James Pinkerton

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James P. Pinkerton
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James "Jim" P. Pinkerton (born March 11, 1958) is an American

political analyst.[1]

Career

A graduate of

After Washington

Since his time in government Pinkerton has become a columnist for

New America Foundation, a lecturer at the Graduate School of Political Management at The George Washington University, a member of the Board of Advisors at the National Federation of Republican Assemblies, and a contributing editor of The American Conservative and USA Today. He frequently appears on Bloggingheads.tv, often in video discussions with journalist David Corn
and other media personalities. He is now the editor of CureStrategy.org.

In 2011, he became the co-chair of the RATE Coalition, a bi-partisan group of 35 companies and associations dedicated to corporate tax reform.[3]

Although he is a Republican with views broadly in sync with the GOP, he has sometimes divergent ideas: For example, in a Bloggingheads discussion with economist Glenn Loury, Pinkerton described his political ideology as "Hamiltonian". He favors a robust US industrial policy that would stimulate industry and calls himself a "big government libertarian".[4]

Pinkerton moderated the 2008 Libertarian presidential debate in Denver.[5]

Leaked emails obtained by

Breitbart Executive Chairman, Steve Bannon, sent Pinkerton an article due to be published on far-right website on the taxonomy of the alt-right.[6]

Personal life

On June 7, 2008, Pinkerton married Elizabeth Dial.

References

  1. ^ Appearances on C-SPAN
  2. ^ "Mike Huckabee Adds James Pinkerton to Campaign Staff". Archived from the original on 2008-01-14. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
  3. ^ "RATE Coalition teams with Coalition for Fair Effective Tax Rates". Biz Journals. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  4. ^ Pinkerton and Loury. "Bloggingheads".
  5. ^ Larison, Daniel (2008-05-24). "Liveblogging The Libertarian Debate". The American Conservative. Retrieved 2016-03-11.
  6. ^ Bernstein, Joseph (2017-10-05). "Here's How Breitbart And Milo Smuggled White Nationalism Into The Mainstream". Retrieved 2021-01-05.

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