John P. Avlon is the author of American Greatness: How Conservatism, Inc. Missed the 2016 Election and What the Left Should Learn From Its Success (Spiegel & Grau, 2016). He is also a columnist at The Daily Beast and a political commentator on CNN's Anderson Cooper 360
Previously he was editor-in-chief of the prominent online news and culture blog The Daily Beast, where he created and led a team of writers and contributors that expanded the site's traffic by more than 200 percent, and also served as a senior adviser to Senator John McCain for three years.
Godwin's law states that the longer any online debate goes on, the likelier it is that someone will play the Nazi card. It's the rhetorical equivalent of going nuclear and stupid at the same time.John P. Avlon
The heirs of Jefferson and Madison would be the Democratic-Republicans, the heirs of Hamilton and Adams would be the Federalists. But the heirs of Washington would be all Americans.John P. Avlon
