Michael Johns  

Conservative writer and Republican strategist Michael Johns, a former White House speechwriter and Heritage Foundation policy analyst, tonight will discuss his thesis that the fastest growing division among Americans is not between social classes, races, or even political ideologies, but between the majority of Americans who identify strongly with the United States and its values and maintain pride in the nation's founding principles, and a much smaller but growing population of Americans who hold the United States in disdain and maintain limited and sometimes no loyalty to the nation and its founding principles. Johns argues that the extensive focus on ideological and political divisions between conservatives and liberals and Republicans and Democrats have largely overshadowed this faster growing and vastly more threatening national division.

Johns will discuss this topic and the state of American patriotism generally this evening, July 31, 2008, from 10:30pm EDT/7:30pm PDT until midnight EDT/9pm PDT on The Warren Michaels Show on BlogTalkRadio, one of the world's largest online radio stations. The broadcast will be available live throughout the United States and most nations of the world, and a replay of it will be available following its conclusion. Both the live show and its replay can be heard online at: The Warren Michaels Show on BlogTalkRadio.

About Michael Johns:

Michael Johns is a health care executive, former U.S. federal government official and conservative policy analyst and writer. In his industry capacities, Johns has held executive management responsibilities in several components of the U.S. and global health care industry.

In addition to his extensive private sector career, Johns has served as a White House speechwriter to President George H. W. Bush, a senior aide to former New Jersey Governor and 9/11 Commission Chairman Tom Kean (R-NJ), and as a senior United States Senate aide to U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME). Johns began his career as a policy analyst at the Washington, D.C.-based Heritage Foundation, one of the world's most influential public policy research institutes, and as an editor of the foundation's scholarly magazine, Policy Review.

Johns has written for The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, National Review, CBS HealthWatch, Utne Reader, and other national media. He has appeared on PBS, CNBC, C-SPAN, Fox Morning News, and other networks. Johns is also the author of a conservative public policy blog. He holds a Bachelor's in Business Administration from the University of Miami, where he majored in economics and graduated with honors.

About Warren Michaels:

Warren Michaels is an accomplished songwriter and composer of American patriotic music. He has collaborated with many accomplished musicians, including Ed Solan (engineer for the rock band Kiss) and Rob Sabino (a keyboardist and music producer for David Bowie, Madonna, Simon & Garfunkel, and other artists). Michaels' most popular songs include "Lady by the Sea," "Purple Hearted Heroes," and "Toys for Tots Train."

In addition to his career as a musician and radio talk show host, Michaels has been an advocate for several organizations supportive of U.S. veterans and their interests. A native of New York City, Michaels began his career as a United States Naval technician aboard the USS Richard E. Byrd, a guided missile destroyer.