Chris Stirewalt

Chris Stirewalt is a contributing editor at The Dispatch, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, the politics editor for NewsNation, co-host of the Ink Stained Wretches podcast, and author of Broken News, a book on media and politics.

Chris Stirewalt

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.

A Problem With Presidents, Not the Presidency 

The biggest problems these days are not with the office, but its occupants.

Stirewaltisms: The Problem of Policy in Politics

What happens when politicians decide that getting power to do the right things makes it necessary to say the wrong things.