The Republic and the Burden of Power
Why a Two-Party System Remains the Hardest, and Best, Path to Democratic Compromise Government is the only institution in society […]
Why I Stopped Using the Word RINO
The Journey of a Lifelong Republican Who Stopped Policing Purity I am a lifelong conservative and Republican.I have campaigned and
The Art of the Compromise
Revised and Updated Paperback Edition Arrives November 22 November 22 marks an anniversary worth remembering. On that day in 1787,
The Day the Judiciary Lost Its Cool
How the Bork hearings turned the Supreme Court into a partisan stage When Senator Ted Kennedy rose on the Senate
The Founding Myth — A Nation of Settlers?
A new talking point circulates through certain corners of the Internet: America is a nation of settlers, not immigrants. The
When Anger Finds a Target
Free speech under fire: what Charlie Kirk’s murder reveals about us, not them. I am a conservative and a Republican.
The M&M Fallacy: What Candy Teaches Us About Race and Genetics
Preface I hesitated to write this post. Conversations about race carry deep history and emotion, and as a white American,
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TBRCon 2025: Building the Conversation
The Tennessee Book & Reader’s Convention (TBRCon) returned to the Knoxville Expo Center on September 13–14, and so did I.
The Hall Monitors of Democracy
(or, Why I Don’t Trust Fact-Checkers) A certain species of modern hall monitor exist who now patrols the internet instead
The Day a Flame Went Out
This weekend, I’m beginning the journey of writing my next nonfiction book. The idea has been simmering for a while: