RALEIGH — Two decades have passed since Jack Kemp earned national headlines as the Republican vice presidential candidate in 1996, but his political legacy continues. A new book labels Kemp “the bleeding-heart conservative who changed America.” Co-author Fred Barnes is executive editor of The Weekly Standard and political commentator for Fox News. Barnes discussed Kemp’s role in American political history with Mitch Kokai for Carolina Journal Radio.
RALEIGH — Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, and Chris Christie all could emerge from the New Hampshire primary with some degree of momentum in the race for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. That’s the assessment from Fred Barnes, executive editor of the Weekly Standard and political commentator for Fox News. He shared his insights Tuesday during a John Locke Foundation Headliner luncheon.
RALEIGH — Political pundits across the nation are watching closely this year as North Carolinians prepare to head to the polls to decide whether first-term Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan will keep her job. Republican N.C. House Speaker Thom Tillis is her chief opponent. Fred Barnes, Fox News contributor and Weekly Standard executive editor, is focusing much of his attention on North Carolina’s U.S. Senate race. He explained why during a conversation with Mitch Kokai for Carolina Journal Radio.
RALEIGH — The 2012 election did little to change the political landscape in Washington, D.C. In the early-morning hours after the election, Weekly Standard executive editor Fred Barnes wrote a column describing “a status quo election with Democrats entrenched in the White House and Senate, and Republicans firmly in control of the House.” Barnes discussed the likely impact of that election on this year’s political developments during a conversation with Mitch Kokai for Carolina Journal Radio.
RALEIGH — Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich will help the John Locke Foundation celebrate its 20th anniversary next week. Gingrich will deliver the featured remarks at the JLF anniversary dinner Jan. 13 in Cary.
RALEIGH — Americans have had almost a year to get used to the administration of our 44th president. Fred Barnes, executive editor of The Weekly Standard and political analyst for Fox News, says voters have not been pleased. Barnes discussed President Obama’s first year during a conversation with Mitch Kokai for Carolina Journal Radio.
RALEIGH — Fred Barnes, Fox News political analyst and executive editor of The Weekly Standard, recently addressed a John Locke Foundation Headliner luncheon in Raleigh. He also discussed the 2008 presidential campaign with Mitch Kokai for Carolina Journal Radio. (Go to http://www.carolinajournal.com/cjradio/ to find a station near you or to learn about the weekly CJ Radio podcast.)
RALEIGH — Western North Carolina has a new source for political news and public policy commentary, the John Locke Foundation’s new regional Web site and its companion blog The Wild West.
RALEIGH — Welcome to Carolina Journal Online’s Friday Interview. Today the John Locke Foundation’s Mitch Kokai discusses conservatism with Weekly Standard editor and Fox News commentator Bill Kristol. The interview aired on Carolina Journal Radio (click here to find the station near you).
Fred Barnes, executive editor of The Weekly Standard and a pundit on the Fox News Channel, spoke to an audience at the John Locke Foundation’s 13th anniversary dinner Feb. 28, refuting several common arguments against a war with Iraq.
