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

Getting Trump’s attention

By Fred Barnes September 6, 2019 3:00 am

Travails of Democrats on the trail

By Hugo Gurdon September 6, 2019 3:00 am

President Trump's Twitter page with his tweets as of 2017.

How Trump’s post-presidential Twitter feed could shape the future of the Republican Party

By Philip Klein September 4, 2019 9:04 pm

Alt Right demonstrators clash with counter demonstrators at the entrance to Lee Park in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017.

It’s time to create a conservative ecosystem that doesn’t welcome racists

By Timothy P. Carney September 4, 2019 3:15 pm

Former FBI Director James Comey pauses during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Yes, Comey did leak classified information

By Byron York September 1, 2019 11:22 am

Hong Kong Realism

By Philip Terzian August 23, 2019 3:00 am

The wild, optimistic, frontier

By Hugo Gurdon August 23, 2019 3:00 am

A Pioneering Historian

By Fred Barnes August 23, 2019 3:00 am

Sparta, Wisconsin - Steve Boris waits on a customer.

Small businessmen get a front-row seat for everyday life

By Salena Zito August 23, 2019 3:00 am

The end of America’s 30-year engagement with China?

By Michael Barone August 22, 2019 1:53 pm

Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz appears at a Capitol Hill hearing in Washington.

What we need to know from the Horowitz report

By Byron York August 20, 2019 6:39 pm

Britain's new Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures as he speaks outside 10 Downing Street, London, Wednesday, July 24, 2019.

The EU’s last ultimatum on Brexit is intended to fail

By Dan Hannan August 9, 2019 3:00 am