Jim Geraghty

Jim Geraghty is a contributing editor to National Review and the guest host of the Hugh Hewitt show on the Salem Radio Network. Previously, he was a foreign correspondent, based in Turkey, for several U.S. news and conservative publications:  National Review, New York Sun, Philadelphia Inquirer, and Washington Times.

The Washington Post referred to his blog as having the "Best Political Dirt" in the 2004 United States presidential campaign, while the Times of London commended his "killer instinct" in blog coverage of John Kerry, a phrase echoed by the title of his book, Voting to Kill: How 9/11 Launched the Era of Republican Leadership. Booklist, of the American Library Association, reviewed the book and described his premise that the Republican support comes not from "family values" social conservatism, but rather "national security and safety in the face of terrorist threats. Americans favor a political party they think will not hesitate to kill terrorists. Drawing on recollections by ordinary Americans of the fear they felt on 9/11 as they faced the harrowing choice of which child to pick up from school first, Geraghty believes this fear created "Security Moms and Dads" singularly focused on safety who believe that Republicans are most likely to deliver on that issue."

In 2008, he was a Media Fellow at the Hoover Institution. Earlier in his career, he was a reporter for the States News Service, the Dallas Morning News, Congressional Quarterly and on the web.