Tony Blankley

Anthony David Blankley (January 21, 1948 – January 7, 2012) was an American political analyst who served as press secretary for Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and as a regular panelist on ''The McLaughlin Group''. He later became an executive vice president at Edelman, a Washington, D.C.–based public relations firm.

He was a visiting senior fellow in national security communications at The Heritage Foundation and a weekly contributor to the nationally syndicated public radio programme ''Left, Right & Center'', author of ''The West's Last Chance: Will We Win the Clash of Civilizations?'' and ''American Grit: What It Will Take to Survive and Win in the 21st Century''. From 2002 to 2009, he served as editorial page editor at ''The Washington Times''. Provided by Wikipedia