Timothy P. Carney

Timothy P. Carney is a columnist and reporter in Washington, D.C., with an expertise in rooting out just who stands to profit from politicians’ latest “reform” proposals. Tim’s first book, The Big Ripoff: How Big Business and Big Government Steal Your Money, won the Templeton Enterprise Award in 2008 from the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, and the Lysander Spooner Award for the “best book on liberty” in 2006.

Trained under veteran columnist Robert Novak, Tim is currently the lobbying editor and a columnist at the Washington Examiner. He lives with his expecting wife and two children in the D.C. area.