About the Author

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Scott L. McKay is the publisher of The Hayride, an award-winning culture and politics site that covers Southern and national current events. In addition, Scott's work can be found in the pages of the conservative mainstay, the American Spectator, where he has been a regular columnist since 2012. Scott's first political book, The Revivalist Manifesto, is the distillation of his work at The Hayride and the American Spectator, outlining the need and opportunity to form a new American political consensus in which a rethought conservative movement assumes leadership and creates a national revival. Scott's writing career started in 1997 with the launch of Purple & Gold, a sports magazine devoted to college athletics at Louisiana State University. Over the eight years Purple & Gold was in existence it grew to over 15,000 subscribers and was known as one of the most comprehensive, well-written and insightful college sports publications in America. Scott resides in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.