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.
Love, American Style
A healthy republic, like a family, is built on love—for the nation, and for our fellow citizens.
Stirewaltisms: House Forecast Calls for Climate Change
The wind is blowing in a generally Republican direction.
Stirewaltisms: Dems Forget How They Got Here
The party’s only mandate was to stop the crazy cavitations of the Trump era.
Mean Streets, Good Intentions, and the Love Gap
Systematic and institutional thinking is unequal to the plight of individual humans.
Stirewaltisms: Ranked Choices
Checking in from a deep eddy of book tour craziness.
When Toxic Fluff Takes Over the News
An excerpt from Broken News: Why the Media Rage Machine Divides America and How to Fight Back.
Stirewaltisms: GOP Couldn’t Uninstall Trump Ransomware
The tale of the 2022 primary season has been told.
The Perils of Giving Up on Persuasion
Our political parties have emphasized mobilization instead, and a cascade of problems have followed.
Stirewaltisms: Of Presidents and Precedents
Executing a search warrant at a former president’s home is unusual, but there have been plenty of investigations of powerful people.
Trump Is Already a Candidate, So Treat Him Like One
He’s acting like one, fundraising like one, and campaigning like one.