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 Donald Trump

Life can get better, even amid impeachments

By Michael Barone October 2, 2019 10:14 pm

Democratic presidential candidate South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg listens to a question from the audience during a Veteran's and Mental Health Town Hall event at an American Legion Hall, Friday, Aug. 23, 2019, in Manchester, N.H.

Pete Buttigieg wants you to know he hates religious conservatives

By Timothy P. Carney October 2, 2019 2:46 pm

Battle stations for impeachment

By Hugo Gurdon September 27, 2019 3:00 am

American independence

By Fred Barnes September 27, 2019 3:00 am

Boris, Brexit, and the politicization of Britain’s judiciary

By Dan Hannan September 27, 2019 3:00 am

Gerald S. Dickinson, a law professor at the University of Pittsburgh, will face U.S. Rep. Michael Doyle in the Democratic primary in Pennsylvaniaâs 18th congressional district.

Old-school Democrat in Pittsburgh faces primary challenge from young black progressive

By Salena Zito September 27, 2019 3:00 am

From left, Marianne Williamson, Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke, former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, former Maryland Rep. John Delaney and Montana Gov. Steve Bullock take the stage for the first of two Democratic presidential primary debates hosted by CNN on July 20.

The stark Democratic Party generational divide

By Kristen Soltis Anderson September 26, 2019 8:36 pm

President Donald Trump waves as he arrives at Moffett Federal Airfield to attend a fundraiser, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019, in Mountain View, Calif.

‘Grossly incompatible’: What warrants impeachment?

By Timothy P. Carney September 25, 2019 3:15 am

Cynicism on race

By Hugo Gurdon September 20, 2019 3:00 am

Repurposing ‘America’s Hometown’

By Salena Zito September 20, 2019 3:00 am

A dim-witted war on vaping

By Dan Hannan September 20, 2019 3:00 am

Slavery's legacy

By Fred Barnes September 20, 2019 3:00 am