Michael Stafford

About Michael Stafford

Michael Stafford is a 2003 graduate of Duke University School of Law and a former Republican Party officer from Delaware. His writing has been featured on national and local blogs such as FrumForum and TommyWonk, Patheos, and The Liberal Network. He is the author of a forthcoming book An Upward Calling: Politics for the Common Good on the need for public policy, and politics, to advance the common good that will.

Celebrate Earth Day with Activism in Support of Bills like Delaware’s HB58

2017/04/21 by Michael Stafford

It is an unspeakable tragedy that energy and environmental policy have become such contentious partisan issues in our country.

Donald Trump, A Lawless Man entering the White House

2017/01/10 by Michael Stafford

January 20th, 2017 will be a dark day for our nation, and a portent of even more dire days ahead, because Trump will be president of the United States.

Blessed are the dissidents

2016/11/22 by Michael Stafford

Trump’s campaign involved not the mere violation of established norms of political behavior, but rather their outright desecration.

Michael Stafford: Why I gave up on being a Republican

2012/06/13 by Michael Stafford

I’m a life-long Republican. My political affiliation has been woven intrinsically into the very fabric of my being. My first political act was passionately lobbying my fourth-grade classmates to vote for Reagan over Walter Mondale in a mock election in 1984. As an adult, I continued to be a rock-solid Republican- I helped run my […]

Ryan, Rand, and the objectivist budget

2011/06/04 by Michael Stafford

There’s a simple reason for this: Paul Ryan is an “[Ayn] Rand nut.”His proposal isn’t a path to prosperity or fiscal sanity.