{"title":"Ryan Sager","description":"\u003cp\u003eRYAN SAGER is a journalist and freelance writer and the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Elephant in the Room: Evangelicals, Libertarians, and the Battle to Control the Republican Party\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSager is a two-time winner of the Felix Morley Journalism Award and holds a BA in history from George Washington University, earned in 2001. He began his career on the founding staff of the \u003cem\u003eNew York Sun\u003c\/em\u003e in 2002, serving as editorial features editor and chief editorial writer, and later joined the editorial board of the \u003cem\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/em\u003e and wrote a weekly column for RealClearPolitics.com. His work has appeared in the \u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eReason\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNational Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic Monthly\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRyan lives in Brooklyn, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRyan Sager’s books are published by Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-elephant-in-the-room","title":"The Elephant in the Room: Evangelicals, Libertarians, and the Battle to Control the Republican Party","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePraise for The Elephant in the Room\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This funny, sobering, smart book reminds Republicans that having beliefs isn't good enough. You have to act on them. Winning isn't enough; you have to win with a purpose in mind. Ryan Sager sounds a real call to arms. The party would be wise to hear it.\" \u003cb\u003e—Peggy Noonan, columnist, \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An insightful and eminently readable account of the current conservative crackup. Anyone who wants to understand American politics today needs to read Sager's chronicle of the ongoing civil war in the conservative ranks.\" \u003cb\u003e—Paul Begala, coauthor of \u003ci\u003eTake It Back\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Two feisty American factions are at daggers drawn. No, the fight is not conservatives versus liberals. Rather, it is libertarian conservatives versus 'social issues' conservatives. In this illuminating examination of the changing ideological geography of American politics, Ryan Sager suggests that the conservatives must choose between Southern and Western flavors of conservatism. He prefers the latter.\" \u003cb\u003e—George F. Will, syndicated columnist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Sager picks up where Bruce Bartlett left off with Impostor. \u003ci\u003eThe Elephant in the Room\u003c\/i\u003e tells us how libertarians and the Christian conservatives are at swords' point over Bush's 'big government conservatism.' Anyone who wants to understand this important debate should get a copy of Sager's book.\" \u003cb\u003e—John B. Judis, coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Emerging Democratic Majority\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Ryan Sager offers an eloquent, elegant argument that the GOP has lost its way—an argument that even those of us who disagree with many of his criticisms and object passionately to many of his characterizations must take with the utmost seriousness.\" \u003cb\u003e—John Podhoretz, author of \u003ci\u003eCan She Be Stopped?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0471793329\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9780471793328\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Ryan Sager","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43212307792088,"sku":"9780471793328","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/9780471793328_FChigh_mockup_v2_1742738041_9b873cb8-0fa4-4bb9-bc9d-d56564859bb7.jpg?v=1790999261"}],"url":"https:\/\/turnerpublishing.com\/collections\/author-ryan-sager.oembed","provider":"Turner Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}