Derek McGinty.com
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Ideas Matter More Than Ideology
My old man used to have a saying…. If it was easy…everyone would do it.
Derek McGinty is a journalist, an award-winning interviewer and a commentator. He got his first job on the air back in 1984 at WHUR radio in Washington DC. From there he went to WAMU-FM where he launched a nationally syndicated daytime talk show on NPR. By the end of the century he’d been a correspondent on the CBS broadcast Public Eye with Bryant Gumbel and HBO’s Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel.
After two years in New York as anchor of ABC’s World News Now and World News This Morning, It was back to his hometown of Washington DC to anchor WUSA’s fledgling 7pm local newscast.
In all those incarnations Derek has believed that ideas matter more than ideology, so after leaving WUSA in 2015, he is launching this website in hopes of keeping the conversation going.
Video
Damn Redskins
Just when I thought I was out– they pull me back in. — The Godfather.
Trump Fans
President Trump rock solid support remains a mystery to some on the other side. How can people keep supporting this guy?, they say. Derek McGinty says the answer may be simpler than you think.
Culture Clash
Where Ideas Collide, Compete, and Come Out Smarter.
Comics Go Mainstream
Comics Go Mainstream Washington Post comic book and movie writer David Beatencourt and I geek out over Wonder Woman, The Justice League and how come comics aren't just for guys who live in their Mom's basement anymore?
The Blog
Teachers With Guns? Please! Let’s Get Serious
Teachers packing pistols to protect their students—an idea so desperate and unserious it’s clear the crowd that keeps bringing it up is more worried about optics than real options for stopping these awful school shootings.
First of all, under the good-teacher-with-a-gun scenario some kind of shootout with the bad guy would be inevitable. But if you talk to […]
A few more thoughts on Kirk Cousins
Contemplating the fate of my Washington Redskins this morning I had a bit of a revelation regarding soon-to-be departed quarterback Kirk Cousins.
Conventional wisdom around here seems to be that Cousins is a very good player who may well be even better if he goes to work for a better organization. Heck, he might even take a team with a great defense like the Broncos or […]