Author Archives: Scott Galupo

About Scott Galupo

Scott Galupo is a freelance writer living in Arlington, Va. In addition to contributing to The American Conservative, he writes for TheWeek.com and reviews live music for The Washington Post. He was formerly a staff writer for The Washington Times and worked on Capitol Hill. He lives with his wife and two children and writes about politics to support his guitar habit. Follow him on Twitter @ScottGalupo.

Government ‘Revel’-ing in Private-Sector Investment

Posted on February 20, 2013

President Obama is not a closet socialist or cunningly patient radical. What …

In Search of a ‘Solidaristic Center-Right’

Posted on February 18, 2013

I agree with nearly every word of Pete Spiliakos’s post in reaction …

Why Conservatives Still Share a Tent With Calhoun

Posted on February 14, 2013

Southern anti-democratic sentiments are a part of the GOP’s history, but the same ideas can be used to defend minorities too.

On Character Formation and Tolerating Non-Euphoria

Posted on February 12, 2013

Rod Dreher speaks up for the indispensability of morally formative good manners, …

The Balanced Budget Amendment Rears Its Farcical Head Again

Posted on February 11, 2013

After the unsatisfying conclusion of the fiscal cliff saga, House GOP leaders …

What Iran Wants

Posted on February 7, 2013

I’ve noticed a dubious new PR tactic that hawkish senators are employing …

Obama Feeling Sequester Squeeze

Posted on February 5, 2013

Last week I predicted that the fourth-quarter GDP scare would spook the …

Judd Gregg’s Nonstarter of a Fiscal Compromise

Posted on February 4, 2013

Former Sen. Judd Gregg’s heart is in the right place—but it’s also …

Chuck Hagel’s Thought Crime

Posted on February 1, 2013

Of all of defense secretary nominee Chuck Hagel’s “inquisitors” at yesterday’s Senate …

Damocles’s Sword of Sequester

Posted on January 31, 2013

Yesterday’s cold shower of a GDP estimate showing a slight contraction in …

The Boy Scouts, Gays, and Civil Society Minding Its Own Business

Posted on January 29, 2013

In the entry on judicial activism found in the classic Prejudices: A …

David Mamet Reluctantly Admits* Gun Control Works

Posted on January 28, 2013

The filmmaker-playwright David Mamet, of whose hot-and-bothered political conversion I’m decidedly not …

The Flaw in Marco Rubio’s Immigration Jujitsu

Posted on January 25, 2013

Here’s a potential stumbling block for Sen. Marco Rubio’s strategy of whispering …

Marco Rubio and Mark Levin’s ‘Lightbulb’

Posted on January 25, 2013

HuffPo’s Jon Ward has an illuminating little item on Sen. Marco Rubio’s …

Obama Should Green-Light Keystone Pipeline

Posted on January 24, 2013

In a recent column mocked by liberal bloggers, David Brooks earnestly suggested …

The Calculated Melodrama of Obama’s Second Inaugural

Posted on January 23, 2013

Where does the president’s democratic Hamiltonianism leave Republicans?

The Debt Ceiling Bomb: Defused

Posted on January 18, 2013

After the New Year’s Day deal on the fiscal cliff, conservatives salivated …

A Natural—But Not a Second Amendment-Guaranteed—Right to Own a Gun?

Posted on January 17, 2013

Reviving Garry Wills’s quirky interpretation of the right to bear arms

The GOP Deserves Credit for Stabilizing Deficits, But Plight of Unemployed Ignored

Posted on January 15, 2013

In his confrontational press conference yesterday, President Obama claimed that if Congress …

On Immigration, Rubio Recycles Bush

Posted on January 14, 2013

To salvage some sort of positive news from the fiscal cliff deal, …

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