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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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Bad Vlad and Joe the Schmo

by Daniel J. Flynn | Feb 24, 2022

Do you suspect Ukraine presently nurses a case of buyer’s remorse over the millions of dollars it paid Hunter Biden?…

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Liberals Willfully Deluded Themselves on the Russia Collusion Hoax

by Daniel J. Flynn | Feb 17, 2022

A self-referential quality envelops the coverage of the Russia Collusion Hoax’s further unraveling. Just as partisans concocted the Russia Collusion…

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After Vaccine Mandate Victory, Freedom Convoy Faces Off Against Angry Prime Minister

by Daniel J. Flynn | Feb 14, 2022

And on the 24th Day of the Freedom Convoy, Doug Ford announced freedom. Kinda. Sorta. The Ontario premier lifted most…

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The Rogan Controversy: Cancel Culture’s ‘Emperor Has No Clothes’ Moment

by Daniel J. Flynn | Feb 10, 2022

The Joe Rogan controversy took on a Life of Brian quality this week. “So, as a blasphemer, you are to…

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Tom Brady Could Throw a Football Farther Than Uncle Rico

by Daniel J. Flynn | Feb 3, 2022

We just watched Leonardo da Vinci in cleats. Tom Brady ranks as the greatest player in the history of the…

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Biden’s Judiciary Committee Career Shows GOP Obstructionism Pays

by Daniel J. Flynn | Jan 27, 2022

Republicans looking for guidance on how to assess the president’s forthcoming nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court might want to…

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Conservatism, Without the Modifiers, Now More Than Ever

by Daniel J. Flynn | Jan 20, 2022

“What are Republicans for?” Joe Biden asked in his press conference this week. “Name me one thing that they’re for.”…

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Why, Really, Is Everything So Expensive?

by Daniel J. Flynn | Jan 14, 2022

Don’t blame Domino’s for altering its $7.99 chicken wings carryout deal from 10 to eight pieces. Blame Washington. Don’t blame…

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Teachers Play Hooky for the Children

by Daniel J. Flynn | Jan 6, 2022

Teachers playing hooky instead of students about sums up Chicago. The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) instructed its 25,000 or so…

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21 Paragraphs About 2021

by Daniel J. Flynn | Dec 30, 2021

As the commissioned pitchman for the year almost past, I find “2021, even better than 2020” as the most captivating…