Reconnecting with the Public

In the latest City Talk, Daniel McCarthy discussed the state of the Democratic party, the media’s continued misunderstanding of Donald Trump’s supporters, America’s crisis of legitimacy, and more with Charles F. McElwee, assistant editor of City Journal. McCarthy is director of journalism fellowship programs at The Fund for American Studies and the editor of the intellectual quarterly Modern Age. He is a columnist for The Spectator’s U.S. edition, and his work appears in publications ranging from the New York Times and The National Interest to The New Criterion and First Things. He was previously editor of The American Conservative and a senior editor for ISI Books.