: About Me

Michael Johns is a United States health care executive, former federal government official and conservative policy analyst and writer.

In his industry capacities, Michael has held functional responsibility for executive management, sales and marketing management, investor relations, Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance contracting and other functions.

In addition to his extensive private sector experience, Michael was a White House Speechwriter to President George H. W. Bush, a public affairs aide to the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, and a senior aide to former New Jersey Governor and 9/11 Commission Chairman Tom Kean and U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe. He also has served as a policy analyst at The Heritage Foundation and an editor of the foundation's magazine, Policy Review.

Michael is the author of one book, The U.S. and Africa Statistical Handbook (Heritage Foundation, 1990, second edition, 1991) and a contributing author to two others, Freedom in the World: The Annual Guide to Political Rights and Civil Liberties (Freedom House, 1993) and Finding Our Roots, Facing Our Future: America in the 21st Century (Madison Books, 1997).

Michael has written for The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, The Washington Times, National Review, CBS HealthWatch and other publications. He has appeared on PBS, CNBC, C-SPAN, Fox Morning News and other networks.

He is the author of a blog on public policy-related issues that has been ranked by Technorati as one of the most widely read blogs on the web (within the top 0.5 percent of all blogs, in terms of total readership).

Michael graduated with honors from the University of Miami with a Bachelors in Business Administration and a major in economics.

He resides in Deptford, New Jersey and Emmaus, Pennsylvania and can be reached by e-mail at: michaeldjohns@gmail.com

Assistant Editor, Policy Review magazine.

Politics, News & Issues > Economic News April 2007: Dow hits 13,000

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Predictions of the demise of the American economy are, regrettably, routine these days, but don't be fooled. They also are vastly overrated. For the past six months at least, we have been subjected to routine predictions of sluggish growth, diminished productivity among small and mid-size capitalized companies, and euphoric fascination with the growth prospects in the so-called BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China). Not to take anything away from the fascinating promise of these four nations, but this week's development: the Dow Jones Industrial Average blowing right through 13,...

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