_goes_third_party 98e2ad46-2631-437c-baac-39733b4e46b9 Tue, 09 Aug 2011 04:01:00 GMT Even as Mitt Romney inexplicably flip-flops on his past very accurate observation that President Obama has made the economy worse, liberals in the mainstream media are now underscoring the former Massachusetts... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DouglasMacKinnon/2011/07/14/romney_flips_as_liberals_flop 4a4d5963-db43-437b-a9ec-07b147edb85b Thu, 14 Jul 2011 04:01:00 GMT As a conservative with some experience in presidential politics, it's more than amusing for me to watch left-of-center mainstream reporters and pundits - and even a few establishment-type Republicans - work overtime to... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DouglasMacKinnon/2011/07/12/liberal_media_tries_to_hand-pick_gop_nominee_-_again 727f16a2-20c6-4a8b-83ad-e6962c3c7c58 Tue, 12 Jul 2011 04:01:00 GMT Okay, so here are some unsolicited but heartfelt words of caution for Governor Rick Perry of Texas as he contemplates whether to enter the Republican primary for President of the United States. As you and your... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DouglasMacKinnon/2011/06/28/a_word_of_caution_for_rick_perry 00cf2c06-9b75-4747-8eeb-e789499f6b18 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 04:01:00 GMT “See. What did I just warn you about?" Those words came over the phone in reaction to NBC Sports purposely removing the words "Under God" from a children's recital of the Pledge of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DouglasMacKinnon/2011/06/23/pga_pro_not_pleased_with_golf_channel_going_liberal 318886fb-8cb1-45ad-b0d4-b61b8673a5d9 Thu, 23 Jun 2011 04:01:00 GMT That loud crash you just heard off in the distance was the New York Times finally hitting the bottom of the barrel with an embarrassing but expected thump. Having long ago turned its back on objective journalism to... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DouglasMacKinnon/2011/06/13/the_far-left_new_york_times_hits_rock_bottom bb2b89a2-6c5c-4868-8824-7ee943b826fc Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:54:00 GMT New York Democrat Anthony Weiner's tortured answers about his "Twitter-gate" episode and the mainstream media's at least initial reluctance to cover the story, speaks volumes not only about the No. 1 obstacle the GOP... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DouglasMacKinnon/2011/06/06/for_the_sake_of_the_republic,_it's_time_to_hold_the_mainstream_media_accountable 7e264109-9a26-4787-8260-a0f1788becfc Mon, 06 Jun 2011 16:22:00 GMT On April 25, the landscape populated by Republicans hoping to replace President Obama was dramatically reshaped when Gov. Haley Barbour of Mississippi took himself out of the running. On May 14, the GOP field got even... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DouglasMacKinnon/2011/06/01/republicans_where_is_their_sense_of_duty 15e5b394-8985-48b6-99a4-e9d266f304ae Wed, 01 Jun 2011 04:01:00 GMT For years, various politicians, "educators," and most in the mainstream media have asked, encouraged, and even demanded that we compromise our very principles. That we betray the ideals we hold dear in the name of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DouglasMacKinnon/2011/05/27/sarah_palin_speaks_the_ultimate_truth b20674d9-b5b8-4bbd-938b-a54375f054c0 Fri, 27 May 2011 04:01:00 GMT I watched President Obama's remarks regarding the killing of Osama Bin Laden by a heroic and courageous team of American operatives with a Democrat and an Independent. After the president's nine minute re-cap, instead... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DouglasMacKinnon/2011/05/07/president_credit-grabber 639c323e-5ac0-491a-aace-8c50bea15245 Sat, 07 May 2011 04:01:00 GMT As we have witnessed with the Democrat politicians in Wisconsin cowardly fleeing their own state and literally turning their backs on their constituents, there are basically no profiles in courage left in the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DouglasMacKinnon/2011/03/09/we_the_people_are_on_our_own_folks 768fc08f-1149-465f-a574-0d83d20a5e21 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 05:01:00 GMT What is the life of a U.S. soldier worth compared to that of a Member of Congress? Apparently much less in the eyes of some in the mainstream media if we go by two tragic news-making examples. The first, this past... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DouglasMacKinnon/2011/01/13/how_much_is_the_life_of_a_ussoldier_worth e7529563-35e9-4ac7-accc-449654716b9d Thu, 13 Jan 2011 05:01:00 GMT ...While this is still a vastly majority Christian nation, they are doing all in their power to eradicate Christ, Christmas, and "Merry Christmas" from our lives. Be those the liberals in politics, the media,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DouglasMacKinnon/2010/12/21/this_christmas,_liberals_can't_stop_me_from_believing_that. 18bc5c67-7d45-48d0-9ee8-949f8a5a3676 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 05:01:00 GMT For those of us who believe in traditional values, the rule-of-law, secure borders, smaller government, and lower taxes, it's become slim pickings when it comes to the entertainment, news, education, and information... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DouglasMacKinnon/2010/12/06/must_liberals_ruin_our_sports,_too 920eb080-dbdd-4784-9550-2d45177cef0c Mon, 06 Dec 2010 16:00:00 GMT Once, present and now future Sen. Lisa Murkowski should be congratulated on her ability to cobble together the needed collection of less-than-altruistic corporate types, lobbyists and seemingly endless $100,000... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DouglasMacKinnon/2010/11/23/demint_must_now_watch_his_back d4546733-d5c9-4324-841b-c5fbc425dfa9 Tue, 23 Nov 2010 05:01:00 GMT Embarrassingly for CNN host and liberal commentator Kathleen Parker, not only does she suffer from a severe case of SPDS (Sarah Palin Derangement Syndrome), but -- like a smitten tween trying to emulate her favorite... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DouglasMacKinnon/2010/11/18/parkers_sad_envy_of_sarah_palin 61874ad1-bb0f-455a-b92e-787fe7567a49 Thu, 18 Nov 2010 05:01:00 GMT With the results of the mid-term election still fresh in our minds, the question needs to be asked again. That being, is Barack Obama the Messiah? Or, more to the point, do a number of delusional liberals and far-left... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DouglasMacKinnon/2010/11/16/the_new_york_times,_the_far-left,_and_their_messiah_obama 4a760c64-81ce-4520-95c3-d364c6980aa0 Tue, 16 Nov 2010 05:01:00 GMT All of the far-left and many shamefully from the establishment out-of-touch right who proudly inhabit glass houses bought with the hard-earned tax money of the American people, are eagerly casting stones at Delaware Tea... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DouglasMacKinnon/2010/09/17/the_lesser_of_two_evils_is_still_evil ac258658-7dc6-46af-8fb0-89be7f3b2a67 Fri, 17 Sep 2010 04:01:00 GMT As the video popped-up this week of far-left, ultra wealthy, and privileged CBS "News" anchor Katie Couric going after then Governor Sarah Palin while mocking the names of her children, it reminded me all over again how... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DouglasMacKinnon/2010/08/06/the_mccain_campaign_still_owes_palin_an_apology eb95c376-40f0-43b7-a725-cbf7179c77d2 Fri, 06 Aug 2010 04:01:00 GMT What a surprise.  It seems that another far-left liberal actor has taken a role with the express intent being to smear a conservative icon.  In this case, it's Meryl Streep allegedly trying to dishonor and cheapen the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DouglasMacKinnon/2010/07/23/liberal_smear_of_thatcher_stresses_need_for_conservative_creative_balance cccc8902-2f39-464d-a19e-180e29617fd1 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 04:01:00 GMT During his first inaugural address in 1933, Franklin Delano Roosevelt famously but inaccurately claimed that "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." Leaving aside the fact that 77 years later, many of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DouglasMacKinnon/2010/06/15/todays_pc_police_would_arrest_abe_lincoln_for_sedition 866311a4-6d77-433b-bc49-be8c13bebc65 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 04:01:00 GMT As far as badges of honor go, having Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez attack you by name is a pretty good one. Several years ago, he accused me of being a spy for the CIA out to destroy him and his government. Talk... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DouglasMacKinnon/2010/05/18/the_hugo_chavez-_obama_solution c50851de-7544-425d-8f1e-ac26dc207a11 Tue, 18 May 2010 05:23:56 GMT As a conservative author and writer, I've always been well aware that for the most part, mainstream publishing leans left to far-left. Even at that, I've managed to publish novels with conservative themes which have... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DouglasMacKinnon/2010/04/27/my_novel,_the_2nd_amendment,_far-left_presidents,_and_liberal_publishing 5862d2dc-12ed-47de-9fa5-39d5722a4bab Tue, 27 Apr 2010 04:01:00 GMT Watching Tiger -- and behind the scene, his enablers from IMG -- manipulate a mostly in-the-tank gathering of sports "reporters" at the Masters this Monday, reminded me of the Master of all Manipulation. That being... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DouglasMacKinnon/2010/04/09/tiger,_obama,_and_the_art_of_deception 7b0ee80a-39a3-4b34-9f4d-7ff312ca0c5f Fri, 09 Apr 2010 12:54:03 GMT