Brian McNicoll: Biography and Latest Articles

Biography

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.

Articles

Biden Administration Takes a Step Back on Railroad Safety

By Brian McNicoll

As if we didn’t have enough factors putting upward pressure on prices, the Biden administration this week proposed a rule ...

August 07, 2022

Regulators Acting As Judge, Jury and Executioner for Railroads

By Brian McNicoll

The Surface Transportation Board held two long open sessions in late April – a total of nearly 18 hours of ...

May 17, 2022

When Media Bias Is Worse Than It Appears

By Brian McNicoll

We’ve long been familiar with media bias, where the opinions of those who own or produce news make their way ...

January 27, 2022

The Postal Service’s Expensive Identity Crisis

By Brian McNicoll

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has entered the spotlight once again following a lawsuit filed earlier this month by 20 state ...

October 21, 2021

When Journalists Are Activists, It’s Hard to Trust Their Journalism

By Brian McNicoll

Charles Glasser, the brilliant media lawyer, posted to his Facebook page last week an item about a panel discussion scheduled for ...

August 24, 2021

What Is Rand Paul Thinking With This Endorsement?

By Brian McNicoll

With the departure of Justin Amash, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is the closest thing to a libertarian left in Congress. ...

July 24, 2021

Keep Keeping Government Away from Drug Price Negotiations

By Brian McNicoll

Like cockroaches, the same bad ideas keep emerging from the Biden administration and its Democrat friends in Congress.We’ve created a ...

July 07, 2021

How to Identify Those Souters in Sheep’s Clothing

By Brian McNicoll

To this day, if you want to bring chills to the spines of conservative Republicans, just mention the name David ...

May 20, 2021

Bail Money from the Well-Heeled Keeps Protest Movements Alive

By Brian McNicoll

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler has gotten tough when it comes to dealing with what has become a semi-permanent class of ...

December 18, 2020

American Contractors Left Behind in Kuwaiti Prisons on Often-Trumped Up Drug Charges

By Brian McNicoll

Imagine if President Trump could have held the election a week later. The Monday following the vote featured news Pfizer ...

November 27, 2020

U.S. To Release Funds to Nigeria Despite Attacks on Religious, Press Freedoms

By Brian McNicoll

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said religious freedom is the United States’ top foreign policy priority. President Trump warned Nigerian President ...

April 30, 2020