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

President Joe Biden walks across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023, to board Marine One as he heads to San Francisco for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.

Bidenomics 2023: Inflation down, prices up

By Byron York November 14, 2023 8:21 pm

What if Palestinians don’t want peace?

By Dan Hannan November 13, 2023 12:16 pm

America’s enemies know Biden is weak

By Dominic Green November 10, 2023 12:05 pm

A series of questions on the war in Ukraine drew heated comments from multiple candidates onstage at Wednesday's Republican presidential primary debate and led to a tense exchange between Vivek Ramaswamy and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley.

GOP debates reach a dead end

By Byron York November 9, 2023 1:49 pm

The party of Mike Pence is long dead

By Dan Hannan November 6, 2023 10:05 am

Fighting the culture war one documentary at a time

By Michael Pack November 3, 2023 10:15 am

H&R Block and Intuit show the perils of living off the government

By Timothy P. Carney November 3, 2023 9:02 am

From left, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), former President Donald Trump, and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley.

It’s a one-candidate race — with two backups

By Byron York November 2, 2023 1:53 pm

Why so many struggle to empathize with Israel

By Dan Hannan October 30, 2023 5:00 am

The Obama-Biden foreign policy folly

By Dominic Green October 27, 2023 9:15 am

Former President Donald Trump speaks during a break in his civil business fraud trial at New York Supreme Court, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023, in New York. The judge in Trump's civil fraud trial has fined the former president $10,000. The judge says Trump violated a limited gag order barring personal attacks on court staffers.

A defense of Trump — from the ACLU

By Byron York October 25, 2023 9:10 pm

Why Ireland backs Palestinians

By Dan Hannan October 23, 2023 11:15 am