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Daniel J. Flynn

Daniel J. Flynn, a senior editor of The American Spectator, serves as a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution for the 2024-2025 academic year. His books include Cult City: Harvey Milk, Jim Jones, and 10 Days That Shook San Francisco (ISI Books, 2018), Blue Collar Intellectuals: When the Enlightened and the Everyman Elevated America (ISI Books, 2011), A Conservative History of the American Left (Crown Forum, 2008), and Intellectual Morons: How Ideology Makes Smart People Fall for Stupid Ideas (Crown Forum, 2004). In 2025, he releases his magnum opus, The Man Who Invented Conservatism: The Unlikely Life of Frank S. Meyer. He splits time between city Massachusetts and cabin Vermont.

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Hypocrisy, Thy Name Is Jamie Raskin

by Daniel J. Flynn | Sep 6, 2022

One hallmark of progressive political parties is that they impose on others the standards to which they do not hold…

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The GOP’s Cruel Summer

by Daniel J. Flynn | Sep 1, 2022

For the first time in more than a half century, Alaskans this week sent a Democrat to the U.S. House…

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Politicians Who Caused Recession Predictably Pretend It Away

by Daniel J. Flynn | Aug 30, 2022

Sen. Elizabeth Warren described herself on CNN Sunday as “very worried” that the economy may fall into “recession.” She did…

Special Report

Mikhail Gorbachev’s Body Catches Up Three Decades Later to His Dream

by Daniel J. Flynn | Aug 30, 2022

Mikhail Gorbachev, a communist to the end, died at 91 on Tuesday. “The Soviet collapse was not Mr. Gorbachev’s goal,…

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How Paul Pelosi and Other High-Profile People Get Away With It

by Daniel J. Flynn | Aug 25, 2022

The headlines don’t lie. If you do not believe this, just ask the headline writers. One gleans the impression from…

Blog

Biden Ukase Affirms Failure of Obama Student Loan Takeover

by Daniel J. Flynn | Aug 24, 2022

President Barack Obama engineered a federal takeover of the student-loan industry 12 years ago. The failure of this scheme finds…

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Mr. Fauci Goes From Washington

by Daniel J. Flynn | Aug 23, 2022

Dr. Anthony Fauci announced his retirement date from the federal government this week. Journalists promptly refused to retire from covering…

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Science in an Age of Unreason

by Daniel J. Flynn | Aug 18, 2022

Science in an Age of Unreason By John Staddon (Regnery Gateway, 256 pages, $27) “Science is about is not ought,”…

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Proof the FBI Dismissed Concerns Raised in 2018 IG Report

by Daniel J. Flynn | Aug 18, 2022

FBI Special Agent Jeremy Linton, part of the Capitol Hill riot investigation, curiously signed one of the receipts for items…

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The FBI Who Cried Wolf

by Daniel J. Flynn | Aug 16, 2022

If you wanted to calumniate a political enemy but shield the smear from scrutiny, then any accusation including the words…