Veteran journalist Mike Barnicle has interviewed and profiled countless political and business leaders, union, government and military officials, athletes, celebrities and authors during his four-decade career as an award-winning print and broadcast journalist, and social and political commentator. Barnicle’s signature balance of tough-minded inquiry coupled with empathy with the everyman allows him to uniquely cut to the heart of pressing national and international issues that matter to the American public and impact their daily lives. As a senior contributor on MSNBC’s Morning Joe and a columnist for The Daily Beast, Barnicle brings his incisive analytical style to stories and discussion ranging from the politics of the day, to the economy and jobs, international threats and aggressors, foreign policy, civil rights, gun control, education, poverty, health, veterans’ affairs and much more.