David Harsanyi

Senior Writer at Washington Examiner

Syndicated Columnist at National Review

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Articles

The War Against Experts

4 days ago | nysun.com | David Harsanyi

When you take a relative to the emergency room, you trust that the person with a medical degree will have a better grasp of physiology, ailments and treatments than you do. No sane person expects a doctor to sit down and explain biochemistry before treatment. Because appeals to authority and credentials are part of the social contract. The populist right seems to have learned many of the wrong lessons from the Covid-era cratering of trust in experts and authority.
If Everyone Is an Expert, No One Is

6 days ago | arcamax.com | David Harsanyi

When you take a relative to the emergency room, you trust that the person with a medical degree will have a better grasp of physiology, ailments and treatments than you do. No sane person expects a doctor to sit down and explain biochemistry before treatment. Because appeals to authority and credentials are part of the social contract. The populist right seems to have learned many of the wrong lessons from the COVID-era cratering of trust in experts and authority.
Smug experts shattered our trust — now ‘charlatans and cranks’ fill the void

1 week ago | nypost.com | David Harsanyi

Anthony Fauci listens to guest speaker and Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg during the opening night of the New Orleans Book Festival.
Rest in peace, Mario Vargas Llosa

1 week ago | washingtonexaminer.com | David Harsanyi

At a 1976 movie premiere in Mexico City, Mario Vargas Llosa famously punched his soon-to-be ex-friend, novelist Gabriel García Márquez, in the face. Some theorize the ruckus was about Vargas Llosa’s wife. Others believe it was a row over politics, as Vargas Llosa would soon refer to García Márquez as “Castro’s courtesan.”I like to think the latter happened. Because the only thing Vargas Llosa, who died this week at the age of 87 in Spain, seemed to detest more than tedious prose was collectivism.
If everyone is an expert, no one is

1 week ago | washingtonexaminer.com | David Harsanyi

When you take a relative to the emergency room, you trust that the person with a medical degree will have a better grasp of physiology, ailments, and treatments than you do. No sane person expects a doctor to sit down and explain biochemistry before treatment. Because appeals to authority and credentials are part of the social contract.
Harsanyi: There is no economic emergency, Mr. President

1 week ago | detroitnews.com | David Harsanyi

The case for protectionism revolves around a host of doom-and-gloom myths that we should not accept. "We don't make anything anymore!" I don't know how many times I've heard defenders of President Donald Trump's new tariff regime bleakly note that the U.S. economy is a mere husk of its glorious old self. Is our manufacturing base perfect? No, but output is at an all-time high.
The Supreme Court is the only properly functioning institution in DC

1 week ago | washingtonexaminer.com | David Harsanyi

On most days, the Supreme Court seems to be the only properly functioning institution in Washington — maybe even in the country. When U.S. District Judge James Boasberg intervened in the Trump administration’s efforts to deport illegal Venezuelan immigrants to El Salvador using the Alien Enemies Act, the Make America Great Again movement erupted in anger. It is somewhat understandable.
Against Doomerism

1 week ago | davidharsanyi.substack.com | David Harsanyi

There is no economic emergency. The entire case for upending American trade is built on a slew of myths — some of which I touched on last week. I don’t know how many times I’ve heard protectionists defend Donald Trump’s new tariff regime by bleakly noting that the U.S. economy is a mere husk of its glorious old self. And the only way to save it is by “bringing back” jobs and giving the struggling working class a chance. We have “deindustrialized,” says JD Vance. Is our manufacturing base perfect?
Trump’s Claims of Economic Emergency Ignore Reality of Vibrant American Manufacturing

1 week ago | nysun.com | David Harsanyi

The case for protectionism revolves around a host of doom-and-gloom myths that we should not accept. “We don’t make anything anymore.”I don’t know how many times I’ve heard defenders of President Trump’s new tariff regime bleakly note that the American economy is a mere husk of its glorious old self. Is our manufacturing base perfect? No, but output is at an all-time high.
There Is No Economic Emergency, Mr. President

1 week ago | arcamax.com | David Harsanyi

The case for protectionism revolves around a host of doom-and-gloom myths that we should not accept. "We don't make anything anymore!"I don't know how many times I've heard defenders of President Donald Trump's new tariff regime bleakly note that the U.S. economy is a mere husk of its glorious old self. Is our manufacturing base perfect? No, but output is at an all-time high.