Charles J. Sykes
Charles J. Sykes is an NBC and MSNBC contributor, a contributing editor at the Weekly Standard, and the host of the magazine’s Daily Standard podcast. He is an outspoken critic of the Trump Administration and of what he calls the conservative “alternative reality” media.
He is also the author of nine books, including A Nation of Victims, Dumbing Down Our Kids, Profscam, The Hollow Men, The End of Privacy, 50 Rules Kids Won’t Learn in School, A Nation of Moochers, Fail U: The False Promise of Higher Education, and How the Right Lost Its Mind. He was co-editor of the National Review College Guide.
Charles J. Sykes has written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Politico, The Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, Time.com, Salon, USA Today, National Review, The New York Review of Books, the New York Daily News, The Weekly Standard, and other national publications. He has appeared on Meet the Press, This Week with George Stephanopoulos, State of the Union with Jake Tapper, the Today Show, ABC, NBC, Fox News, CNN, PBS, the BBC, and has been profiled on NPR. He has also spoken extensively on university campuses.
Until he stepped down in December 2016 after 23 years, Charles was one of Wisconsin’s top-rated and most influential conservative talk show hosts. In 2017, he was co-host of the national public radio show, Indivisible, which originated from WNYC.
Charles J. Sykes is currently a member of the Knight Commission on Trust, Media and Democracy; he is on the advisory board of the Democracy Fund and is a member of the board of Stand Up Republic.
He lives in Mequon, Wisconsin with his wife and three dogs. He has three children and two grandchildren. You can follow him on Twitter.
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Crazy Times, Surviving in the Age of Trump
Charles considers President Trump’s unlikely road to the White House and how to survive during one of the most tumultuous times in the history of American politics.
How Divided Is America?
Our nation was founded on the principle of “e pluribus unum,” or “out of many, one.” But lately, issues of politics, current events, media, and geographical differences have done more to divide than unite us. Charles discusses the various divides that exist in American society today and what we can do to repair them.
What is Truth? The Media in our Post-factual World
With the growing popularity of the ‘fake news’ and ‘alternative facts’ debate, putting trust in the American news circuit has become increasingly difficult. In this discussion of the credibility of the media that surrounds us, Charles highlights the implications of living in a “post-factual” world and how to sort through it all until only the truth remains.
Breaking Away: What It’s Like Being a Conservative Who Doesn’t Back Trump
In his analysis of the most recent Presidential election, Charles discusses party allegiances and what it was like to be a conservative in outright opposition with the most polarizing candidate his party has ever selected.
Is College Still Worth It?
With the rising cost of tuition, decreasing number of professors willing to teach undergraduate classes, and low post-graduate employment rates, is college still a worthwhile investment? Drawing on themes from his most recent book, Fail U.: The False Promise of Higher Education, Charles explores the current state of the American higher education system.
Read Charlie’s op-ed on Trump’s recent rhetoric around COVID-19.
Charlie weighs in on Pence’s impeachment hypocrisy on NBC News
On Morning Joe, Charlie Sykes debates Eric Bolling about the “Faustian bargain” of Trump.
Charlie Sykes “despairs at Republicans’ support for Trump” in a Guardian op-ed.
Read Charlie Sykes’ Weekly Standard op-ed on “Jerkitude” in the current political climate.
Read Charlie Sykes’ op-eds on Trump in The New York Times and New York Daily News.
Check out the LA Times, NPR, Politico, and Christian Science Monitor profiles of Charlie Sykes.
Watch some of Charlie Sykes’ news appearances on MSNBC and Fox News.
Listen to Charlie Sykes’ controversial interview with President Trump.
Read Isthmus’ piece on Charlie Sykes.
Take a look at Charlie Sykes’ recent piece on Newsweek, “How the Right Lost its Mind and Embraced Donald Trump”
Check out Charlie Sykes’ USA Today opinion piece on parenting in the age of President Trump.
Read some of Charlie Sykes’ most popular NY Times op-ed pieces charlie sykes and nobody cares the president.
Pre-order Charlie Sykes’ next book, How the Right Lost Its Mind, available October 2017.
Learn more about Charlie Sykes and follow him on Twitter.
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