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) 2013 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Tue, 05 Jun 2012 13:34:00 GMT Tue, 05 Jun 2012 13:34:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Because of redistricting, Rep. Bill Pascrell (D, NJ) is running for re-election today against a fellow Democratic incumbent Congressman. Pascrell's slogan: "100% New Jersey Fighter." Given his troubling associations... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JoelMowbray/2012/06/05/troubling_associations_for_nj_democrat fb75fdf5-32be-4edb-9eb8-6ad7dfa4e9d0 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 13:34:00 GMT After pushing the envelope for the past few years, Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas finally might have pushed too far. The stalwart backing the PA has received from the U.S. government - which results... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JoelMowbray/2011/12/07/congress_targeting_palestinians_for_scrutiny_sanctions 5485bbab-ea0b-4138-b1c3-5c76c1d35e6b Wed, 07 Dec 2011 05:01:00 GMT For the first time in a generation, Egypt is in strategic play. It could either stay a U.S. strategic partner and maintain peace with Israel, or it could join an Islamist axis with Iran and the Muslim... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JoelMowbray/2011/06/09/will_egypt_choose_us_or_islamism 5c766cdc-a228-4121-bc71-d2430a51270c Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:01:00 GMT It has been two weeks since Arabs marched on Israel's borders on four sides, yet that media spectacle remains a potent metaphor for the mounting threats facing the tiny Jewish state, from Hezbollah taking over Lebanon... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JoelMowbray/2011/05/31/obama's_mideast_failures_spur_congressional_action 93c0823e-4f4b-4457-8ee6-5fb7af6fb7dc Tue, 31 May 2011 04:01:00 GMT While most of the Arab world has zigged, the Palestinian establishment has zagged. As “Arab streets” rise up and many of their governments are teetering or have fallen, the two rival Palestinian factions... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JoelMowbray/2011/05/04/palestinian_unity_for_terrorism a48032af-5ca7-46d2-8c82-e474c2591181 Wed, 04 May 2011 04:01:00 GMT J-Street suffered a humiliating defeat last week on Capitol Hill – which means Israel scored an important victory. The George Soros-funded “pro-Israel” group inexplicably mobilized its machinery to... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JoelMowbray/2011/04/04/soros-backed_group_defends_incitement_against_israel 6ac5d5f0-9e0a-40f8-ad3e-6a215caf9257 Mon, 04 Apr 2011 11:15:00 GMT J-Street suffered a humiliating defeat yesterday on Capitol Hill - which means Israel scored an important victory. The George Soros-funded "pro-Israel" group inexplicably mobilized its machinery to oppose a bipartisan... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JoelMowbray/2011/04/04/soros-backed_group_defends_incitement_against_israel 69d32ceb-643d-4668-ba08-6a211e09c618 Mon, 04 Apr 2011 04:00:06 GMT Looking at Zuhdi Jasser, you wouldn't expect him to be a national lightning rod. Polished and polite, he is a medical doctor and Navy veteran who finds no contradiction between being a proud Muslim and a patriot willing... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JoelMowbray/2011/03/11/meet_a_true_muslim_patriot 3e54bff8-4fd4-4833-993a-c46aa50abf72 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 05:01:00 GMT As the Arab world burns, the Palestinians are sending out a smoke screen. Rather than engage in peace talks with Israel or reform the rampant corruption within its government, the Palestinian Authority is driving the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JoelMowbray/2011/02/25/as_arab_world_burns,_palestine_sends_out_smoke_screen bb0c9465-fa89-4e02-9524-a4739a19923d Fri, 25 Feb 2011 05:01:00 GMT Usually when chaos erupts in the Middle East, attention turns immediately to Israel and the Palestinians. Not so this time. Middle East "experts" have maintained for decades that creating a Palestinian state was the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JoelMowbray/2011/02/04/to_fix_middle_east,_obama_must_ignore_experts abc1d321-dbfb-4a8a-819c-6b8918e710b5 Fri, 04 Feb 2011 05:01:00 GMT Saul Anuzis, one of the leading candidates to head the Republican National Committee, broadly shares the same conservative principles as his opponents, but what makes him unique is his compelling family history that he... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JoelMowbray/2011/01/11/vowing_to_never_forget_familys_legacy,_saul_anuzis_fights_for_gop_chair fe3c157c-ea99-416c-8bd9-bdb5b0c7a240 Tue, 11 Jan 2011 16:01:33 GMT Finally shining light on one of the most important and most overlooked elements of the Middle East "peace process," the Israeli government has compiled a new quarterly report that analyzes what its Palestinian... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JoelMowbray/2010/12/13/palestinian_"martyrdom"_culture_the_real_obstacle_to_middle_east_peace 66c121f2-21d9-4e37-8174-3fdda2017c58 Mon, 13 Dec 2010 05:01:00 GMT JERUSALEM-Israelis are not accustomed to having so much going so well for their tiny country - and no one seems to expect it to last. This 62-year-old nation, after all, has never really known a prolonged stretch of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JoelMowbray/2010/11/17/obama's_hostility_to_jewish_state_worries_israelis ae55ab3b-a7c9-46ca-8ebc-27a7cee23ded Wed, 17 Nov 2010 05:01:00 GMT While the news this election cycle has been focused on horse races and high-wattage personalities like Sharron Angle and Christine O'Donnell, one of the most important races in the country has slipped below the national... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JoelMowbray/2010/10/29/why_is_ohio_dem_hanging_with_islamic_extremists ac5e84a4-4527-4dea-825b-cd20fd777b4e Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:57:38 GMT TEL AVIV - In Israel, politics is the national pastime. Israelis follow politics the same way certain New Yorkers absorb every statistic, past and present, about the Yankees. Last week, which was sandwiched between the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JoelMowbray/2010/09/21/why_israelis_dont_trust_peace_talks 911a1a18-e4da-40a7-b51a-cfa0baf4570d Tue, 21 Sep 2010 04:01:00 GMT