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

A retreat from the Enlightenment and back into tribalism

By Dan Hannan July 18, 2022 12:06 pm

Hunter Biden during the White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn on April 18, 2022.

Hunter Biden: Filmmaker for the apocalypse

By Dominic Green July 14, 2022 11:00 pm

A statue of former President James Madison is shown in front of a mural of the Constitution in the education center at Montpelier, Madison's home, in Orange, Va., Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008.

James Madison, 21st-century pundit

By Michael Barone July 13, 2022 8:02 pm

The real-world consequences of green extremism

By Hugo Gurdon July 13, 2022 2:46 pm

What are you having fun for?

By Jay Caruso July 8, 2022 3:00 am

Messing and Klain

By Dominic Green July 8, 2022 3:00 am

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street in London, to attend a weekly cabinet meeting at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, in London, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

The tragedy of Boris Johnson: A hero brought down by his own elemental flaws

By Dan Hannan July 7, 2022 6:58 pm

Biden out of the inflation frying pan into the recession fire

By Hugo Gurdon July 6, 2022 3:55 pm

On education, the tide is turning in favor of parents

By Hugo Gurdon June 22, 2022 1:45 pm

The press continue to botch the role of the Supreme Court

By Jay Caruso June 22, 2022 11:52 am

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis listens during a news conference, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, near the Shark Valley Visitor Center in Miami. DeSantis is doubling down as the state again broke its record for COVID-19 hospitalizations. The Republican governor insisted Tuesday that the spike will be short-lived.

Citizen Ron

By Dominic Green June 16, 2022 11:00 pm

The world is being infected by America’s race pathology

By Dan Hannan June 13, 2022 4:00 am