Pat Smathers (D) Lt. Governor

When devastating hurricane floods struck his hometown in 2004, Mayor Pat Smathers had two options: Rebuild or build better.

Smathers, a problem solving Democrat, chose the latter, partnering with fellow community leaders and state government to strengthen the mountain town his family has called home for eight generations.

As mayor, school board attorney and former champion high school and college athlete, Smathers has learned what small towns expect of their leaders: A dedication to success. A willingness to work hard. And the resourcefulness to create solutions that work for everyone.

"It's time to fulfill those expectations at the state level,” says Smathers, a husband, father of two and retired lieutenant colonel in the National Guard. “North Carolinians deserve a leader who will meet our state"s challenges with openness, optimism and invested innovations. As lieutenant governor, I will honor those hometown values we all share.”

Derald Hafner (D) U.S. Congress NC-13

Derald Hafner is an economist and the Democrat candidate in the 2008 congressional elections for the 13th Congressional District of North Carolina. He is seeking the nomination to challenge incumbent Rep. Brad Miller (D-N.C.). The primary will take place in May 2008.

Colonel Dennis Nielsen (D) Governor

Colonel Dennis Nielsen is a retired military officer with 35 years of dedicated service in the United States Air Force. During his committed time of military service he flew a variety of military aircraft including the T-38, F-100, A7, F16 and C26. He was well known throughout the military for his outstanding leadership capabilities and was selected as the Director of Safety for the Air National Guard.

While serving as the Director of Safety at ANG Headquarters in Washington DC he had the responsibility of the flight weapons and ground safety for more than 120,000 military personnel in over 200 locations. His last military assignment before retirement was flying a C-26 surveillance aircraft for the counter drug agency.

During Colonel Nielsen’s service in the military he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross after diverting his A-7 fighter jet during a test flight away from a populated area after engine failure, potentially saving hundreds of lives while risking his own. This award is given only to those who distinguish themselves by heroism or extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight and is given only to exceptional and outstanding individuals.

He was also honored in a memorial statue after his image was captured by a photographer during his rescue of a small child after the crash of flight 232 in Sioux City, Iowa. Additionally, the story of his bravery and leadership was later depicted in a docudrama Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232, 1992.

Colonel Nielsen graduated form the University of Nebraska with a degree in Law Enforcement. He has accomplished graduate studies with in an assortment of subjects including International Studies. He has a number of published articles including; “Zero’s Not a Number but a New Way of Thinking”, “Virtual Safety” and “Vision the Ability to See.”

Col. Nielsen is also an experienced businessman who has operated several small businesses and served on the Board of Directors for others. He and his family also owned and operated a family farm. He was elected to the board of directors of a credit union and served as a member of the Sioux Gateway Airport Disaster Board. His wife, Linda Nielsen, has also owned and operated a fitness center.

Colonel Nielsen has also served a variety of community organizations and nonprofit groups. Presently he serves as the vice president and member of the board of directors of the Air Force Heritage Foundation, a non-profit organization that promotes Air Force History. He is the chairman of the board of directors for a non-profit organization that provides financial counseling and tax preparation to low and moderate income individuals and seniors. Col. Nielsen has worked as a volunteer for various community organizations such as the YMCA coaching both youth soccer and basketball. He has also supported various companion animal rescue organizations with their efforts. Col. Nielsen is currently active in veteran’s affairs and maintains a web site to assist veterans and current military members. He is also a former member of Civil Air Patrol, a volunteer search and rescue organization that mentors young people interested in careers in the aviation.

Greg Dority (R) Lt. Governor

Greg Dority is a 1981 graduate of North Carolina State University where he majored in Political Science. He spent most of the 1980's directing security at the ABC News Washington, DC bureau before departing just prior to the Gulf War in 1991. During the 1990's he worked in various capacities within the security field and traveled extensively in the Balkans and Caucuses. He did his graduate work at The George Washington University and today is Managing Partner of Sterling Security in Washington, North Carolina.
 
Following the events of September 11, 2001 Greg began a professional transition to International Development. His work experience focused on economic restructuring of post-war regions, to include a stint with the Christian humanitarian organization World Vision. In 2003 he served as a member of the United Nations Security Advisory Board in Tirana, Albania.
 
Greg is a widower with a ten year old daughter. His current message of fiscal conservatism is directed toward shaping the future that she and her contemporaries will be challenged with. He makes his home in Washington, North Carolina where he is active in Republican politics and local civic organizations.

Jim Snyder (R) Lt. Governor

James E. Snyder, Jr., was born in Lexington, Davidson County, North Carolina.  He attended Lexington City Schools and graduated from Lexington Senior High School in 1963.  He was named a Morehead Scholar at the University of North Carolina and graduated from Wake Forest College and The Wake Forest University School of Law.  He attended Wake on a basketball scholarship and played tennis as well. 

Following law school, Jim returned to Lexington to practice with his father.  His father passed away, and Jim was appointed to serve his unexpired term as a member of The North Carolina House of Representatives. 

He has been a practitioner in law in Lexington for in excess of 37 years and has been admitted to practice before various Federal Courts in North Carolina and The Supreme Court of the United States.  He was named as one of the five outstanding young leaders in North Carolina by the North Carolina Jaycees and has been a local business leader with Chairmanship of the Board of Managers of Security Bank and Trust/Omni/Central Carolina Bank in Lexington.

In addition to his service in the General Assembly, Jim has taken many opportunities to help build a better community in Lexington and Davidson County.  He served on the Board of Trustees of the Davidson County Community College (1973 to 1981); the Board of Visitors of Wake Forest University Divinity School, The Select Committee of the North Carolina Board of Law Examiners; Lexington Rotary Club, member; Board of Directors United Way, member; Board of Directors at Lexington YMCA; member, and City of Lexington, Human Races Committee, member.

Jim is a conservative thinker and writer who has published sixteen books, three are multiple additions, including the Conservative Mind, “A New Model for Government” and two legal treaties.  

Jim is married to his high school sweetheart, Miss Sandra Joyce Craver, of Lexington, and they have been blessed with two daughters and six grandchildren.  He has been a member of the First Baptist Church in Lexington for his entire life and has served as a deacon and moderator of the Board of Deacons. 

Jim finished second to now Senator Elizabeth Dole in the 2002 North Carolina Republican Primary for U.S. Senate and was the Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor in the 2004 North Carolina General Election receiving in excess of 1.4 million votes. 

Elbie Powers (R) Governor

Born, July 2, 1951 raised and worked on the farm in Robeson county, NC. Share cropping. Graduated from St.Pauls High School 1968.

 Becky who works as a school teacher in Macon county public schools. After her 33 years of teaching school, a very noble profession, today being her very last day of teaching. As of today Feb. 29^th 08' she retires (Leap year day, so she leaped out). To you Becky, Congratulations Honey, job well done. You have paid your dues well.

I currently own a small farm in eastern NC of Sampson county. In 1996 I discontinued row crop farming, cotton, wheat, soybeans switching over to a Pecan orchard consisting of just under 1000 pecan trees. Aerial view of farm in 06'. I produce, process and store all pecans on my farm directing selling to the consumer, restaurant's, bakery's etc. My building where I process all pecans is called "The Nut House, Inc". Yes I will be the first Governor straight from the Nut House.....

Why the run for Governor!!!

I feel current politicians are out of touch with the working class in NC and the United States. They continue to penalize working people for succeeding in life by way of more taxes, while they load our wagons, tell us to pull, many people jump on for the ride. If you, put me at the Governors desk for four years I will hands down out perform any other candidate regarding tax relief. I feel politicians come by each four years trying to tell us they are one of us. I also think the working people should have a safety net and am checking into this (your ideas welcomed). If an elected official does not stand behind their campaign platform, we taxpayers should have a way of replacing them at the half way mark of their term. I ask you, please help get the word out, just compare my plans, to ALL the other candidates.

Adam Fogel is the Right to Vote Director at FairVote-The Center for Voting and Democracy. He developed a voting curriculum for high schools to encourage students to get involved in the political process and register to vote.

Before joining FairVote, Adam served as the Pennsylvania Field Director for a voter registration project funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts that registered over 500,000 new, young voters. He was a fellow at the Center for Political Participation at Allegheny College for two years, where he designed an educational outreach program in high schools called "Why Bother? The Importance of Voting in America.” In 2005, The Institute of Politics at Harvard University adapted “Why Bother?” into a national program.

A Cleveland, Ohio native, Adam earned a B.A. in Political Science and English from Allegheny College in May, 2006. He is currently enrolled in a master's degree program at the Graduate School of Political Management at George Washington University. He resides in Washington, DC.

Jesse Lee Peterson is the American president and founder of The Brotherhood Organization of A New Destiny (BOND), a group dedicated to promoting responsible fatherhood amongst African Americans.

Peterson is a television personality, hosting the Jesse Lee Peterson Show, which is produced and shown by God's Learning Channel. He also hosted the nationally syndicated, conservative "Jesse Lee Peterson Show" radio talk show on the Information Radio Network until December 30, 2005.  It then restarted on April 26, 2007. It is produced by Lanelle Johnson, and the bumper music includes I Won't Back Down, Hotel California, Save Room, What's Going On and Flying Without Wings.

His organization operates several programs, including: the BOND Home for Boys, After School Character-Building Program, Entrepreneur Program, Inmate Rehabilitation Program, and counseling services.

Peterson established the annual "National Day of Repudiation of Jesse Jackson” event. He is a member of the advisory board of Project 21, an African American conservative organization, and former board member of the California Christian Coalition.

On January 17, 2006, Peterson was a party to the case Jesse Lee Peterson, et al., v. Jesse Jackson, et al. (BC 266505), in Los Angeles County Superior Court, after a ruling the previous week by Judge George H. Wu. Judicial Watch filed the lawsuit against Jackson, his son Jonathan, and others on behalf of Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, who was the alleged victim of a physical and verbal assault at an event hosted by Jackson's Rainbow/PUSH Coalition and Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. in December 2001. On January 27, 2006, a Los Angeles jury rejected Peterson's claim that Jesse Jackson had threatened him at a business meeting four years ago. The jury also found Jonathan Jackson did not hit Peterson, but split evenly (six to six) on whether he threatened an assault.

On September 21, 2005 Peterson penned a column for WorldNetDaily, in which he suggested that some of the African-American people stranded in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina were "welfare-pampered," "lazy" and "immoral." Peterson also criticized New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin for blaming President George W. Bush for his lack of response to the crisis, stating that "responsibility to perform legally and practically fell first on the Mayor of New Orleans."

On February 28, 2006, as a member of a student panel discussion at the University of California, Irvine on the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy, Peterson stated that extremist Muslims hate America.  The event was sponsored by the United American Committee and College Republicans, and gained national attention for the controversy and confrontation associated with it.

Peterson is also a member of Choose Black America, an organization of African Americans who oppose illegal immigration.

Peterson has recently made headlines after his call for support of controversial reality television host, Duane "Dog" Chapman.

Matt Lewis is a Contributing Writer for Townhall.com, the largest conservative online opinion, news and community site in America.

Matt is a frequent guest on networks like MSNBC, FOX News, and CNN. He has also appeared on various radio shows, including NPR's Talk of the Nation, The Hugh Hewitt Show, and The Mike Gallagher Show.

He has been quoted by major publications such as, The Washington Post and The New York Times, and has also authored articles for publications such as, Townhall.com, Politico, Human Events Online, and Campaigns & Elections Magazine.

Matt is also a highly sought after speaker, who has spoken for groups such as The Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership, American University's Campaign Management Institute, and Regent University.

In 2002, Campaigns & Elections Magazine selected Matt as a Rising Star of Politics.

Bob Barr represented the 7th District of Georgia in the U. S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003, serving as a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, as Vice-Chairman of the Government Reform Committee, and as a member of the Committee on Financial Services. He now practices law with the Law Offices of Edwin Marger, and runs a consulting firm, Liberty Strategies LLC, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia and with offices in the Washington, D.C. area.

Barr works tirelessly to help preserve our fundamental right to privacy and our other civil liberties guaranteed in the Bill of Rights. Bob does this through his work in a number of forums. For example, he occupies the 21st Century Liberties Chair for Freedom and Privacy at the American Conservative Union, and as a Board Member of the National Rifle Association. Bob is also a member of The Constitution Project's Initiative on Liberty and Security, and he served from 2003 to 2005 as a member of a project at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University addressing matters of privacy and security. In fact, recognizing Bob Barr"s leadership in privacy matters, New York Times columnist William Safire has called him "Mr. Privacy.”

Bob has appeared on virtually every major cable and network television program dealing with public policy matters, and has served as a contributor for CNN. He writes a regular column for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, has hosted a nationally-syndicated weekly radio show, and is a Contributing Editor for The American Spectator. Bob’s writings have appeared in many academic, local, regional, national and international publications. He is the author of “The Meaning of Is, The Squandered Impeachment and Wasted Legacy of William Jefferson Clinton,” published by Stroud & Hall. He is a member of the Board of Advisors for the Georgetown Journal of Law and Public Policy. Bob remains active in political matters, and serves on the Libertarian Party National Committee. Bob is an adjunct professor at Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, GA teaching a graduate course on privacy and public policy; and he serves as a national officer for Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity.

Bob was appointed by President Reagan to serve as the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia (1986-90), and served as President of Southeastern Legal Foundation (1990-91). He was an official with the CIA (1971-78), and has practiced law for many years.

Bob Barr has traveled widely and spoken to audiences across America and internationally, and has served as an official member of the U.S. delegation at several major United Nations conferences. While in the Congress, he led congressional fact-finding trips to other countries and regions, investigating terrorism, international crime and drug trafficking. He speaks to local and national groups on a regular basis.

Also check out our interview with Jill Zimon, columnist at themoderatevoice.com, her blog writeslikeshetalks.com as well as her own personal site jillmillerzimon.com

Cato's executive vice president David Boaz has played a key role in the development of the Cato Institute and the libertarian movement. He is a provocative commentator and a leading authority on domestic issues such as education choice, drug legalization, the growth of government, and the rise of libertarianism. He is the author of Libertarianism: A Primer, described by the Los Angeles Times as "a well-researched manifesto of libertarian ideas," the editor of The Libertarian Reader, and coeditor of the Cato Handbook on Policy. Boaz is the former editor of New Guard magazine and was executive director of the Council for a Competitive Economy prior to joining Cato in 1981. His articles have been published in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, National Review, and Slate. He is a frequent guest on national television and radio shows, and has appeared on ABC's Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher, CNN's Crossfire, NPR's Talk of the Nation and All Things Considered, John McLaughlin's One on One, Fox News Channel, BBC, Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, and other media. His latest book is The Politics of Freedom.

Also Johnnie Garmon, author of You're Not A Democrat, You Just Think You Are!, was born in Greensboro, NC where as an adolescent he grew up on government welfare and lived in government housing. He would later go on to receive his Bachelors Degree in Organizational Development and an MBA in Human Resource Development serving in executive positions for multi million dollar corporations.

Ellis Henican has the most diverse portfolio of anyone working in American journalism today. He is a staff columnist for Newsday, a political analyst at the Fox News Channel and the host of a nationally syndicated weekend show on the Talk Radio Network. He is also the voice of “Stormy” on the hit Cartoon Network series, “Sealab 2021.”

Henican’s award-winning newspaper column -- a personal, opinionated look at the news of the day – appears in the paper’s front news section every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. Working from Newsday’s Manhattan newsroom, he specializes in finding the human angle inside the news. His work puts him in the middle of politics, business, crime, race and the occasional tabloid silliness. One day, he is writing from the campaign trail. The next, he’s digging into a scandal in New York or poking fun at some self-important celebrity. Before taking on his current assignment, Henican wrote Newsday’s subway column, leading the paper to a Pulitzer Prize for the Union Square train wreck.

In recent years, Henican has built a strong presence on TV and radio, appearing on most of the major broadcast and cable networks. He is in his sixth year under contract to the Fox News Channel, where he is a regular fixture on the network’s prime-time, early-morning and mid-day shows. He also fills in as a guest host. At Fox, Henican is known for his lively take on the news and for dissecting complex issue in an engaging way. He has been an integral part of network’s coverage of the Sept. 11th terror attacks, the Clinton impeachment, Election 2004 and virtually every other significant news story of the past six years. His early television experience included co-hosting a weekly transit program on New York-1, the city’s all-news channel. His weekly “Culture Clash” segments -- an irreverent look at television, movies and pop-culture trends – were a popular daytime feature on the USA Network.

Henican has become a familiar voice on talk radio in New York and across America. His new national weekend program, “The Ellis Henican Show,” is syndicated by the Talk Radio Network and heard in several dozen of the nation’s top markets. Each Saturday afternoon, Henican delivers a fast-paced, two-hour romp through the news – local, national, serious, silly and those maddeningly little stories that bug everyone. Before launching his current show, Henican had a 10-year run as a talk host and daily commentator at Bloomberg Radio in New York. On the lighter side, Henican provides the voice for Derek “Stormy” Waters, a good-looking but decidedly dim crewman on “Sealab 2021.” Now in its fourth season, the popular animated program airs Sunday nights on the Cartoon Network as part of the “Adult Swim” programming bloc.

Henican is a sought-after public speaker. His articles have been published in various national magazines, including The New Republic, Cosmopolitan and Penthouse. He has ghost-written two books for Simon & Schuster -- an inside account of the nation’s largest drug-treatment program and a best-selling motivational business book. His work has been recognized with the Meyer Berger Award for Distinguished Writing About New York City, the National Clarion Award for Column Writing and shares of two Pulitzer Prizes for Spot News.

Born in Virginia and raised in New Orleans, Henican earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from Hampshire College. He has a master’s degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, where he won the top student prize, the Pulitzer Traveling Fellowship. He began his career as a reporter at the Kentucky Post and the Albany (N.Y.) Knickerbocker News.

Make sure to check out both his HD radio show and homepage.

Mark Williams is an opinion journalist. He is based in Sacramento, California. Williams is a regular contributor to Fox News Channel, MSNBC and Court TV and writes a newspaper column for the new Sacramento Union newspaper. Additionally he has filled in for radio talk hosts on a number of radio outlets.

He coined the term "Hildebeast" and uses it on TV, in print and on the radio to refer to Hillary Clinton. While extremely supportive of the invasion of Iraq (and an advocate of invading Iran while suggesting that Mecca also be "high on our list"), and out in front of the movement to deport illegal aliens, he also supports same sex marriage, stating that a true conservative believes that the government should leave people's bedrooms alone. He is very active in raising funds for pet shelters and adoption efforts. His dog, "Casey the pound dog" often appears when he shows up to protest Arnold Schwarzenegger (for whom he coined the term "Schwarzenkennedy"). Casey has also appeared on TV as a "spokesdog" for animal adoptions.

Williams led listeners on a lobbying trip to Capitol Hill in a drive to support immigration reform. In 2005 he and his wife (Holly) traveled to Iraq and broadcast several shows from various locations around Baghdad.

In June 2007 Williams formed MarkTalk LLC, an Internet-based, on-demand content delivery project anchored by his own daily Podcast and incorporating Podcasts, Web streams and Internet Radio from other professional journalists; interactive audio, video and text commentary.  Check out his show, The Mark Williams Show, at marktalk.com

Floyd Brown is an author, speaker and media commentator.

Time magazine wrote: “Brown has stature among devoted conservatives that almost matches his physical heft (6 ft. 6 in. and 240 lbs.)”

He is president of Excellentia Inc., a consulting company specializing in non profit organizational strategy, development and marketing.

From 2001 until 2006 he served as the executive director of Young America’s Foundation, which saved Rancho del Cielo also known as Ronald Reagan’s Ranch or Western White House. As executive director Brown oversaw the preservation of the historic ranch and the building of the 20 million dollar Reagan Ranch Center in downtown Santa Barbara, California.

Brown is the author of three books and wrote the first bestselling Clinton expose Slick Willie: Why America Cannot Trust Bill Clinton in 1992. He was credited with launching the impeachment movement against President Clinton.

Brown has written extensively for many publications including the San Francisco Chronicle, the Washington Times, National Review and Human Events. As a commentator he has appeared on numerous network and cable TV shows including: CNN’s Crossfire, the CBS Evening News, ABC’s Primetime, NBC’s Today Show, FOX News, MSNBC and more. From 1995 until 2000 he hosted his own talk radio show on Seattle’s KVI 570 AM.

As a speaker he has traveled coast to coast speaking at many universities including Dartmouth, University of Pennsylvania, Notre Dame, University of Miami and the California Polytechnic University (Cal-Poly).

In 1988 Brown formed Citizens United. Citizens United is the largest conservative citizens’ action organization in America. Several Brown organized campaigns have been studied for their effectiveness; these include the effort to secure the confirmation of Judge Clarence Thomas, and the independent campaigns against Michael Dukakis and Bill Clinton. The anti Dukakis effort produced the famous “Willie Horton” commercial.

He is active in the Republican Party and was a delegate to both the 2000 and 1996 National conventions. In 1996 he served on that Republican National Convention Platform Committee. He has been an advisor and consultant to many political campaigns including the Bush, Dole and Forbes for President campaigns. He managed the Dole for President campaign in Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota and Nebraska in 1988.

He served in President Reagan’s campaigns and as a political appointee in the Reagan administration. He credits a meeting with President Reagan in 1976 for sparking his interest in public service.You may visit his website at www.floydbrown.com

Ron Maxwell is an independent film director and writer from Clifton, New Jersey. He is most famous for directing the American Civil War epics Gettysburg (1993) and Gods and Generals (2003).  The third part of the Civil War trilogy written by Michael Shaara and his son Jeffrey Shaara, The Last Full Measure, is a project currently waiting for financial backing, since the bankroller of the first two parts, Ted Turner, backed out following the poor reception of Gods and Generals.  This may be due in part to the media's reaction to United States Senator, George Allen (Republican-Virginia) and Senator Robert Byrd (Democrat-West Virginia) appearing in cameo roles, both playing Confederate officers. Texas Senator Phil Gramm appears as a member of the Virginia Legislature early in the film.

Mr. Maxwell graduated from New York University (NYU) Institute of Film in the late 1960s and is a member of the Writers Guild of America, East, Directors Guild of America and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.  He is presently in post-production on a full-length feature film documentary about immigration reform.

 

Don't miss this hilarious interview with Steve Young, a former stand-up comedian, whos social and political satire is recognized as some of the funniest, yet still poignant, observations with his stories regularly gracing the op-ed pages of major newspapers across the country and placing Steve in demand as a TV "pundit" on networks such as the Fox News Channel and CNN, as well as appearing on The Today Show, Connie Chung and Good Morning America.

As contributing editor at the Writer Guild Of America’s "Written By" magazine, Steve’s reputation has given him serious entrance to the best writers and producers in the industry while also allowing him one more outlet to lampoon the entertainment business he cares so much about.

No matter what the venue, Steve always seems to be creating something unique and important.  In TV he has written for Boy Meets World, Cybill, The Smart Guy and (the new) Family Affair, as well as being acknowledged with the Prism Award and a Humanitas nomination. 

As a film director/writer Steve turned the power brokers of Hollywood on their funny bones with his biting/satirical film, My Dinner With Ovitz (www.mydinnerwithovitz.com).

As an author of the inspiring "Great Failures Of The Extremely Successful" (Tallfellow Press, Sept 2002) he was able to get the greats of many different fields to share their remarkable stories of adversity. Of "Great Failures...", Jack Canfield, co-creator of "Chicken Soup For The Soul," said, "When you finish reading this amazing book, you will never let failure or fear of failure stand in your way again."

Steve has more than shown his grasp of creating stories and characters that both entertain and enlighten (without it being jammed down our children’s throats).  Executive editor, Rosemary Brosnan of his whacked-out novel, "130 Tales of Winchell Mink" (Harper Collins 2004), "...it's one of the funniest and freshest manuscripts I've ever read."  "15 Minutes" (Harper Collins, 2005), another fun adventure novel, will follow.

Also, be sure to also check out the second half of the show with Chad Foster, Mayor of the City of Eagle Pass, Texas and also the President of the Texas Border Coalition.  Eagle Pass has been sued by the U.S. government for access to land to construct a border fence between the United States and Mexico.

Mayor Foster's organization was founded in 1998, when communities throughout the Texas Border Region came together to form the Texas Border Infrastructure Coalition (TBIC) to develop key recommendations for the 76th Texas Legislature. Cities, counties, workforce development organizations, community colleges, universities, and hundreds of individuals participated in subcommittees charges with the responsibilities of developing strategies to address the infrastructure needs of the region.

Today, the organization is known as the Texas Border Coalition (TBC) and it continues to be a collective voice of border mayors, county judges, and communities on issues that affect Texas-Mexico board region quality of life. TBC's vision is to be recognized leader and authority for the Texas-Mexico region in order to bring attention to the infrastructure needs of the communities along the border.

Goldberg is a 1991 graduate of Goucher College. His was the first class at Goucher to admit men. He was active in student politics and was the co-editor of the school newspaper, The Quindecim, for two years. He and Andreas Benno Kollegger were the first men to run the paper.

In 1994 he was a founding producer for Wattenberg's Think Tank with Wattenberg,. That same year he moved to New River Media, an independent television production company, which produced "Think Tank" as well as numerous other television programs and projects. Goldberg worked on a large number of television projects across the United States, as well as in Europe and Japan.

Goldberg joined National Review as a contributing editor in 1998. By the end of that year he was asked to launch National Review Online as a sister publication to National Review. He served as editor of National Review Online for several years, and is now editor-at-large.

Goldberg has a National Review Online column, the "Goldberg File", and a second, syndicated column, available from Townhall.com, which tends to be more uniformly serious in tone than his National Review Online column, which he has written regularly since September 11, 1998. He has also written for The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, Commentary, The Public Interest, The Wilson Quarterly, The Weekly Standard, the New York Post, The Women’s Quarterly, and Slate. The Los Angeles Times added Goldberg to its editorial lineup in 2005.

His book Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, from Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning (ISBN 0-385-51184-1) was published in January 2008. While in preparation, it had a number of different subtitles, including "The Totalitarian Temptation From Hegel to Whole Foods" and "The Totalitarian Temptation From Mussolini to Hillary Clinton".