Chandler Dean

Nov 7, 2024 | mcsweeneys.net | Chandler Dean

Once again, Donald Trump has won the American presidency. In the autopsy, pundits will cite broad factors of the electoral environment like inflation, immigration, distrust of liberal institutions, the right-wing echo chamber of alternative media, and backlash to the Biden foreign policy doctrine to explain the victory.

Oct 17, 2024 | mcsweeneys.net | Chandler Dean |Jonathan van Halem

With the 2024 presidential campaign entering the homestretch, an anxious nation has once again turned to historian Allan Lichtman and his Thirteen Keys to the White House. Every four years, Lichtman predicts who will win the presidency based on whether the incumbent party has met eight of his thirteen criteria for success. Critics, however, argue that Lichtman’s keys are subjective, opaque, and easy to retrofit for a predetermined outcome.

May 22, 2024 | mcsweeneys.net | Chandler Dean

In this column, professional speechwriter Chandler Dean provides partly satirical, partly genuine “How To” advice focused on a hyper-specific subcategory of speeches—from graduation speeches to wedding toasts to eulogies, and all the rhetorical occasions in between. - - -Writing is already hard when everything is fine. But often, things are bad. Sometimes, for example, someone has died.

Apr 16, 2024 | mcsweeneys.net | Chandler Dean

In this column, professional speechwriter Chandler Dean provides partly satirical, partly genuine “How To” advice focused on a hyper-specific subcategory of speeches—from graduation speeches to wedding toasts to eulogies, and all the rhetorical occasions in between.

Mar 29, 2024 | mcsweeneys.net | Chandler Dean

In this column, professional speechwriter Chandler Dean provides partly satirical, partly genuine “How To” advice focused on a hyper-specific subcategory of speeches—from graduation speeches to wedding toasts to eulogies, and all the rhetorical occasions in between. - - -It’s an odd thing that we make our election losers do.