The death of politics

Wehner is vice president and senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. He is a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times and a contributing editor for The Atlantic magazine. He has written for numerous other publications—including Time magazine, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Financial Times, The Weekly Standard, National Review, Commentary, National Affairs, and Christianity Today. He has also appeared frequently as a commentator on MSNBC, CNN, Fox News, CBS, PBS, and C-SPAN television.

Wehner served in the Reagan and George H.W. Bush Administrations prior to becoming deputy director of speechwriting for President George W. Bush. In 2002, he was asked to head the Office of Strategic Initiatives, where he generated policy ideas, reached out to public intellectuals, published op-eds and essays, and provided counsel on a range of domestic and international issues. He has also served as an adviser to several presidential campaigns.

Mr. Wehner is author of City of Man: Religion and Politics in a New Era (co-authored with Michael J. Gerson) and Wealth and Justice: The Morality of Democratic Capitalism (co-authored with Arthur C. Brooks). His book The Death of Politics: How to Heal Our Frayed Republic After Trump (HarperCollins) was published in June 2019.

Antholis is director and CEO of the Miller Center. Under Antholis’ leadership since 2015, the Miller Center has focused on its role as the leading research institution that studies the American presidency. The Center has undertaken a series of research projects and public events focusing on the history of the executive branch—and the role of the president in domestic and foreign policy, and in engaging with the American people. These have included the First Year Project, which looked at the nature of presidential transitions and first years in office; the Presidency at a Crossroads research agenda; and the Presidential Ideas Festival (May 21–23, 2019), a three-day gathering at the University of Virginia, exploring various dimensions of the executive branch. From 2004 to 2014, he was managing director at the Brookings Institution. He has also served in government, including at the White House’s National Security Council and National Economic Council, and at the State Department’s policy planning staff and bureau of economic affairs. He has published two books, as well as dozens of articles, book chapters, and opinion pieces on U.S. politics, U.S. foreign policy, international organizations, the G8, climate change, and trade. He earned his Ph.D. from Yale University in politics (1993) and his B.A. from the University of Virginia in government and foreign affairs (1986).