Edward Morrissey
Edward Morrissey has been writing about politics since 2003 in his blog, Captain's Quarters, and now writes for HotAir.com. His columns have appeared in the Washington Post, the New York Post, The New York Sun, the Washington Times, and other newspapers. Morrissey has a daily Internet talk show on politics and culture at Hot Air. Since 2004, Morrissey has had a weekend talk radio show in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area and often fills in as a guest on Salem Radio Network's nationally-syndicated shows. He lives in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota with his wife, son and daughter-in-law, and his two granddaughters. Morrissey's new book, GOING RED, will be published by Crown Forum on April 5, 2016.
Latest articles by Edward Morrissey
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2016's biggest losers: Democrats and the media
opinion They both completely missed the key lessons of Trump
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Stop whining about Hillary's damn emails. She brought this on herself.
opinion Enough is enough
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The GOP's last, best hope: Hold the Senate
opinion Can the GOP turn Senate races into a referendum on Hillary?
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The election is not rigged against Trump. But the media is biased against the GOP.
opinion The media bias about which Republicans have long complained has become undeniable reality in the 2016 campaign
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The GOP's Casablanca moment
opinion Republicans are shocked by Trump's disgusting comments. Shocked.
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Tonight's VP debate will be the most normal thing in this crazy election
The Explainer Two relatively boring career politicians face off in an utterly standard debate. What is this, 1976?
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How Ted Cruz killed conservative purity
opinion Conservative purity is dead. Long live conservative purity.
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Debate moderators aren't fact-checkers
opinion They should really just stick to refereeing
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It's not the cough. It's the cover-up.
opinion How Hillary Clinton's health fiasco reinforces voters' worst doubts about her
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Hillary Clinton's latest email excuse amounts to 'I'm an idiot'
opinion "C" is for confidential!
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The lessons of the Colin Kaepernick kerfuffle
opinion What did Kaepernick truly risk, other than criticism?
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The polls are not rigged. Donald Trump is just losing.
opinion Let's focus on the facts, shall we?
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This scene from The Princess Bride sums up the 2016 presidential election
opinion What would Westley do?
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Why won't #NeverTrump just die already?
opinion Everyone knows that this anti-Trump movement has failed — except for the principled conservatives behind the movement
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The 2016 election is now just an episode of Jackass
opinion How American politics devolved into a show filled with ill-advised stunts, obnoxious jokes, and adolescent ridicule
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The GOP convention was bad. The Democratic convention is already worse.
opinion Great job, guys
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The last gasps of #NeverTrump
opinion The #NeverTrump campaign is still missing one thing as the convention looms — an alternative
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Is Hillary Clinton too big to indict?
opinion Hillary Clinton wasn't just "extremely careless" with her emails. She was grossly negligent.
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Why even #NeverTrump conservatives should stick with the GOP
opinion Leaving the GOP is not the answer to our problems
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The misguided ferocity of the anti-gun left
opinion There's a far bigger issue than which firearms to bar from private ownership. It's about the fundamental relationship between citizens and the government that exists to serve their liberty interests.
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Confessions of a Trump-skeptical conservative
opinion I've voted for every GOP nominee for several decades. I'm still not ready to back Trump.
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Obama's VA scandal is much bigger than a callous Disney analogy
opinion It's time to truly reform a broken system
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Reality bites the GOP
opinion Enough with the denial. Donald Trump is the GOP nominee, and there is no chance for a real conservative to run a viable independent campaign against him.
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How conservatives should respond to Facebook's suppression scandal
opinion It's not time to retreat from Facebook. If anything, conservatives should double down.
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