Daniel McCarthy

Washington, D.C.

Editor at Modern Age

Syndicated Columnist at Creators

Editor of @ModAgeJournal, VP for at @ISI, columnist for @TheSpectator and Creators Syndicate.

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Articles

The Anti-War Right Shouldn’t Give up on Trump

1 week ago | compactmag.com | Daniel McCarthy

Right-leaning critics of America’s wars are in despair today at the thought that President Trump has betrayed them. As soon as Israel launched its strikes against Iran last week, many anti-war conservatives and libertarians assumed America would inevitably be drawn in. By letting Benjamin Netanyahu start a war, they reasoned, Trump had as good as started it himself.
WEIRD Protesters Should Stay Home, by Daniel McCarthy

1 week ago | creators.com | Daniel McCarthy

When gray-haired white liberals take to America's streets for "No Kings" protests, the only danger they're exposing themselves to is ridicule. But what happens when progressive protesters head to a foreign war zone? Last weekend, the "Global March to Gaza" found out. Thousands flocked from wealthy European countries like Ireland and Luxembourg, joined by activists from the developing world as well.
This Is Israel’s War

2 weeks ago | compactmag.com | Daniel McCarthy

The basic fact of the Israel-Iran war is that Israel is much stronger than its opponent. Iran’s retaliatory capabilities are limited, though not trivial. Not long ago, Hezbollah would have been the fiercest of those capabilities—but Israel dealt a crippling blow to Hezbollah months ago, and the ongoing war against Hamas has kept Israel alert to terrorist dangers from Palestine.
President Trump, Harvard and the brain-drain myth

2 weeks ago | keysnews.com | Daniel McCarthy

Has Donald Trump declared war on Albert Einstein? “America is in danger of experiencing an academic brain drain,” The Economist warns.
The Hero With a Thousand Pages

2 weeks ago | theamericanconservative.com | Daniel McCarthy

Politics Foreign Affairs Culture Fellows Program Login Books The Hero With a Thousand Pages Sam Tanenhaus’s biography of William F. Buckley falls short despite its bulk. Featured in the July/August 2025 issue Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America, by Sam Tanenhaus. Penguin, 1,040 pages. William F. Buckley Jr.’s reputation is in ruins.
American Intifada, by Daniel McCarthy

2 weeks ago | creators.com | Daniel McCarthy

The riots that kicked off in Los Angeles last weekend aren't just about illegal immigration — they're part of a revolutionary movement. "Anti-colonialism" is a term often heard in America's college classrooms, but off campus virtually no one takes it seriously. It's just another harebrained radical academic theory, right? Yes, the theory is mostly silly — but the practice is deadly serious.
DEI: The Democrats' Concrete Shoes, by Daniel McCarthy

3 weeks ago | creators.com | Daniel McCarthy

Democrats think they need a Joe Rogan of their own when what they actually need is a Christopher Rufo. Today Rufo is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, and just last week he received a prestigious Bradley Prize from one of the American right's most generous foundations. But Rufo is no ordinary think-tank scholar — he's the scourge of DEI and the ideological architect of Harvard University's troubles with the Trump administration.
Trump, Harvard, and the Brain-Drain Myth, by Daniel McCarthy

1 month ago | eks.creators.com | Daniel McCarthy

Has Donald Trump declared war on Albert Einstein? "America is in danger of experiencing an academic brain drain," The Economist warns.
China's Power Is a Virus, by Daniel McCarthy

1 month ago | creators.com | Daniel McCarthy

When a nation bears the blame for more than 7 million deaths worldwide, what is Washington going to do? More than 1.2 million Americans died as a result of a plague that began in China. Those staggering global and U.S. figures are the numbers reported to the World Health Organization. They make the COVID-19 pandemic arguably the deadliest event the human race has suffered since World War II.
Trump's Rumble on Sesame Street, by Daniel McCarthy

1 month ago | creators.com | Daniel McCarthy

President Donald Trump has fought plenty of political heavyweights, but now he's up against a foe far tougher than Hillary Clinton or Kamala Harris: Big Bird. The president is ordering federal agencies and the taxpayer-funded Corporation for Public Broadcasting to stop supporting National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service. His May 1 executive order is titled "Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Biased Media."How biased are NPR and PBS?