We are proud to introduce Red County Global Affairs. The focus of this new site will be to provide right-of-center insight and analysis of international issues and events that influence and shape U.S. policy at home and abroad. 

Red County has selected Michael Johns as editor and he brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the position. Michael Johns is a health care executive, former U.S. federal government official and conservative policy analyst and writer. In his industry capacities, Michael has held executive management responsibilities in several components of the U.S. and global health care industry.

In addition to his extensive private sector career, Michael has served as a White House speechwriter to President George H. W. Bush, a senior aide to former New Jersey Governor and 9/11 Commission Chairman Tom Kean (R-NJ), and as a senior United States Senate aide to U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME). Michael began his career as a foreign policy analyst at the Washington, D.C.-based Heritage Foundation and as an editor of the foundation's scholarly magazine, Policy Review.

Michael has written for The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, National Review, CBS HealthWatch, Utne Reader, and other national media. He has appeared on PBS, CNBC, C-SPAN, Fox Morning News, and other networks. He is the author of The U.S. and Africa Statistical Handbook (Heritage Foundation, 1990; second edition, 1991) and a contributing author to Freedom in the World: The Annual Guide of Political Rights and Civil Liberties (Freedom House, 1993) and Finding Our Roots, Facing Our Future: America in the 21st Century (Madison Books, 1997).  He also authors a widely-read conservative public policy blog, available at: Michael Johns.

Michael is a graduate of the University of Miami, where he majored in economics and graduated with honors. He can be reached at:  michaeldjohns@gmail.com