Charles McElwee

2 weeks ago | city-journal.org | Charles McElwee

When the Going Was Good: An Editor’s Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines, by Graydon Carter (Penguin Press, 422 pp., $32)In a 1974 Paris Review interview, an elderly Archibald MacLeish was asked about “the special pull of the Murphys,” the couple, Gerald and Sara, who personified the 1920s literary scene of American expatriates in Paris. “There was a shine to life wherever they were . . .

Oct 21, 2024 | thephiladelphiacitizen.org | Charles McElwee

For ten presidential election cycles, pundits have employed the same shopworn quote when describing Pennsylvania: “Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, with Alabama in the middle.” The expression was coined in the state’s 1986 gubernatorial campaign by Democratic political strategist James Carville, whose success in that race helped propel a storied career. Ever since, PA’s “Alabama” has dictated perceptions of the electorate outside its two major cities.

Oct 18, 2024 | city-journal.org | Charles McElwee

For ten presidential election cycles, pundits have employed the same shopworn quote when describing Pennsylvania: “Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, with Alabama in the middle.” The expression was coined in the state’s 1986 gubernatorial campaign by Democratic political strategist James Carville, whose success in that race helped propel a storied career. Ever since, Pennsylvania’s “Alabama” has dictated perceptions of the electorate outside its two major cities.

Sep 28, 2024 | lucianne.com | Charles McElwee

Original ArticlePosted By: NorthernDog, 9/28/2024 8:44:25 PMSCRANTON, Pennsylvania - America's second Catholic president was visiting his childhood neighborhood in April, when he employed a bit of ritualized Irish Democratic politicking. "I'm Joe Biden," he introduced himself to a patron at a small coffee shop gathering in Green Ridge, long a bastion of Irish-Catholic families who work in law and politics. "I went to St. Paul's." (Snip) Biden isn't wildly popular here.

Sep 26, 2024 | politico.com | Charles McElwee

Joe Biden’s local ties and cultural roots kept him competitive in culturally conservative northeastern Pennsylvania. Harris’ prospects in the heavily Catholic, working-class region there are dicier. Saints Francis and Clare Progressive Catholic Church, in Moosic, Pennsylvania, on Sept. 9, 2024. | Photos by Caroline Gutman for POLITICO Charles F. McElwee is the founding editor of RealClearPennsylvania and a contributing writer at POLITICO Magazine. Follow him on X at @CFMcElwee.