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

Barnes – Trump’s obsession with attention

By Fred Barnes July 19, 2019 3:00 am

Lara Trump tries to fix her party’s woman problem

By Salena Zito July 19, 2019 3:00 am

What Trump loses when he takes the bait

By Fred Barnes July 12, 2019 3:00 am

Republican candidate for this 3rd Congressional District in Michigan, Peter Meijer, pressing the flesh outside the Grand Rapids chamber of commerce.

Party, personality, a big name, and a primary in Western Michigan

By Salena Zito July 12, 2019 3:00 am

Ask the question, and answer it

By Hugo Gurdon July 12, 2019 3:00 am

Democratic presidential candidates, author Marianne Williamson, former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, entrepreneur Andrew Yang, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet, and Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., listen to a question during a Democratic primary debate hosted by NBC News at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami.

Democrats: Prisoners of the past on the economy

By Michael Barone July 10, 2019 11:37 pm

Former New York Yankee Mariano Rivera pitches during the Old Timer's Day game at Yankee Stadium in New York.

Interview: Yankees legend Mariano Rivera explains why he’s a strong supporter of Israel

By Philip Klein July 9, 2019 7:20 pm

Time’s up, Mr. Biden

By Hugo Gurdon July 5, 2019 9:00 pm

Knitting and fraying in a divided culture

By Salena Zito July 5, 2019 9:00 pm

Unhappy Democrats

By Fred Barnes July 5, 2019 9:00 pm

Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Sergei Kislyak.

Let the bad times roll

By Hugo Gurdon June 21, 2019 3:00 am

Richard Trumka and Big Labor try to come home

By Salena Zito June 21, 2019 3:00 am