Hunter (J.D., Ph.D.) serves as senior fellow for First Liberty’s Center for Religion, Culture, and Democracy. He is the author of Postliberal Protestants: Baptists between Obergefell and Christian Nationalism, The End of Secularism, Political Thought: A Student's Guide, and The System Has a Soul. His work has appeared in a wide variety of other books and journals. He is a regular commentator on the popular podcast The World & Everything in It.
Washington Wednesday: Hunter Baker on President Trump’s renewed case against communism, Trump accounts meant to create a nation of investors, and JD Vance’s break with the free-market tradition. Also: Democratic infighting, Trump’s NATO gamble, and the prospects for closure in the Charlie Kirk assassination case.
Washington Wednesday: Hunter Baker takes stock of the Supreme Court's landmark term, asking which fights are finally settled—and which now belong to Congress, the states, and the American people.
Hunter Baker | The Mamdani/Sanders/Warren wing of the Democratic Party flexes its newly found political muscles
The administration celebrates a historic fraud bust as V.P. Vance takes on new prominence at home and abroad—and socialists press their advantage in Democratic politics. Washington Wednesday with Hunter Baker.
Washington Wednesday Hunter Baker argues Iran’s move in the Strait of Hormuz may have revealed more than it gained, creating an opening for diplomacy after a costly show of leverage.
Washington Wednesday: Hunter Baker on Graham Platner’s victory and ideological polarization, Lindsey Graham’s victory in South Carolina, and California’s approach to counting votes.
Washington Wednesday: Assessing Trump’s two presidencies, WORLD’s Hunter Baker argues that his most significant achievement was interrupting an ascendant progressive project, while weighing the courts, border security, Iran, and the costs of political spectacle.
On Washington Wednesday, Hunter Baker weighs what Ken Paxton’s landslide says about Trump’s grip on Republican voters, the limits of scandal in modern politics, and the growing fight over race and power in Southern redistricting.
Trump-backed challengers topple two Republican critics, while the president’s endorsement of Paxton in Texas signals a deeper push to reshape the GOP. On Washington Wednesday, Hunter Baker discusses midterm primaries.
President Trump’s Beijing summit with Xi Jinping comes as both nations try to manage a rivalry neither side wants to turn into open conflict. Washington Wednesday with Hunter Baker.
