This is me, Ben Domenech. I’m sitting next to Stephen Colbert. We both grew up in Charleston, South Carolina. For some reason, he did not need a title card for identification purposes. Go figure.

I’ve worked as a speechwriter for HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson and as chief speechwriter for Texas Senator John Cornyn, as well as writing for numerous other politicians. I’ve had the privilege of working as a book editor on a few New York Times bestsellers penned by some excellent authors, I’ve written freelance articles for a number of newspapers and magazines, and I co-founded Redstate in 2004.

These days, I’m the editor of The City, a journal of thought focused on faith and reason, and published by Houston Baptist University. I also write about politics, markets, and culture — mostly at The New Ledger and occasionally at CBS News.

You can email me at bdomenech [at] newledger [dot] com. You can also follow me on Twitter.