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About Daniel McCarthy

Daniel McCarthy is the editor of The American Conservative. His writing has appeared in a wide variety of other publications, including The Spectator, Reason, Modern Age, and Orion. Outside of journalism, he has worked as internet communications coordinator of the Ron Paul 2008 presidential campaign and senior editor of ISI Books. He is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, where he studied classics. Follow him on Twitter.

The Mark Sanford Saga Gets Weirder

Posted on April 17, 2013

If you’ve read Michael Brendan Dougherty’s profile of Mark Sanford—or, for that …

Punks for Thatcher

Posted on April 15, 2013

“Saturday Night Live” takes the mickey (below), but there were a few …

Long-Term Unemployment Is a Long-Term National Problem

Posted on April 15, 2013

Matthew Yglesias points to Rand Ghayad’s research showing—unsurprisingly—that employers are reluctant to …

Liberty Isn’t Just Property—So What Is It?

Posted on April 15, 2013

Ownership and government are two kinds of power, and each needs checks.

How a Federal Republic Becomes an Ideological Empire

Posted on April 15, 2013

George Carey a few years ago noted a some reasons why America’s …

Why Republicans Should Embrace Change

Posted on April 12, 2013

Nate Cohn lays out the dismal future for the Republican Party if …

Ron Paul Launches a Foreign-Policy Institute

Posted on April 12, 2013

The former Texas congressman gave voice to a noninterventionist foreign policy when …

How the Kermit Gosnell Story Is Like Trayvon Martin’s

Posted on April 12, 2013

The grisly details make for compelling news, but this story is about abortion, and how it emblemizes pro-life arguments.

What the GOP Can Learn From Thatcher’s Party’s Last Success

Posted on April 12, 2013

I may have helped popularize the now well-known fact that Republicans have …

Richard Nixon Evolves

Posted on April 12, 2013

John B. Judis, in Grand Illusion: Critics and Champions of the American …

The Churches of Thatcher

Posted on April 11, 2013

The late prime minister was marked by her early Methodism, even after …

The Best Thing About “Argo”

Posted on April 10, 2013

…were the vintage sports jackets Ben Affleck got to wear. The film …

Is a Multicultural England a Catholic England?

Posted on April 9, 2013

Interesting essay by Eamon Duffy in the Telegraph, who says it’s time …

Just as the Reagan Revolution Began Under Carter….

Posted on April 9, 2013

…attempts by the British government to curtail the failing welfare state of …

Tories and Conservatives: A Study in Contrast

Posted on April 8, 2013

Andrew Sullivan notes one of the ironies of the Thatcher era: “She …

Thatcherism’s Secret Was Sex Appeal

Posted on April 8, 2013

Liz Kulze had the same idea I did for adding to the …

What Comes After the Age of Ideology?

Posted on April 8, 2013

Geoffrey Wheatcroft, writing in the TLS, looks back on the life and work …

Huntsman: Our Political Culture Is a National-Security Risk

Posted on April 5, 2013

At the Reagan library, the former governor proposes trade and diplomacy in place of war.

Do You Really Want to Write a Book?

Posted on April 5, 2013

John Winters describes himself at Salon as “a self-publishing failure.” His mystery …

W. James Antle’s Devouring Freedom

Posted on April 4, 2013

Longtime American Conservative contributing editor W. James Antle has an important new …

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