menu_open Columnists

Washington Examiner

We use cookies to provide some features and experiences in QOSHE

More information  .  Close

Democrats cry wolf over Medicaid cuts

I’ll never forget the dentist appointment I had when I was 18. It was supposed to be a routine cleaning, the kind of thing you do every six months...

yesterday 10

Washington Examiner

Danielle Coffey 

To protect AI, Congress must regulate it

As part of the budget legislation being debated on Capitol Hill, the Senate this week rejected an amendment that would have prohibited states from...

yesterday 3

Washington Examiner

Danielle Coffey 

Welfare stands in the way of the American dream

As we celebrate Independence Day, we’ll be reminded of our inherent right to life, liberty, and one of our country’s most defining ideals: the...

yesterday 2

Washington Examiner

James Taylor

Comparing the militaries of Israel and Iran

In June, the Israeli military launched a preemptive strike on key strategic and nuclear targets in Iran. In response, Iran launched hundreds of...

yesterday 2

Washington Examiner

James Taylor

This Independence Day, liberalism is in crisis

On July 4, 1776, the United States was born not just as a nation, but as an idea. It was the first country truly born of liberalism: a political...

yesterday 2

Washington Examiner

James Taylor

‘Big, beautiful bill’ will raise both growth and deficits

We are living in an age of hyperbole, or as writer Matthew Hennessey calls it, the “Age of Excusability,” in which our politicians succeed by...

yesterday 2

Washington Examiner

James Taylor

Business reports give the lie to climate alarmism

American businesses are reporting fewer challenges due to weather and climate events. Rather than celebrate the good news, on June 30, the Wall...

yesterday 1

Washington Examiner

James Taylor

Trump is trending toward getting the country on the ‘right track’

As the fight over the “big, beautiful bill” comes to an end, President Donald Trump maintains political momentum that can push the GOP into a...

yesterday 0

Washington Examiner

Tiana Lowe Doescher

Supreme Court is right to value children over pornography

In recent years, state governments have regulated pornography according to a notion of absolute freedom of speech. In a 6-3 decision on Free Speech...

yesterday 0

Washington Examiner

Tiana Lowe Doescher

F1 for effort

yesterday 0

Washington Examiner

Jack Baruth

Last Soldier Standing: Review of ‘Rewriting Hisstory: A Fifty-Year Journey to Uncover the Truth About Alger Hiss’ by Jeff Kisseloff 

yesterday 0

Washington Examiner

David Chambers

In search of the Indo-Europeans

yesterday 0

Washington Examiner

Rob Long

Family Friends: Review of Hal Ebbott’s ‘Among Friends’

yesterday 0

Washington Examiner

Rob Long

The ‘big, beautiful bill’ is a huge Republican achievement

yesterday 0

Washington Examiner

Rob Long

The abandoned eight

yesterday 0

Washington Examiner

Rob Long

The foremost cafe intellectual

yesterday 0

Washington Examiner

Rob Long

To get men reading again, we need more manly books

yesterday 0

Washington Examiner

Salena Zito

1775 and the forgotten man of the American Revolution

yesterday 0

Washington Examiner

Salena Zito

Gavin Newsom decides he wants to build, but do his residents?

Gavin Newsom hasn’t exactly hidden his presidential ambitions over the past half decade, but only now has the California governor finally conceded...

yesterday 0

Washington Examiner

Tiana Lowe Doescher

Tom Cotton’s problematic intelligence community bill

Fundamentally reforming the intelligence community is an urgent task for the second Trump administration. If the White House fails to reshape U.S....

previous day 20

Washington Examiner

Ian Haworth

How cities skirt the law on paying for property damage

By law, public agencies must pay when they damage private property. But Melisa and Michael Robinson received nothing after the local sewer board...

previous day 10

Washington Examiner

Hugh Hewitt

Prepare for Cuba regime change

U.S. officials fear regime change. They dread instability and the unknown. In reality, naysayers are seldom right. Post-World War II Germany and...

previous day 3

Washington Examiner

Hugh Hewitt

Denying bigot Bob Vylan a visa is appropriate

Those who promote or engage in violence against the United States and its allies and interests should be denied entry into our country. That should...

previous day 2

Washington Examiner

Washington Examiner

What the 12-day War hath wrought

Not many people today remember the exhilaration so many Americans felt after Israel’s victory in the Six-Day War in June 1967. The liberal folks...

previous day 2

Washington Examiner

Michael Barone

When will the B-2s return to Iran?

When will the Air Force’s B-2 bombers pay another visit to Iran? That decision is actually up to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Iranian supreme...

previous day 2

Washington Examiner

Hugh Hewitt

China is winning the trucking arms race

Nearly 75% of all freight in the United States is moved by trucks. They deliver everything from construction materials to hospital supplies to the...

previous day 2

Washington Examiner

Hugh Hewitt

Make America patriotic again

Real patriotism in America isn’t just dying. It’s being actively euthanized, often by the same elite class that benefits most from its existence....

previous day 2

Washington Examiner

Ian Haworth

NPR and PBS need to play ball for federal funding

Public media stations across the country are using their airwaves to urge listeners and viewers to write to their senators to hold off the...

previous day 1

Washington Examiner

Howard Husock

UK markets roil as weakening government cancels spending cuts

The credibility of Prime Minister Keir Starmer and the United Kingdom‘s fiscal situation were further undermined this week when Starmer abandoned...

previous day 2

Washington Examiner

Howard Husock

Zohran Mamdani’s idiotic war on billionaires

If self-avowed socialist Zohran Mamdani becomes the next mayor of New York City, it’ll be a gift to Republicans in more ways than one. Not only...

previous day 2

Washington Examiner

Howard Husock

UPenn’s transgender surrender is a temporary victory

The insane Lia Thomas saga has finally been put to bed. The University of Pennsylvania reached an agreement with the Department of Education on...

previous day 2

Washington Examiner

Howard Husock

The angry Left resists as the Right rejoices: A tale of two Independence Days

“Nothing but harmony, honesty, industry, and frugality are necessary to make us a great and happy people.” — George Washington. “[Independence Day]...

previous day 2

Washington Examiner

Howard Husock

Elon Musk goes off again

ELON MUSK GOES OFF AGAIN. Has it really been less than a month since Elon Musk flew off the handle, trashed his benefactor, the president, pledged...

tuesday 5

Washington Examiner

Salena Zito

Make Medicaid great again

Medicaid’s original purpose was to be a safety net for people who could not adequately provide themselves with healthcare. The federal government...

tuesday 9

Washington Examiner

Washington Examiner

Small Business Administration is right to leave sanctuary cities

In a decisive step to prioritize safety and compliance with federal law, the U.S. Small Business Administration announced on June 7 the relocation...

tuesday 10

Washington Examiner

Mark Judge

Clint Eastwood’s worthy new biography

The new book Clint: The Man and the Movies—A Comprehensive Biography of Hollywood’s Most Iconic Actor-Director is a wonderful and absorbing...

tuesday 3

Washington Examiner

Mark Judge

For fertility, financial incentive does more than you think

Far from just the tax break, young people need the courage to have children. There are many sources for this boost, not the least of which is...

tuesday 2

Washington Examiner

Emma Fuentes

America’s urgent air defense munitions crisis

An army might still march on its stomach, but today’s U.S. military cannot fight China without an umbrella. That truth bears urgent reemphasis....

tuesday 2

Washington Examiner

Tom Rogan

Chicago crashes ahead with its destructive minimum wage hikes

As is typical when it comes to the minimum wage, Democrats in Chicago have managed to create new problems while trying to solve a problem that...

tuesday 2

Washington Examiner

Tom Rogan

How Gavin Newsom uses statistics to mislead about California crime

There is a popular phrase about “lies, damned lies, and statistics.” The last of those three has become a particular favorite of Gov. Gavin Newsom...

tuesday 2

Washington Examiner

Tom Rogan

Ford Motor Company gifts Marc Fogel in a very big way

WEXFORD, Pennsylvania — Richard Bazzy wanted to do something big. If you are from Western Pennsylvania, that is not all that surprising. The cowboy...

tuesday 3

Washington Examiner

Salena Zito

NEPA is broken, but the states can help fix it

President Richard Nixon signed the National Environmental Policy Act on New Year’s Day in 1970. The law responded to demands for broad...

tuesday 4

Washington Examiner

Salena Zito

Generation Z’s ahistorical anxieties

It’s a bit of a trope in this year of our Lord 2025 to say that we, whoever we are, are living in unprecedented times. Cultural, political, and...

tuesday 3

Washington Examiner

Salena Zito

Trump gives Khamenei a chance

The Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has spent his career calling for “Death to America” and “Death to Israel.” His regime has...

tuesday 2

Washington Examiner

Sean Durns

Zohran Mamdani won the vibe war

I recently spoke with dozens of Generation Z and younger-millennial New Yorkers — educated, engaged, all Democrats, and without exception,...

tuesday 2

Washington Examiner

Samuel J. Abrams

America can lead the world on nuclear energy

Now is a critical time to continue prioritizing clean, reliable, and affordable energy here at home, amid unrest overseas and volatile energy...

tuesday 20

Washington Examiner

Salena Zito

North Carolina’s cellphone-free school bill is a good example for the nation

North Carolina is poised to join a growing list of states to enact commonsense measures to reduce mental illness and improve education outcomes for...

30.06.2025 2

Washington Examiner

Washington Examiner

AI-generated child pornography must not be normalized

Artificial intelligence’s industrial revolution has the potential to transform society in remarkable ways. For example, we mere mortals can now...

30.06.2025 2

Washington Examiner

Debra Soh

The incoherence of pro-death Catholics

Chris Coghlan is a Catholic and liberal member of Parliament in the United Kingdom. He recently voted in favor of state-approved and -administered...

30.06.2025 2

Washington Examiner

Debra Soh

Montgomery County hates religious parents

Why did Maryland’s Montgomery County insist on pushing its sexual morality on all students, including Muslims and Coptic Christians? Some liberals...

30.06.2025 2

Washington Examiner

Debra Soh