Update: This Monthly Mailbag has closed; John answered readers’ questions here.
Dear Dispatch members,
Thank you to everyone who participated in November’s Monthly Mailbag (🔒) with our fact checker, Alex Demas. To hear about his time studying political economy, living in London, and interning for Jonah—as well as get some cocktail tips—be sure to click here.
This month, senior editor John McCormack has raised his hand to take on all of your questions.
Our newest hire (he started at The Dispatch on Monday), John joins us from National Review and will be covering campaigns, courts, and Capitol Hill. He’s lived in the Washington, D.C. area for 20 years—four as a college student at George Washington University, followed by 16 as a journalist at The Weekly Standard and National Review—and has covered the transformation of the Republican Party, the evolution of the pro-life movement, the battle for control of the Supreme Court, and a whole lot more.
As you’re thinking about questions you have for John, here are some suggested topics:
- Memorable experiences reporting from Congress and the campaign trail;
- The state of the Republican and Democratic Parties, as well as the pro-life movement;
- The evolution of conservative media over the past two decades;
- Life growing up in a small town in northwestern Wisconsin, and why Wisconsin is the greatest state in the country;
- All things Green Bay Packers; and
- Deep insights into the life of Dispatch senior editor Michael Warren, with whom McCormack shared a flophouse for two years over a decade ago.
Drop your questions for John in the comments below, and keep an eye out for an email with all of his answers in the coming weeks!
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