Chris Buskirk is the publisher and editor of American Greatness. He is a contributing opinion writer for theNew York Times. He has written for theWashington Post, The Spectator, USA Today, The Hill, The New Criterion, and other publications. He is a frequent contributor to Fox News, NPR's Morning Edition, and the PBS Newshour. Chris is a sought after speaker and has spoken recently at the Aspen Ideas Festival and to other groups around the country. He is the author of the book, Trump vs. The Leviathan and the co-author of American Greatness: How Conservatism, Inc. Missed the 2016 Election & What the Establishment Needs to Learn. Chris is a serial entrepreneur who has built and sold businesses in financial services. He received his B.A. from Claremont-McKenna College.
“Chris Buskirk attributes America’s current stagnation to elite credentialed professionals and their almost un-American creed of equivocate, downsize, and cancel. In short, he argues the country can be saved only by unorthodox mavericks who question, stir, experiment, and risk—and reject our current upside-down values. Unlike many critiques of a sclerotic America, this one offers concrete proposals for how to stop the decline by encouraging and honoring the kind of unorthodox people and policies that have always rescued the country in the past. A historically sourced and much-needed manual for national renewal.” —Victor Davis Hanson, The Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and author of The Dying Citizen “In this brilliant book, Chris Buskirk argues that America has become a stagnant society, with no national self-confidence or ability to deliver better lives for its people. But he does more than diagnose. He offers concrete ideas for how to recapture our vitality. I suspect this book will influence American politics for decades. Our leaders would do well to absorb its message and arguments.” —Senator J. D. Vance, author of Hillbilly Elegy and founder of Narya Capital