menu_open Columnists
Daniel Foster

Daniel Foster

The Atlantic

We use cookies to provide some features and experiences in QOSHE

More information  .  Close

The Great GOP Dummymander of 2026

Underplayed in the post-midterm coverage is the role of the White-House-driven campaign last year to redraw congressional maps in the middle of the...

latest 0

National Review

Daniel Foster

Vance’s Paradise Lost

The vice president has figured out the midterms. It calls to mind Milton’s description of Eden, and the terrible folly by which mankind forfeited...

previous day 5

National Review

Daniel Foster

Patrick Stewart and the Pleasures of Fandom

For readers steeped deeply in National Review Online lore it must feel odd not to see notice on the Corner of the passing of Patrick Stewart, most...

30.10.2026 10

National Review

Daniel Foster

The Cheesecake Factory Is an Eldritch Laboratory of Unholy Chimeras

Netflix content creator Barack Obama stuck his head up to prove to the world once again that there's still no Democrat who can effortlessly...

26.10.2026 10

National Review

Daniel Foster

Should Ilhan Omar Be Denaturalized?

The long-standing accusations against Ilhan Omar — if that is her real name — have resurfaced in light of the recent raid on her home. In brief,...

23.10.2026 10

National Review

Daniel Foster

Elon Musk’s Moral Confusion on Ukraine

We have, to my mind anyway, extremely welcome news that President Trump called Elon Musk and prevailed on him to restore full functionality of...

22.10.2026 9

National Review

Daniel Foster

It’s the Corruption, Stupid

JD Vance previewed a possible 2028 argument, one he will no doubt have to make a few hundred times, on the question of corruption and self-dealing...

20.10.2026 10

National Review

Daniel Foster

The Shane Gillis Joke Is Undercooked, Not a Capital Crime

I was talking to a very funny friend who also happens to be on the political left. He's a big fan of Shane Gillis (my impressions are more mixed,...

13.10.2026 9

National Review

Daniel Foster

Western Discourse Suggests October 7 Achieved Its Political Purpose

I still count it as one of the most astonishing -- and depressing -- facts of history that on October 7, 2023, terrorists broadcast themselves...

07.10.2026 10

National Review

Daniel Foster

Re: Undoubtedly 6.8 Percent Is Less than 70 Percent

As Michael allows, I didn’t hide the ball in my original post, nor did I claim that reversing “globalization” qua liberalized trade would by...

05.10.2026 10

National Review

Daniel Foster

What Does ‘Reversing 40 Years of Globalization’ Mean?

The vice president holds with a view of U.S. economic history that claims that globalization was a mistake and that things would be better if it...

02.10.2026 20

National Review

Daniel Foster

Rob Manfred’s Playoff Bracket Is Decadent and Depraved

Look at it. It’s disgusting. The new “balanced” regular season schedule was introduced, allegedly, to make records more directly comparable....

28.09.2026 10

National Review

Daniel Foster

Why Brandon Flowers’s ‘An American Dream’ Hits

In my little corner of the internet -- which is probably not the same corner as yours, though maybe there’s some overlap -- I’m seeing a lot of...

28.09.2026 20

National Review

Daniel Foster

No, Private Equity Isn't Ruining Your Sandwiches, Your Apartment, or Grandma's Nursing Home

Economics No, Private Equity Isn't Ruining Your Sandwiches, Your Apartment, or Grandma's Nursing Home Much of the hatred directed...

27.09.2026 10

Reason.com

Daniel Foster

On the NYT’s Top 100 TV Shows of the 21st Century

The New York Times has released its rankings, to much umbrage on social media -- which of course was largely the point. This content is designed to...

25.09.2026 20

National Review

Daniel Foster

The Quiet Dissidence of the Boston Globe

There are two different Boston Globe pieces making the rounds in my mentions at the moment. The first is a down-the-middle opinion piece from...

23.09.2026 20

National Review

Daniel Foster

The GOP’s Buffalo buffalo

The Buffalo Bills’ front office says that the decision to play the Canadian national anthem as well as the “Star Spangled Banner” at their game...

18.09.2026 10

National Review

Daniel Foster

Star Wars, Episode I?

On July 17, Iran attacks Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan, causing significant damage and killing three Americans. In late July/August, a Chinese...

17.09.2026 20

National Review

Daniel Foster

Vance’s Scoreboard

At his much commented upon White House presser, the vice president said: “America has fought a lot of wars since I’ve been alive. Forty-two years....

04.09.2026 20

National Review

Daniel Foster

Russians in the Blue Ridge

I have to register mild disagreement with brother Jim in his Jolt this morning on the decision to invite the Russians to the G20 summit in Asheville,...

01.09.2026 20

National Review

Daniel Foster

The Kinds of Abstractions Armies Fight For

It’s the dead of midwinter and that means that I’m spending my days watching curling and moguls and luge and foreign policy speeches at the Munich...

16.02.2026 30

National Review

Daniel Foster