Scott Galupo
Scott Galupo is a freelance writer living in Virginia. In addition to The Week, he blogs for U.S. News and reviews live music for The Washington Post. He was formerly a senior contributor to the American Conservative and staff writer for The Washington Times. He was also an aide to Rep. John Boehner. He lives with his wife and two children and writes about politics to support his guitar habit.
Latest articles by Scott Galupo
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The incredible shrinking conservative conscience
opinion Wake up! Stand up!
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How Trump abandoned populism
opinion Trump promised to be a new kind of Republican. What happened?
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What Sunday School taught me about Trump
opinion Let's talk about what the Bible would say about the president's firing of James Comey
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Trump is right about Romney
opinion The Romneyssaince is a joke. And the president knows it.
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Nancy Pelosi was right about ObamaCare. So was Ted Cruz.
The Explainer With another government shutdown looming, it's worth revisiting the lessons of the last one
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The Keurig contretemps
opinion Go ahead and smash your coffeemaker if it makes you feel better. Go on. Do it.
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The lunacy of Republicans' post-bloodbath focus on tax cuts
opinion If Republicans think tax cuts will save them from another shellacking, they're out of their minds
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Why Republicans must abandon the Republican Party
opinion It is necessary to destroy the GOP in order to save it
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The corruption of John Kelly
opinion The White House chief of staff is a decorated general. That doesn't make him above reproach.
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The silver lining of Trump's rank cynicism
opinion Trump's cynical mockery of Pence's zealotry is kind of reassuring
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When tragedy strikes, the media yearns for a real president. We still don't have one.
opinion Don't praise Trump's pantomimed display of normality after Vegas
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White America's long history of discomfort with minority protests
The Explainer And how President Trump tapped into it
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Republicans are lost in the wilderness on health-care policy
opinion Republicans have no idea what a conservative health-care system would even do
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President squish
opinion Is Trump finally evolving into a northeastern moderate? Don't hold your breath ...
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Why any law signed by Trump will be permanently radioactive
opinion Wake up, Congress: Trump will never give you what you so dearly want
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Stop speculating about Trump's mental health
opinion He's always been wicked and stupid
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The troubling rise of Bad Nietzsche
opinion The alt-right loves Nietzsche the same way 20th-century fascists loved Nietzsche
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Awaken, Republican moderates
opinion The GOP needs a new Eisenhower
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The taming of the Trump
opinion He is contained and ineffectual ... for now
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Donald Trump's political science experiment
opinion We are in the midst of a world-historical political science experiment. Step back and enjoy it!
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Trump's presidency is sputtering. But conservative populism can still thrive.
opinion Don't let Trump wreck it for you
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Donald Trump, swamp thing
opinion Drain the swamp? Trump lives in the swamp.
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Why President Trump's abysmal popularity rating won't hurt him
opinion Gallup, shmallup. The Trump phenomenon is bigger than any middling poll results.
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The mortal sin of supporting President Trump
opinion On the last temptation of evangelicals
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