Chris Stirewalt

Chris Stirewalt is a contributing editor of The Dispatch and senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. Read his weekly column here on Mondays and his politics newsletter, Stirewaltisms, on Fridays.

Chris Stirewalt

It’s Time to Krauthammer the Curriculum

One solution for fixing the anti-intellectualism of the nationalist right.

Republicans Know the 1-2-3s of Trump Scandals

Attack, minimize, and move on.

Stirewaltisms: Erin Go Biden

How the president reversed his fortunes in a year.

The Power of a Bad Idea 

Howell Cobb used phony theological, pseudo-scientific babble to argue for the perpetuation of slavery.

Stirewaltisms: Fail Fast

The most valuable attribute in a candidate might be knowing when to quit.

Bill Sammon, the Deer Hunter

How the former managing editor of Fox News kept his head while everyone else seemed to be losing theirs.

Stirewaltisms: The Space Between ‘Back the Blue’ and ‘Defund the Police’

How Republicans botched the issue of police brutality, and Democrats have botched the issue of crime.

Divorced From Reality

Americans already live the way they want to live, where they want to live.

Stirewaltisms: Can DeSantis Go the Distance?

Media speculation about his candidacy heats up.

The Soda Code

The appeal of DeSantis among Republican supporters.