David Austin Walsh
David Austin Walsh is a historian and columnist at Boston Review. He is the author of Taking America Back: The Conservative Movement and the Far Right.
Socialism in One City
The ultimate test for Mamdani’s vision will be successful governance—and so far, it appears to be working.
The Conservatives Who Think Trump Isn’t Going Far Enough
MAGA’s base is more fractured than it looks.
Will Democrats Learn from the Establishment’s Loss?
The David Hogg affair, Zohran Mamdani’s win, and the future of the Democratic coalition.
The New MAGA Coalition
There are tensions in his motley coalition, but left-liberal fractures may be even worse.
Liberals Are to Blame for the Rise of J. D. Vance
Their long embrace of “responsible conservatives” has always been dangerous.