“Smart.” – Michael Barone, Washington Examiner
“Perceptive.” – Andrew Malcolm, Los Angeles Times
“Ben always has something interesting to say. He’s on my regular click-list.” – Rob Long, National Review
“That person.” – Robert Gibbs, The White House
Benjamin Domenech is a research fellow for The Heartland Institute and managing editor of Health Care News, as well as editor in chief of The City, an academic journal on politics and culture.
He previously served as speechwriter to U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson, and as chief speechwriter for U.S. Senator John Cornyn of Texas.
An editor of multiple New York Times bestsellers, Domenech co-founded Redstate, a prominent site described by National Journal as the most widely-read conservative blog on Capitol Hill. He is a contributor to several blogs, including RealClearWorld and BigGovernment. He also co-hosts one of the most popular center-right podcasts, the award-winning Coffee & Markets.
A widely published writer for print and online publications, Domenech’s writing and columns have been published in Investor’s Business Daily, The Washington Post, The Washington Examiner, The Washington Times, The Hill, The Chicago Sun-Times, The Dallas Morning News, The Oregonian, The Richmond Times-Dispatch, The Orange County Register, The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, The Tampa Tribune, Human Events, The Daily Caller, National Review Online, Crosswalk, Boundless, CBSNews.com, Yahoo.com and more.
In 1998, he was appointed by President Bill Clinton as a delegate to the president’s White House commission on Social Security and retirement savings. In 2009 he was selected as a journalism fellow by the Peter Jennings Project for Journalists and the Constitution.
He lives with his wife in Virginia.