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 ‘Inflation Reduction Act’ is on its way to impoverishing the West

By Dan Hannan January 30, 2023 11:44 am

The rise and fall of Davos Man

The rise and fall of Davos Man

By Dominic Green January 27, 2023 6:00 am

Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh stands before a ceremonial swearing-in in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 8, 2018.

The never-ending war on Brett Kavanaugh

By Byron York January 23, 2023 5:36 pm

Theresa May, U.K. prime minister, arrives for a European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium, on Thursday. May said she is weighing a plan that would extend a transition period, which is already due to keep the U.K. bound to EU rules for 21 months after Brexit day, for a âmatter of months.â

Ignore the anti-Brexit fanatics — Britain is doing just fine

By Dan Hannan January 23, 2023 6:08 am

Pages from the affidavit by the FBI in support of obtaining a search warrant for former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate are photographed Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart ordered the Justice Department to make public a redacted version of the affidavit it relied on when federal agents searched Trump's estate to look for classified documents.

Whatever happened to the Trump classified documents ‘damage assessment?’

By Byron York January 18, 2023 5:52 pm

David Brooks, acclaimed New York Times columnist, shares a stage with pundits during a panel discussion, "2012: The Path to the Presidency," at the University of Chicago on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012.

Time for truth and reconciliation on the Russia collusion hoax

By Michael Barone January 18, 2023 11:33 am

Prince Harry: The woke, spoiled, dumb icon of our age

By Dan Hannan January 16, 2023 5:01 pm

Planes wait for takeoff in a queue at Orlando International Airport, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023, after the FAA grounded all U.S. flights earlier in the day.

Come fly with me

By Dominic Green January 12, 2023 10:49 pm

House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy wants to demonstrate that Republicans have their own agenda to address climate change, but that the party disagrees with the aggressive path being charted by President Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress.

What can the GOP House actually do?

By Byron York January 12, 2023 6:27 pm

Brazil's PelÃ© scores past Venezuela's goal keeper, Fabrizio Fasano, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Aug. 24, 1969. PelÃ©, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century, died in Sao Paulo on Dec. 29, 2022. He was 82.

Pele, architect of the beautiful game

By Dominic Green January 6, 2023 5:22 am

In DC and Tallahassee, a split-screen moment for the Republican Party

By Byron York January 4, 2023 3:56 pm

Is ‘Where are you really from?’ a racist question?

By Dan Hannan January 3, 2023 11:38 am