Jonah Goldberg is editor in chief of the Dispatch and has been a Los Angeles Times Opinion columnist since 2005. He holds the Asness Chair in Applied Liberty at the American Enterprise Institute. He was previously senior editor at National Review, where he had worked for two decades. He is a weekly columnist for The Times, and a CNN contributor. Goldberg appears regularly on NPR’s “Morning Edition” and is the author of three New York Times bestsellers, the most recent of which is “Suicide of the West.” He lives in Washington, D.C.
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I’m a critic of the former president, but I’m also a conservative who believes the vice president is an underwhelming candidate who is wrong on a number of issues.
Oct. 29, 2024
This election reflects the fact that Republicans and Democrats have both become minority parties relying on base voters instead of a decisive electoral majority.
Oct. 22, 2024
The author of ‘The Message’ insists on moral clarity about Israeli oppression, but the threat from Hamas and others is clearer than anything else in the conflict.
Oct. 15, 2024
If Kamala Harris defeats the former president, a struggle for the GOP would ensue. But there are reasons to be hopeful about the party’s future.
Oct. 8, 2024
In calling Kamala Harris ‘mentally disabled’ and immigrants ‘animals,’ the former president may be trying to motivate an often-overlooked segment of the electorate.
Oct. 1, 2024
Goldberg: Why the next president — whether it’s Donald Trump or Kamala Harris — won’t have a mandate
Presidents since Andrew Jackson have claimed special authority from the nation’s voters to enact their agendas. The Constitution grants nothing of the kind.
Sept. 24, 2024
Trump and his defenders aren’t against allegedly violence-inciting rhetoric, they’re against such rhetoric deployed against Trump. When it targets Biden and Harris it’s just fine.
Sept. 16, 2024
The former congresswoman has been a courageous critic of Donald Trump. But papering over Republicans’ policy differences with Democrats is a mistake.
Sept. 10, 2024
The Democratic National Convention featured the usual rhetoric about unifying Americans, but the Constitution is designed to foster productive disagreement.
Aug. 27, 2024
The Democrat’s proposal to tackle inflation reveals a blind spot on the left about government’s role in the cost of housing, education, healthcare and more.
Aug. 20, 2024