Author Archives: Scott McConnell
About Scott McConnell
Scott McConnell is a founding editor of TAC
Why Not a Merit-Based Immigration System?
Reihan Salam’s latest book makes the case for an overhaul along Trumpian lines.
TAC at 15: Still Fighting After All These Years
One of our founders on how GOP-led regime change across Middle East birthed this influential conservative ‘countercultural’ magazine.
The Enoch Powell Question
As America divides and controversy over mass immigration mounts, did his “Rivers of Blood” speech get it right?
What Trump Got Right About Charlottesville
Was the apoplectic media watching the same press conference?
The Sly Effort to Criminalize the BDS Movement in the U.S.
Boycott support would dry up if Israel embraced a two-state solution
France After Le Pen’s Thumping
France does need a successful patriotic right in order to survive, and the forces to create one do exist.
Le Pen Lands Blows in Final Debate, but No Knockout
Macron seems genuinely to not have a nationalist bone in his body.
Marine Le Pen Tries to Shake Off the Burden of Her Father
The circumstance that gave her a media platform and an instant political base is now a weight around her ankles.
Macron Haunted by the ‘Ni, Ni’
Will pro-communist voters rush out and give a large landslide to a former Rothschild investment banker?
Le Pen Wins Day Two, and Day Three As Well
If you just came in from a foreign country and looked at the news, you might think she could beat Macron.
Gladhanding Investment Bankers Not the Best Look for Macron
He is a genuine man of mystery.
Le Pen Will Get Her Chance
The first poll shows Macron beating Le Pen 62–38. I’m pretty sure she’ll do better than that.
Causeur Editor Gil Mihaely Sits Down with TAC
The French magazine believes in sovereign states with borders.
The Battle for France
The new intellectualism of cultural anxiety
Le Pen Doubles Down at Crunch Time
Her ideal France wants simply to be able to be itself.
Emmanuel Macron, Blairite for the Current Season
He is an appealing candidate in many ways and would be more so under different circumstances.
Did Le Pen Trip or Boost Herself With Her Holocaust Reference?
Her position was one long maintained by both de Gaulle and Mitterrand.
The Muslim ‘Issue’ in the French Campaign
It’s always present but little discussed.
France: Veering Left? Right?
Who knows.
Fifteen Years of TAC
The magazine could never have survived without support from readers.
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