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Brian McNicoll is a conservative columnist and freelance writer based in Alexandria, Va. He has worked as a newspaper writer, editor and columnist, as a senior writer for The Heritage Foundation and as director of communications for the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. He also is a high-level girls basketball coach. McNicoll, who hails from Shreveport, La., is married with two children.
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Brian McNicoll (Dec 16, 2011)
Look, I know you’re probably not going to vote for Buddy Roemer for president, even if he somehow wrangles his way onto the primary ballot in your state. And I’m not even... more
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Brian McNicoll (Nov 22, 2011)
There is a problem with the Bowl Championship Series, but it’s not the one you probably think.
College football doesn’t need a playoff. A traditional playoff system – an... more
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Brian McNicoll (Nov 12, 2011)
Back in 1999, I was driving into State College for a Penn State football game, listening to the pregame show on the radio.
They were interviewing Jerry Sandusky about his... more
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Brian McNicoll (Nov 09, 2011)
For a couple of weeks, the narrative of Occupy Wall Street coverage was that, beyond the opportunity to decry greed, no one could be clear what the protesters wanted. Then,... more
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Brian McNicoll (Oct 05, 2011)
Any time you see a poll of, say, the best third basemen of all time or the best guitarists or the best presidents, you will notice a bias in favor of the modern. Even among... more
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Brian McNicoll (Sep 30, 2011)
Of all the absolutely mindless things coming out of Washington these days, it’s hard for me to imagine anything more mindless than the Obama administration’s thinking on... more
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Brian McNicoll (Sep 11, 2011)
Our most-pro-abortion president ever is at it again.
As Tony Perkins, my fellow Louisianan and ally in the culture wars, pointed out on Wednesday, the... more
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Brian McNicoll (Sep 06, 2011)
This year, Labor Day fell three days before President Obama plans to address the nation on the subject of jobs.
We know what he won’t say because his first instinct – and... more
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Brian McNicoll (Sep 02, 2011)
Somewhere in the files of The Heritage Foundation there is a photo of President Clinton holding up a Heritage report for photographers to see.
The report, issued in 1993 at... more
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Brian McNicoll (Aug 31, 2011)
“Paging the Onion … Do we really need a national weather service? (From FOX News, of course).”
This is a tweet from Eric Boehlert, who works for the George Soros-funded... more