Clik here to view.
Religion and Polarized Politics: An Interview with Melissa Rogers and Peter...
The 2016 election of President Trump highlighted the country’s state of political polarization. Many argue that people have retreated into their respective ideological corners: Democrat and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Damaged Soul and a Disordered Personality
Donald Trump is not well. Over the weekend, he continued his weird obsession with a dead war hero. This time, his attacks on John McCain came two days after the anniversary of McCain’s release from a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Democratic Party is Radicalizing
The transformation of the GOP into the party of Patrick J. Buchanan and Donald J. Trump—defined by cultural resentments, crude populism, and ethnic nationalism—is among the most important political...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Pete Buttigieg’s Very Public Faith Is Challenging Assumptions
The mayor of a medium-size midwestern city, Rhodes Scholar, and war veteran who is liturgically conservative and cites Saint Augustine as one of his religious influences is running for president. He’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Why Jesus on the Cross Is No Mere Symbol
During a Christmas break while I was a student at the University of Washington, I tuned in to a show that influenced the trajectory of my faith, quite by accident. It was a broadcast of an hourlong...
View ArticleClik here to view.
David Brooks’s Journey Toward Faith
When David Brooks started writing his column in The New York Times more than a decade and a half ago, he became an instant star. Today, he’s one of America’s most influential columnists, insightful...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Genius of Stephen Curry
I’ve been a sports fan my entire life, and for most of it, my loyalties have not been geographic. What attracts me to athletes isn’t so much the team they play for, but rather the qualities they...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Politics Is Not Total War
This essay is adapted from Peter Wehner’s book The Death of Politics: How to Heal Our Frayed Republic After Trump. Every time I left a job in government — in the Reagan administration and in both Bush...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Interview: A Political Renewal?
[Below is an interview of EPPC Senior Fellow Peter Wehner conducted by Kathryn Jean Lopez of National Review Online. Ms. Lopez's introduction precedes the interview.] *** Peter Wehner, the former...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Interview: Culture War vs. Culture Care
[Below is part two of Peter Wehner's interview with Kathryn Jean Lopez about the themes of his new book, The Death of Politics. Read part one of the conversation here.] *** Lopez: If we have come to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Trump’s Sinister Assault on Truth
Like many writers I know, I’ve had a passion for words for almost as long as I can remember. I’ve admired those who use words well, who have shaped my imagination and given voice to things I wanted to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Trump Is Betting That Anger Can Still Be Power
Donald Trump has been the most persistently unpopular first-term president in the postwar era. Much of the nation is exhausted and embarrassed by his presidency, pining for normalcy, eager to change...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Interview: A Conservative’s Vision: Let’s Make Politics Great Again
Below is the text of EPPC Senior Fellow Peter Wehner’s conversation with the Washington Post’s Jennifer Rubin about political polarization, evangelical voters, friendships amidst political differences...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Deepening Crisis in Evangelical Christianity
Last week, Ralph Reed, the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s founder and chairman, told the group, “There has never been anyone who has defended us and who has fought for us, who we have loved more than...
View ArticleClik here to view.
George Will Changes His Mind—But Stays True to His Convictions
When I arrived in Washington, D.C., as an intern in the 1980s, there were two columnists I read with intentionality, with the goal of becoming a better and more thoughtful writer. One was Charles...
View ArticleClik here to view.
For Conservatives Critical of Trump: Talking to Peter Wehner
[Below is an interview with EPPC Senior Fellow Peter Wehner conducted by Andy Fitch for the Los Angeles Review of Books. Mr. Fitch's introduction is below, followed by the interview.] What might one...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Trump’s Words Are Poison
We don’t know, and we may never know, how much President Donald Trump’s rhetoric influenced the white supremacist in El Paso who allegedly killed 22 people. What we do know is that Trump has done more...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Joe Walsh Challenge
Joe Walsh, a one-term Congressman from Illinois who became a fiery right-wing radio host, announced on Sunday that he would challenge President Trump for the Republican nomination. The former Tea...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Trump Is Not Well
During the 2016 campaign, I received a phone call from an influential political journalist and author, who was soliciting my thoughts on Donald Trump. Trump’s rise in the Republican Party was still...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What’s the Matter With Republicans?
In a sane world, the reaction of Republicans to the “memorandum of telephone conversation” between President Trump and the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, combined with the whistle-blower...
View Article
