Daniel McCarthy
Background
Daniel McCarthy is the editor of Modern Age: A Conservative Review and editor-at-large of The American Conservative.
Latest Articles
Veterans reject media's anti-Trump narrative — to Harris' cost
October 14, 2024 | 7:39pmDemocrats have invested heavily in trying to portray Trump as a leader at odds with America’s men and women in uniform — but veterans themselves never bought the story.
How Trump could win the popular vote — with blue-state help
October 8, 2024 | 6:08pmTrump's chances of success in the popular vote are intimately linked to the GOP's prospects of extending its House majority.
Iran's election meddling aims to boost appeaser Harris
October 1, 2024 | 9:10pmLiberals accuse Trump of being cozy with dictators, but the dictators of Iran’s cruel and corrupt regime find comfort only with Trump’s Democratic opponents.
Ryan Routh's confession letter shows how Democrats have stirred up violence against Trump
September 23, 2024 | 7:38pmThe man who intended to murder Donald Trump has explained in his own words why he wanted to do it. The words aren’t only his, though — they’re also the...
Dems' apocalyptic rhetoric about Trump only increased after first assassination attempt
September 16, 2024 | 7:02pmIf Democrats didn’t believe they’d put Donald Trump in an assassin’s crosshairs the first time, they have no excuse for pleading ignorance now.
Kamala Harris is faking moderation — and voters aren't buying it
September 10, 2024 | 5:43pmShe's running like a wannabe Republican, even welcoming support from Liz and Dick Cheney, but polls show it's not a convincing act.
Trump the 'pro-life moderate' shows that Harris is an abortion extremist
August 30, 2024 | 8:45pmA sure sign Trump occupies the middle ground: he's being criticized by the right as well as the left, while no abortion supporter, however radical, feels a need to criticize...
Trump is Reagan's true heir — conservatives must back him
August 28, 2024 | 7:13pmOld-guard conservatives are more uncertain than ever about today's GOP, but they should take an honest look at Trump's first-term actions.
Untested Harris is repackaging Biden's failures — a recipe for catastrophe
August 19, 2024 | 6:22pmKamala Harris’s greatest electoral advantage is a quality that sets her up for failure if she ever becomes president — she’s untested.
Hit the road, Don: campaign like it's 2016 again
August 13, 2024 | 5:05pmBy showing up in places previous nominees from both parties had ignored, Trump convinced voters in the vital Rust Belt battlegrounds that he cared about Americans the elites had written...
Desperate Dems don't care about Harris winning as much as protecting downballot races
July 22, 2024 | 7:01pmAs humiliating as Clinton’s loss to Trump was, she didn’t drag down congressional Democrats — who with Biden were on pace to be wrecked in the House and Senate.
Don't be complacent, Republicans — you're falling into Democrats' trap
July 17, 2024 | 5:04pmBiden's no moderate when it comes to guns or abortion or almost anything else, but moderation is a message he'll exploit to the fullest.
Biden should follow Richard Nixon's lead and courageously resign
July 9, 2024 | 4:26pmHis presidency can't go on — now Biden must choose to exit and put the nation first.
Forget dropping his campaign, Biden must drop his presidency
July 3, 2024 | 7:04pmThis is a national and international emergency: Biden has neither the stamina nor the cogency to fulfill the duties of his office.
Biden's debate debacle revealed opposing visions for America
June 28, 2024 | 9:31pmEveryone paid attention to how bad Biden looked and sounded — not what he was saying — but the debate showed voters two starkly different policy paths for the nation.
Pride flag 'desecration'? Time to separate sex and state
June 26, 2024 | 7:12pmAs cities repaint crosswalks with the colors, stripes and chevrons of the LGBTQ flag, we have, in effect, a new kind of blasphemy law prohibiting insults against gay symbols instead...
The GOP should glimpse its future in the UK's populist tilt
June 19, 2024 | 7:54pmNigel Farage aims to replace the UK's Conservative party with a new populist force of his own creation — just as Donald Trump is remaking the GOP.
Orwell's '1984' shows us how to fight today's totalitarians
June 11, 2024 | 7:13pmAmericans still read George Orwell’s “Nineteen Eighty-Four,” 75 years after it was first published on June 8, 1949.
Virginia a new battleground as Trump surges and Biden flails
June 4, 2024 | 4:13pmTrump is in a position to win “NeverTrump Republicans” — or NearlyNeverTrumpers — for the first time, while Biden is losing ground with the rural and working-class whites Democrats still...
Trump's Sun Belt surge contains a Rust Belt danger
May 26, 2024 | 5:11pmDonald Trump’s first election redrew the map of American politics — suddenly Pennsylvania and Michigan were in the Republican column for the first time since the 1980s.