Magazine – Columnists

President Donald Trump and tariffs.

Why did anyone think Trump’s tariffs would be popular?

Dan Hannan · October 30, 2026 8:14 am

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An eleventh-hour GOP surge, or a looming blue blowout?

President Donald Trump imitates a golf swing after speaking at a campaign event in Park City, Kansas, US, on Monday, Oct. 19, 2026. (Nick Oxford/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

When good enough is good enough

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Abdul el Sayed’s chronic, brazen lying

Demonstrators rally during a "Stop Sexual Violence" protest at the Washington Monument, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Our bodies, our choice, our 60-year mistake

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife, Virginia Thomas, arrive at the Heritage Foundation on October 21, 2021 in Washington, DC.

The ginned-up case against the Thomases

Mark Paoletta April 22, 2022 3:00 am

French President Emmanuel Macron shakes hands with residents during a campaign stop on April 21 in Saint-Denis, outside Paris, France.

Two cheers for two parties

Dominic Green April 21, 2022 11:00 pm

The Capitol is seen through a display of flags on the National Mall, one day after the inauguration of President Joe Biden, on Jan. 21, 2021, in Washington.

Biden administration seeks to cull ideological stragglers

Hugo Gurdon April 21, 2022 8:00 am

Vladimir Putin’s kleptocracy will be his own undoing

Dan Hannan April 11, 2022 4:21 am

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Elon Musk is the first senator of Silicon Valley

Dominic Green April 7, 2022 11:00 pm

Too many news outlets hide opinion behind ‘analysis’

Jay Caruso April 7, 2022 5:09 pm

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks via remote feed during a meeting of the U.N. Security Council, Tuesday, April 5, 2022, at United Nations headquarters.

It’s time for Biden to escalate the Ukraine war

Hugo Gurdon April 5, 2022 8:08 pm

It is no longer Walt’s version of Disney

Dominic Green March 31, 2022 11:00 pm

A migrant waits of the Mexican side of the border after United States Customs and Border Protection officers detained a couple of migrants crossing the US-Mexico border on the beach, in Tijuana, Mexico, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022.

The border: ‘No imaginable scenario’ to avoid another disaster

Byron York March 31, 2022 3:36 pm

President Biden’s unserious tax plan

Jay Caruso March 30, 2022 7:02 pm

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, in Newton, Iowa.

Does Biden actually want Putin to lose?

Hugo Gurdon March 28, 2022 3:34 pm

How could any American patriot back Putin?

Dan Hannan March 21, 2022 12:53 am