Searching for the Next Steve Martin
July 30, 2018 · Web Only, culture, Pop Culture
As the comedian pivoted from political comedy to become a legend, so too will another generation of funny-men and -women—and soon.
Journalist and Political Columnist
Christian Schneider
4 articles 2017–2018
Christian Schneider is a journalist and columnist based in Wisconsin. He contributed pieces to The Weekly Standard in 2017 and 2018, writing on politics and culture, including commentary on Democratic Party strategy and Wisconsin state affairs. He has also been a columnist for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and a contributor to other national publications.
’Twas a Dark and Stormy Night
May 8, 2018 · stormy daniels, Donald Trump, Politics
Stormy Daniels’s turn on Saturday Night Live is a microcosm of what’s wrong with comedy in the Trump era.
The Democrats' Fake Mustache
February 9, 2018 · Paul Ryan, Randy Bryce, Christian Schneider
Milwaukee
Wisconsin, the Surveillance State
December 15, 2017 · Spying, Criminal Justice, Surveillance
On May 23, the Wisconsin Department of Justice (WisDOJ) received a call from the state’s ethics board. An employee rummaging around in the basement of the building had found a filing cabinet full of material from the now-defunct “John Doe” investigations into the state’s Republican governor, Scott…