
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
- 
 Don't blame guns for Jovan Belcher's murder-suicidefeature By using guns as a scapegoat, Bob Costas wrongly absolves the NFL of the need to examine the dangerous effects of its violent game By Edward Morrissey Last updated feature
- 
 Saint for the agesfeature Like all men, Pope John Paul II was flawed. But his faith, love and dedication make him more than deserving of beatification By Edward Morrissey Last updated feature
- 
 Better safe than sorryfeature Political leaders and news organizations have been unfairly pilloried for hyping the dangers of Irene. Really now — should they have ignored the threat instead? By Edward Morrissey Last updated feature
- 
 Stay out of Syria!feature In no way is that a fight that should interest Americans; rather, we should be taking great care not to get entangled in it at all. By Edward Morrissey Last updated feature
- 
 What America's leaders could learn from the Adventfeature For starters, a little humility By Edward Morrissey Last updated feature
- 
 Did the NFL overreact to Michael Sam's detractors?opinion The Dolphins came down hard on cornerback Don Jones. But the league has turned a blind eye to much worse offenses. By Edward Morrissey Last updated opinion
- 
 The media's mind-boggling failure to understand Pope Francisopinion This raises all sorts of questions about journalists' ability to cover all religions By Edward Morrissey Last updated opinion
- 
 Goodbye, free speechopinion At home and abroad, there's an increasing over-regulation of the free market of ideas. And that got me thinking... By Edward Morrissey Last updated opinion
- 
 Gun control? We need media rumor controlopinion Once again, the mainstream media gets things terribly wrong By Edward Morrissey Last updated opinion
- 
 Tony Blair: The Cassandra of the Middle Eastopinion The former U.K. prime minister seems cursed to a life of being a foreign policy punch line. It's too bad — because he's right about ISIS. By Edward Morrissey Last updated opinion
- 
 Can the 113th Congress get anything done?feature Eric Cantor seems willing to compromise. Now it's up to Democrats to end the Age of Cliffs By Edward Morrissey Last updated feature
- 
 What I learned from totally unplugging and shutting up for three daysopinion It's better to focus on living your best life than in sharing your running commentary on it with the whole world By Edward Morrissey Last updated opinion
- 
 Don't blame 'society' for the great selfie leak of 2014opinion Conservatives believe in individual responsibility when it comes to crime. Why should that change when the stolen property is a racy photo? By Edward Morrissey Last updated opinion
- 
 In defense of CNNfeature The most trusted name in news is getting pilloried for publishing details from the late Ambassador Stevens' journal. Critics ought to leave CNN alone By Edward Morrissey Last updated feature
- 
 Muting the king's messagefeature The producers of The King's Speech have censored their own movie, deleting a gross vulgarity. Here's why that's a mistake By Edward Morrissey Last updated feature
- 
 The danger of American ineptitude on Ukrainefeature For too long, this administration has dithered and misjudged its foes By Edward Morrissey Last updated feature
- 
 Bradley Manning and James Rosen are not the samefeature The notorious WikiLeaks secret spiller isn't a reporter. He's a source By Edward Morrissey Last updated feature
- 
 We should have listened to Eisenhowerfeature More than 50 years ago, Ike all but predicted the factors that led to the NSA's massive snooping enterprise By Edward Morrissey Last updated feature
- 
 Why I'm sick and tired of seeing naked women on HBOfeature Harrumph By Edward Morrissey Last updated feature
- 
 A new low for liberals: Attacking Catholic nuns over Hobby Lobbyfeature The left's response to the Supreme Court decision gets more unhinged by the day By Edward Morrissey Last updated feature
- 
 The IRS's stunning and shameful record-keeping hypocrisyfeature They might as well say, "The dog ate my email" By Edward Morrissey Last updated feature
