Joel Skousen is publisher of the World Affairs Brief--a weekly internet news analysis service. He is a conservative political scientist, by training, specializing in foreign policy, as well as the philosophy of law and US Constitutional theory. His main area of research focuses on helping his readers understand the hidden globalist agenda behind US foreign and domestic policy. He has developed a working theory to explain the West=s conflicting policies of both supporting and attacking, at different times and places, contradictory positions on terrorism, Communist-backed revolutions, drugs, money laundering, and organized crime. His unique point of view is widely quoted each week in national interviews.

Mr. Skousen possesses a broad background in various disciplines which allows him to analyze geopolitical issues from personal experience. He is a former Marine infantry officer and fighter pilot and is intimately familiar with security and defense issues.

During the 1980s he was asked to come to Washington DC by Howard Phillips to serve as the Chairman of the Conservative National Committee, during the Reagan administration.

President Reagan was under pressure to accept political compromise, and it was the e Committee’s goal to organize conservative opposition to such compromises that undermined US sovereignty and security. In Washington Joel worked with all the major conservative leaders and learned how the political process works and the dangers that corruption and insider dealing presents to the preservation of liberty, even among some Republican leaders.

While in Washington he also served as the Executive Editor of Conservative Digest under Richard Viguerie where he developed numerous sources around the world that provide him primary information that rarely is seen in established media sources. Combined with his analytical abilities, he began publishing his World Affairs Brief at that time, which is still in publication today. Mr. Skousen travels widely and reads and speaks multiple foreign languages--enabling him to access a wide range of foreign reports.

He is the author of four books, one on law and government, and three on his special design innovations in security architecture:

1. Strategic Relocation--North American Guide to Safe Places
2. The Secure Home--Architectural Design, Construction and Remodeling of Self-Sufficient Residences and Retreats.
3. The High Security Shelter Book.
4. Foundations of the Ideal State--a comprehensive treatise on government structure and practice, constitutional theory, and legal changes necessary to preserve liberty and justice.

Grew up on a cattle farm.

Graduated from the University of Alabama and attended Officer Training School in Texas.

Career Air Force Officer with multiple commands and campaign operations. Operation Desert Shield, Desert Storm, Southern Watch, Desert Fox, Allied Force, Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom, among others. Retired August 2006.

CEO, Baron AG (Consulting Firm) 2006-2009, Gainesville, Florida.

Relocated to Jefferson City, Missouri with spouse, Dr. Jill Brady (Westside Vet Clinic) in 2009 and one daughter, Ilse Lind, born at St Mary’s Hospital in 2012.

Running to break the decades of control by special interests and machine political parties. Slash taxes (do away with draconian income and personal property taxes), cut spending (make government smaller and efficient), and protect personal property (end eminent domain and civil asset forfeiture). Limited government, free enterprise and maximum freedom. Pro-God, Pro-Family, Pro-Life, Pro-Firearm candidate! If you are disaffected, taken for granted or ignored, we’re the campaign for you. Our message is tailor-made for working people and the middle class (which is getting crushed in today’s America), farmers/ranchers and small business owners.