Losing Honestly and Gracefully

Photograph Source: The White House – Public Domain

After election defeats, political writers are quick to explain that if only the politicians had read my book and followed my advice, things would have been different for our side.

My pitch is a bit different. Please read It’s Debatable: Talking Authentically about Tricky Topics, but not for a winning electoral strategy.

If candidates opposed to reactionary authoritarian nationalism had advocated the positions I endorse, Trump...