Phil Brennan, a veteran investigative journalist, writes for NewsMax.Com and edits and publishes Wednesday on the Web (http://WWW.pvbr.Com).

A native New Yorker, he moved to Washington in 1956 where he worked in the public relations field, handling such assignments as the Washington end of the successful Alaska Statehood campaign. After working on the Nixon campaign staff in 1960 he was named director of public relations and special projects of the House Republican Policy Committee.

During his years on Capitol Hill he also wrote the "From Washington Straight" column for Bill Buckley's National Review. He was responsible for uncovering the Bobby Baker scandal which resulted in the jailing of the secretary of the Senate, a close confidant of Lyndon Johnson. In 1964 during the Goldwater campaign he organized the GOP Truth Squad and served as its PR director.

In 1968 after working as an administrative assistant for a member of Congress, he moved to Boca Raton, Florida where he continued his journalism career and wrote two unpublished novels and a series of non-fiction books, the last being a history of the Shroud of Turin.

Phil is a veteran of World War II, having served in the US Marine Corps from 1943 to 1946. He is a widower and the father of seven children. He served as sacristan at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church in Boca Raton and is a trustee of the Lincoln Heritage Institute. He is a member of the Association of Former Intelligence Officers.

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5/6/2008 Cooling? Wait Until Next Year  by Phil Brennan Cooling? Wait ‘Til Next Year By Phil Brennan Last December I predicted that the winter of 2007/2008 would force Al Gore to trade in his Nobel prize for a dunce cap and while I haven't noticed it gracing his rather large noggin yet, the sudden realization among cooler heads that "gee, where's all that global warming gone?" seems to be wide ... READ MORE 4/29/2008 Mankind's Deadliest Foe - Radical Environmentalism  by Phil Brennan Mankind’s Deadliest Foe - Radical Environmentalism By Phil Brennan Millions of Africans are dying or facing death, Americans are reeling as gas prices soar, threatening to wreck the economy and drive many into poverty, famine is rearing its ugly head in many areas of the world, and available remedies for these and other serious problems a ... READ MORE 4/22/2008 Warning - Globalist Power Grab Underway  by Phil Brennan Warning: Globalist Power Grab Underway By Phil Brennan King Canute demonstrated the futility of defying nature when he ordered the tides to cease crashing upon the shoreline. Nature ignored him. There was a Biblical precedent to this demonstration of man's inability to command nature when the descendants of Noah tried to avert the dange ... READ MORE

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