
Evangelical and Mainline Protestants are not that different when it comes to partisan politics
Religious divides in American politics don’t get the kind of attention they used to, but generally speaking, we tend to think of mainline...

In 2016, the relationship between marriage and voting declined
Although you wouldn’t know it based on which elements of my research agenda get media attention, the subject I have worked on more than...


Update roundup
For the last few months, as I said it would be, blogging has been light. Burnout is a problem for just about anyone that runs a blog, but...
My New York Times op-ed on Trump
I wrote an opinion piece about Trump and the future of conservatism for The New York Times that ran online today.
Post-election media round up
It's been a frantic month here, as I've been trying to finish a draft of my latest book, which I hope to submit for review tomorrow. On...
What I said about the Midwest ...
I was hardly a bold voice, brazenly declaring that Donald Trump would undoubtedly be the victor this year. But I did predict that he...


Transcript of my talk at the Kinder Institute
Below are the remarks I gave at the Kinder Institute at the University of Missouri. The talk took place on Election Day, just hours...
A new review
William B. Frisk, a resident fellow at the Hamilton Institute, and also an author of a book on the conservative movement, wrote a very...
Another period of infrequent blogging
I haven't added much new content here lately, and what has gone up was primarily links to my commentary elsewhere quotes I've given to...
Some new commentary from me on the election
My publisher for Right-Wing Critics, the University Press of Kansas, asked me to provide a short piece on the 2016 election and how it...