Writings Archive

Below is a partial archive of my publications since about 2019, with some earlier ones here and there. I do not write anywhere near full-time, but will contribute to various policy journals and commentary websites occasionally. I might eventually post some of my relevant longer journal entries and Facebook posts on the blog and share here; but for now, expect this to be updated whenever I publish someplace.

Some of My Favorite Pieces

Lives of the New Dealers (American Affairs)

The Meaninglessness is the Point (The Dispatch; In Review: Civil War)

We’re All Nixon Now (The National Interest)

Henry Clay and the Politics of Union (Fusion)

Chancellor Buttigieg, Chancellor Vance, and the Politics of Union (Renew the Republic)

The Unionist Paradigm and the American Civil Religion: Two Heuristics on American Nationhood in Historical Imagination (Cosmos + Taxis)

Are There Different Ways to be a Good Patriot? (The Deseret News)

The Killer Apes of Mount Rainier (The American Conservative; In Review: Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre, by Max Brooks)

Richard Nixon, New Deal Nationalist (Modern Age; In Review: The Last Liberal Republican: An Insider’s Perspective on Nixon’s Surprising Social Policy, by John Roy Price)

A Tragedy, Not a Puzzle (Comment; In Review: High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out, by Amanda Ripley)

Between Caesar and Christ in Maryland (Starting Points Journal; In Review: Our Dear-Bought Liberty: Catholics and Religious Toleration in Early America, by Michael Breidenbach)

Political Party Problems are Tainting the “American Dream” (The National Interest; In Review: The Next Realignment: Why America’s Parties are Crumbling, and What Happens Next, by Frank DiStefano)

Coronavirus and the American Frontier Spirit: An Opportunity for Change (The National Interest)

Patriots for Ideals, Patriots for Heritage (RealClearPublicAffairs)

The Conservative Case for Expanded National Service (RealClearPolicy)

Braver Angels Media–

Building a House United: The Political Understanding of Better Angels

Wrestling With Your Angels

Not Yet a Forlorn Hope

To My Fellow Americans: From a Humble Member of Braver Angels

A Firebell in the Night

Days of Infamy, Heroes of Democracy

Dispatch from 14,000 Feet

Writing Archives