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

What You Get Out of College Is Who You Put Into It

College is far more a reflection of status than it is a path by which to reach it.

Indulging Some What-Ifs

A primer on filing deadlines, primary season, and what happens if a nominee is incapacitated.

There’s No Place Like Rome

An interview with Travis Kelce.

RFK JR. Could Play Spoiler, but Not for Biden

He’s more popular with right-leaning Americans than with Democrats.

It’s the Hope That Kills You

Republicans are setting themselves up for a crisis of overconfidence.

A Classless Society, Indeed 

America is taking an increasingly quick trip from authenticity to having no class.

Trump Goes Looking for the Union Label

The former president has planned a different kind of counterprogramming for the GOP debate.

Last Exit to Wheeling

The forgotten man.

Politics by the Numbers Is Not Enough 

Neither polls nor demography can really tell candidates or journalists what will end up working.

The General Election Mirage

Voters have not yet forced themselves to consider the choice that seems likely to await them next year.