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Jason Andrew “Drew” Johnson (born 1979 in Johnson City, Tennessee)[1][2] is a political commentator who was the founder and first president of the Tennessee Center for Policy Research,[3] a free market think tank and watchdog organization based in Nashville, Tennessee. The center is a member of the Atlas Economic Research Foundation's State Policy Network.[4]
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Early life
Johnson earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from Belmont University[5] and a Master of Public Policy degree from Pepperdine University.[6] Prior to founding the Tennessee Center for Policy Research in 2004,[7] Johnson served as a policy analyst at the Alexandria, Virginia-based National Taxpayers Union Foundation.[8]
Career
As a libertarian/fiscally conservative pundit, Johnson frequently authors columns and commentary pieces that have appeared in such newspapers and magazines as Wall Street Journal,[9] Human Events,[10] the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the Tennessean.[11]
Johnson has been a guest on such television programs as The Situation Room, Hannity & Colmes,[12] CNN’s Glenn Beck[13] and The Big Story with John Gibson.[14] He has appeared on radio programs such as the Mike Gallagher radio show,[15] the Sean Hannity Show, the Glenn Beck Program, the Andrew Wilkow show and NPR’s All Things Considered.[16]
In February 2007, Johnson’s charges that environmental activist and former U.S. Vice President Al Gore consumed more electricity in his home every month than the average American household uses in an entire year received widespread media attention.[17][18][19]
Johnson left TCPR at the end of 2009.[20] In May 2011 the Taxpayers Protection Alliance announced that he would join that organization as a senior fellow. [21]
Fellowships and appointments
- Commissioner, Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth (1997-2006). Nashville, Tennessee.
- Board of Academic Advisors, Center for Competitive Politics. Alexandria, Virginia.[22]
- Fellow, Davenport Institute for Public Policy. Malibu, California.
- Koch Fellow, Institute for Humane Studies (2002). Arlington, Virginia.[23]
References
- ^ "TennBarU", "Drew Johnson"
- ^ ABC News, "Al Gore's 'Inconvenient Truth'?--A $30,000 Utility Bill", February 26, 2007
- ^ "National Review", "Fifty flowers bloom: conservative think tanks—mini-Heritage Foundations—at the state level", November 19, 2007
- ^ Jeff Woods, The Great Gadfly: How a baby-faced kid became the governor's No. 1 nemesis, Nashville Scene, September 11, 2008
- ^ "News@Belmont", "Belmont Grad Provides Expert National Political Research", January 22, 2004
- ^ "Pepperdine University School of Public Policy", "Davenport Institute Administration and Fellows"
- ^ "Citizens Against Government Waste", "2008 Tennessee Pork Report"
- ^ "National Taxpayers Union Foundation", "Study: EVERY Democrat Presidential Candidate's Platform Would Raise, Not Lower, Federal Budget Deficits", January 19, 2004
- ^ "Pepperdine University", "Pepperdine In the News", January 2004
- ^ "Tax Reform: Say It Is So, Mr. President". Human Events. September 17, 2004
- ^ "Hope of making a living braiding hair faces unfair tangle", February 17, 2006
- ^ "Fox News.com", "Hannity & Colmes", February 27, 2007
- ^ "CNN.com", "Glenn Beck", May 1, 2007
- ^ "Fox News", "Is Al Gore as Green as He Claims to Be?", February 27, 2007
- ^ "Mike talks president of the Tennessee Center for Policy Research about Al Gore's energy gluttony at his house". Townhall.com. June 19, 2008
- ^ "Tennessee Center for Policy Research", "Drew Johnson - President"
- ^ http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/GlobalWarming/Story?id=2906888&page=1
- ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/feb/28/film.usa2
- ^ "Al Gore’s Personal Energy Use Is His Own 'Inconvenient Truth'", Tennessee Center for Policy Research website, February 26, 2007]
- ^ Clint Brewer Now Top Dog At TCPR, Nashville Post, October 29, 2009
- ^ Government Waste Expert Drew Johnson Joins TPA as Senior Fellow
- ^ "Center for Competitive Politics", "Board of Academic Advisors". Campaignfreedom.org
- ^ "Institute for Humane Studies", "Summer Fellow Class of 2002"
External links
Categories:- Human Events people
- The Wall Street Journal people
- People from Johnson City, Tennessee
- 1979 births
- Living people
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