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Daniel J. Flynn

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.  
by | Nov 30, 2025

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by | Nov 20, 2025

The passage of a law that mandates the release of government files on Jeffrey Epstein during the anniversary week of…

by | Nov 13, 2025

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by | Nov 6, 2025

Nancy Pelosi, whose two stints as speaker of the House of Representatives coincided with political acrimony, on Tuesday announced her…

by | Nov 5, 2025

Democrats hit the trifecta. It’s worse than that. Atop winning the governorships of New Jersey and Virginia and Gracie Mansion…

by | Oct 30, 2025

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by | Oct 23, 2025

Only in America can the government reach a $38 trillion debt during a shutdown. The debt sprinted from $37 trillion…

by | Oct 16, 2025

Donald Trump’s foreign policy morphs into something very different from its isolationist caricature. On Friday, he meets with Ukrainian President…

by | Oct 9, 2025

Women now go into the field of psychiatry and seek therapy far more than do men. Like novels, life coaches,…

by | Oct 3, 2025

Remember when Vanilla Ice punctuated statements with “Word to your birthing person”?  No?  Okay, well, yes, his catchphrase sounded slightly…

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