Jim Pinkerton joined FOX News Channel in 1996 as a Washington, D.C.-based political analyst. He is also a regular on "FOX News Watch."

Pinkerton worked in the White House under Presidents Reagan and Bush, and also in the 1980, 1984, 1988, and 1992 Republican presidential campaigns. He is currently a columnist for Newsday in New York, a columnist for TechCentralStation.com, and a fellow at the New America Foundation in Washington, D.C.

Pinkerton is the author of "What Comes Next: The End of Big Government and the New Paradigm Ahead."

Pinkerton's work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, USA Today, The New Republic, National Review, Foreign Affairs, Slate.com, Space.com, and many other publications.

He is a graduate of Stanford University.