Magazine – Columnists

President Donald Trump speaks at the FBI National Academy graduation ceremony on December 15, 2017 in Quantico, Virginia. (Photo by Nicholas Kamm / AFP) (Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump leads, think tanks follow

By Salena Zito July 25, 2025 5:20 am

“Alma Mater,” a bronze statue by Daniel Chester French (1852-1931) welcomes students and visitors from the monumental staircase of Low Library at Columbia University.

Sentimental education

Dan Hannan and Tiana Lowe Doescher Jul 25, 2025

Ukrainian civilians try to extinguish a house fire after Russian shelling on the city of Kostiantynivka, Ukraine, 16 July 2025. (Photo by Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Trump’s backing of Ukraine has come too late

Dan Hannan Jul 18, 2025

Epstein mess a growing threat to Trump

Byron York Jul 17, 2025

Why climate change alarmism failed

David Harsanyi Jul 15, 2025

Nikki Haley paints herself into a corner

By Byron York February 5, 2024 10:43 am

For the Left, forced population movements don’t count if they are white-on-white

By Dan Hannan February 1, 2024 8:00 pm

Iran has declared war

By Dominic Green February 1, 2024 8:00 pm

Exit gate to freedom

By Tunku Varadarajan January 25, 2024 9:00 pm

As Trump bests DeSantis, the border crisis trumps the ‘wokeness’ crisis

By Timothy P. Carney January 25, 2024 9:00 pm

Diversity training does more harm than good

By Dan Hannan January 25, 2024 9:00 pm

Mr. Musk goes to Auschwitz

By Dominic Green January 25, 2024 9:00 pm

Ballot boxes are lined up as employees test voting equipment at the Miami-Dade County Elections Department, Oct. 19, 2022, in Miami.

More votes, less democracy

By Dan Hannan January 16, 2024 8:43 am

In this Jan. 24, 2015 file photo, Chris Bridges holds a sign for The Satanic Temple during a protest outside of an all-day prayer rally headlined by Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal in Baton Rouge.

Protesting against religious liberty, the Satan clubs really are evil

By Timothy P. Carney January 11, 2024 10:02 pm

Supporters of Shehri Awami Mahaz and national trade union federation, candlelight protest against Israeli airstrikes on Gaza, and to show solidarity with Palestinian people, in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023.

There is no Palestinian state

By Dominic Green January 4, 2024 6:24 pm

President Joe Biden is hitting the ground running in 2024 and plans to rapidly escalate his campaigning in the face of squalid polling among a number of key demographics.

He’s fallen and he can’t get up, part 2: Biden’s dark campaign

By Byron York January 3, 2024 12:15 pm

President Donald Trump speaks during a signing ceremony for an executive order in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on March 5, 2019, in Washington.

Will the Western alliance survive a new Trump term?

By Dan Hannan December 28, 2023 7:26 pm