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

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris speaks during the New Hampshire state Democratic Party convention.

Kamala Harris’ big blunder

By Philip Klein September 19, 2019 8:37 pm

Containers and gantry cranes stand at Haitian Container Terminal, operated by the Xiamen Port Authority, in Xiamen, China, on Monday, Aug. 26, 2019.

The US Export-Import Bank is China’s cash cow

By Timothy P. Carney September 18, 2019 2:14 pm

House Judiciary Committee majority counsel Barry Berke questions Corey Lewandowski, former campaign manager for President Trump Tuesday on Capitol Hill in Washington. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., listens at right.

Democrats, stuck in Watergate mode, bungle Lewandowski testimony

By Byron York September 18, 2019 12:40 pm

President Donald Trump delivers his inaugural address after being sworn in as the 45th president of the United States during the 58th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Will Congress have to learn to write laws again?

By Michael Barone September 17, 2019 2:44 am

"Parsing Bill," a painting by Petrina Ryan-Kleid, is seen.

The clearest sign John Bolton was doing his job

By Dan Hannan September 13, 2019 3:00 am

The crackers and frackers could hold the keys to 2020

By Salena Zito September 13, 2019 3:00 am

Queen Elizabeth

By Hugo Gurdon September 13, 2019 3:00 am

Dan Bishop and Dan McCready.

Yellow lights for both parties in North Carolina special election results

By Michael Barone September 12, 2019 6:50 pm

A working-class party will be a mostly nonwhite party

By Timothy P. Carney September 11, 2019 6:18 pm

(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Whether gun control passes depends on who versus what

By Kristen Soltis Anderson September 11, 2019 3:46 pm

President Trump is seen.

Trump and his GOP challengers

By Byron York September 10, 2019 8:03 pm

It will take hometown heroes to fix broken towns

By Salena Zito September 6, 2019 4:00 am