Daniel Henninger

Dec 4, 2024 | wsj.com | Daniel Henninger

Daniel Henninger's weekly column, “Wonder Land,” appears in The Wall Street Journal each Thursday. Mr. Henninger was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in editorial writing in 1987 and 1996, and shared in the Journal's Pulitzer Prize in 2002 for the paper's coverage of the attacks on September 11. In 2004, he won the Eric Breindel Journalism Award for his weekly column.

Nov 20, 2024 | wsj.com | Daniel Henninger

In 1994, Newt Gingrich’s Contract With America promised “a Congress that respects the values and shares the faith of the American family.” Bill Clinton declared in his 1996 State of the Union, “The era of big government is over.”Thirty wheel-spinning years later, what are Mr. Trump’s chances? Divining what exactly is on Mr. Trump’s mind is a fool’s game. It seems clear the essential criterion for nomination to the Trump cabinet is relentless, televised assertions of loyalty to him personally.

Nov 13, 2024 | wsj.com | Daniel Henninger

After Mr. Trump’s first win in 2016, something resembling civil disorder did break out. From Boston to Oregon, protesters by the tens of thousands hit the streets for three nights of protests. The afternoon following the election, activists in New York City blocked intersections during the commuter rush hour.

Nov 6, 2024 | wsj.com | Daniel Henninger

Daniel Henninger's weekly column, “Wonder Land,” appears in The Wall Street Journal each Thursday. Mr. Henninger was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in editorial writing in 1987 and 1996, and shared in the Journal's Pulitzer Prize in 2002 for the paper's coverage of the attacks on September 11. In 2004, he won the Eric Breindel Journalism Award for his weekly column.

Oct 30, 2024 | wsj.com | Daniel Henninger

Has any U.S. presidential election had so many saying, “I can’t wait until this is over”? If the result is close, of course, it won’t be over on Election Day. Both sides have thousands of lawyers on call to litigate any narrow election margin. It has become conventional wisdom to say the nation’s institutions can survive this maelstrom. Likely that’s true, but the course of this election is cause to wonder.