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

The end of Tucker Carlson accelerates the death of cable news

By Dominic Green April 28, 2023 2:05 am

The most important vice presidential election of our lifetime

By Byron York April 26, 2023 1:44 pm

Wokery colonizes Egypt

By Dan Hannan April 24, 2023 1:43 pm

Are children more unaffordable these days? Kind of, but not exactly

By Timothy P. Carney April 21, 2023 10:26 am

Losing the human race

By Dominic Green April 21, 2023 2:07 am

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis flashes a thumbs-up following an address at a New Hampshire Republican Party dinner, Friday, April 14, 2023, in Manchester, N.H.

Ron DeSantis’s (almost) impossible task

By Byron York April 18, 2023 3:33 pm

US needs to join the Pacific trade deal

By Dan Hannan April 10, 2023 4:34 am

The failing petrodollar

By Dominic Green April 7, 2023 4:35 am

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.

For prosecutor Bragg, Trump indictment is campaign promise kept

By Byron York April 4, 2023 3:39 pm

Biden lets criminals run free in DC

By Byron York March 30, 2023 4:23 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping arrive to attend a signing ceremony following their talks at The Grand Kremlin Palace, in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, March 21, 2023.

The autocrats are winning

By Dan Hannan March 27, 2023 9:35 am

President Ebrahim Raisi speaks during his press conference in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. Raisi warned that any roadmap to restore Tehran's tattered nuclear deal with world powers must see international inspectors end their probe on man-made uranium particles found at undeclared sites in the country.

The West’s Iran policy risks another Middle East war

By Andrea Stricker and Anthony Ruggiero March 24, 2023 3:29 am