Doug Wilson is the co-author with Ed Feulner, President of the Heritage Foundation, of the New York Times bestseller, Getting America Right: The True Conservative Values Our Nation Needs Today. Newt Gingrich says of the book, “one of the most important to be published in this or any other year.” He is also the C.E.O of Next Solutions, Inc., an investment and advisory service for homebuilders around the country. He has worked as an advisor with the Heritage Foundation for over 7 years. He also served on the Advisory Board for Empower America, run by Jack Kemp and Bill Bennett. Prior to Next Solutions, Inc, Doug was a strategic advisor and facilitator in the development of fast growing and changing companies. He has worked with and spoken to multiple business leaders in the U.S. on the importance of developing a company that can be a highly adaptive, self-organizing, human system. Doug taught at the U.S.C. Graduate School of Business part time. He is married to his wife Karen and they have two children, Bryan, and Kayleigh. On a personal note, he has a passion for surfing, snowboarding, and classic guitar. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DougWilson http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DougWilson 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) Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:41:55 GMT Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:41:55 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ If there's one priority we can all agree to in this country, it's getting us free from the use of gasoline in our automobiles. But how do we get there? What do real experts say is going to happen? I had the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DougWilson/2008/08/03/how_we_get_to_gas_free_autos_and_a_smog_free_sky b3bfa0c9-ffb6-4bc4-a7a4-c158688b906a Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:41:55 GMT The energy problem is not new. For the past thirty-five years, seven presidents, beginning with Richard Nixon, have called for the U.S. to free ourselves from dependence on foreign oil. We in fact have gone... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DougWilson/2008/06/30/the_missing_long_term_solution_to_the_energy_dilemma 4eeb6340-26e9-44c0-8ab7-6e246451f1c7 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:05:41 GMT "We must strip oil of its strategic significance." These words were spoken by Anne Korin, co-director of the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security (IAGS) in her presentation before the House Committee of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DougWilson/2008/06/02/the_tipping_point_for_oil 6a49dd4d-1ec1-40b1-af57-f8f48b78e45f Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:37:01 GMT On January 1 of this year, the first Baby Boomers became eligible for early retirement Social Security benefits-the first drop in an inevitable demographic flood which, over the next 20 years, will bring 78 million... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DougWilson/2008/05/06/will_washington_heed_the_wake-up_call 13027e98-42ff-4761-9088-ae60c88711f4 Tue, 06 May 2008 15:25:10 GMT That was one of Newt Gingrich's most important messages in a brilliant speech delivered to the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington last month. While the message may seem incongruous amid the fury... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DougWilson/2008/03/17/get_over_the_white_house 0910ec88-9d74-40bd-a39f-b3f251e6a614 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 04:01:00 GMT Americans may not agree on much between now and November, but we have reached a consensus about the importance of at least one issue: health care. In a recent study by the Pew Research Center, 76 percent of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DougWilson/2008/02/25/what_canada_tells_us_about_government_health_care 88062f27-fbfe-4ad4-bd9f-a4e004194063 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 05:00:00 GMT Populism is all the rage these days. This election season we've heard it from both sides of the aisle, most despicably from a Democrat, John Edwards, and most dishearteningly from a Republican, Mike Huckabee. As the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DougWilson/2008/01/28/no_freedom_without_economic_freedom 926400b2-663e-4059-b993-5ad3982f39ea Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:00:07 GMT As we stand on the cusp of 2008, the Republican Party remains stuck in the throes of an identity crisis. Most Republican voters have an intuitive sense of this-even if they don't quite know what to do about it. GOP... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DougWilson/2007/12/31/why_romney_is_right_for_iowa,_america 62dcdf9c-505e-4be4-a936-c34b63f0e4c1 Mon, 31 Dec 2007 05:00:00 GMT Taking on the educational establishment is like picking a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel-it simply isn't done. Mitt Romney apparently never got that memo. As governor of Massachusetts and on the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DougWilson/2007/12/24/romney's_education_plan_a_winning_formula 18d28e9e-f85a-4d4b-8e03-558348dbb743 Mon, 24 Dec 2007 05:01:00 GMT Democracy scored a huge victory earlier this month, one that the media has largely overlooked. Yahoo Inc., the Internet company made famous by their search engine, settled out of court with two Chinese journalists who... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DougWilson/2007/11/26/a_victory_for_freedom 3014992c-b4da-4d13-90fc-e43c22db0d43 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 05:00:00 GMT At a time of great difficulty for Republicans, one might think that self-reliance, long a hallmark of the Grand Old Party, would fall out of favor with the American people. It would be fair to suspect that Americans... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DougWilson/2007/11/12/self-reliance_for_the_good_of_others e3e6c319-4e6b-47b6-b439-a054c7702274 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 05:00:00 GMT The Americans for Prosperity Foundation held its' first-ever "Defending the American Dream Summit" in Washington last week. Billed as evidence of a "real and powerful national movement" to rein in "out-of-control... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DougWilson/2007/10/08/romneys_tax_free_savings_plan_a_boon_for_middle_class 718cc636-58a7-49a2-969e-d8cebec41919 Mon, 08 Oct 2007 04:00:00 GMT Conservatives yield to no one in our criticisms of government. We ridicule bloated programs, lampoon inefficient management, and yearn for the day when private sector principles bring some measure of accountability to... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DougWilson/2007/09/24/a_good_news_story_for_palestinians_-_and_public,_private_partnerships 90ccd161-914e-47d3-858d-47b73ae1134f Mon, 24 Sep 2007 04:00:00 GMT If you're like most Americans you probably don't spend much time thinking about Voice of America (VOA), our country's international broadcasting arm. But you should, for at least three reasons. First, it is responsible... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DougWilson/2007/09/03/voice_of_america_needs_english c8bd8d83-7c53-4085-9daf-8bd4572feb28 Mon, 03 Sep 2007 04:00:00 GMT "The genius of Charlie Wick lies in his ability to recognize how changing information technology, especially satellite communications, has transformed the international political landscape. He understands the need... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DougWilson/2007/08/08/public_diplomacy cf819092-5e84-44b6-bdc8-22932d29f388 Wed, 08 Aug 2007 21:26:35 GMT