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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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The Blue Undertow

by Daniel J. Flynn | Oct 12, 2018

In losing the battle over Brett Kavanaugh Democrats may have lost the war over future Brett Kavanaughs. The U.S. Senate,…

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It Don’t Come Easy Leaving Quantitative Easing

by Daniel J. Flynn | Oct 11, 2018

The rate on ten-year U.S. Treasury bonds rose from below 3 percent to 3.2 percent last week. Signals abound that…

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When Did the Democratic Party Become Antifa?

by Daniel J. Flynn | Oct 5, 2018

“Rudeness is the weak man’s imitation of strength,” reflected longshoreman philosopher Eric Hoffer. The events of the last month affirm…

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Rachel Mitchelling the Debt

by Daniel J. Flynn | Oct 1, 2018

President Donald Trump finally figured out how to avoid those periodic PR disasters over looming government shutdowns. It turns out…

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No Contest: Kavanaugh vs. the Committtee

by Daniel J. Flynn | Sep 28, 2018

If Brett Kavanaugh wins confirmation to the Supreme Court, he can thank himself. With nobody willing to say “boo” to…

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CNN Personality Arrested Protesting Kavanaugh

by Daniel J. Flynn | Sep 28, 2018

Capitol Police arrested 59 people protesting Brett Kavanaugh near the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday afternoon. Those in zip-tie handcuffs…

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Grassley Strikes the Right Tone

by Daniel J. Flynn | Sep 27, 2018

Senator Chuck Grassley looked very effective, perhaps not in his ability to read words aloud, in his opening statements at…

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First Glimpse of Christine Blasey Ford

by Daniel J. Flynn | Sep 27, 2018

America got its first opportunity to take measure of Christine Blasey Ford on Thursday morning. Wearing a blue shirt under…

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Democrats Have a Gang Rape Fantasy

by Daniel J. Flynn | Sep 26, 2018

Democrats have a gang rape fantasy. “We are aware of significant evidence of multiple house parties in the Washington, D.C….

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Sketchy Case Against Kavanaugh #MeToo’s Thermidor?

by Daniel J. Flynn | Sep 21, 2018

Eighty years ago, “Me Too” described Republicans eager to publicly second the policies of Franklin Roosevelt, a feeling so pervasive…