Brave Middle Ground Pete Wehner

Pete Wehner is a contributing writer at The Atlantic and a senior fellow at the Trinity Forum. His books include The Death of Politics: How to Heal Our Frayed Republic After Trump, City of Man: Religion and Politics in a New Era, which he co-wrote with Michael J. Gerson, and Wealth and Justice: The Morality of Democratic Capitalism. Formerly, Pete was a speechwriter for George W. Bush and a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. Wehner is also a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times, and his work also appears in publications including The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and National Affairs. Here's the ⁠first conversation⁠ I had with Pete Wehner for Humanities North Dakota earlier in 2024.