Douglas Murray

London, New York

Author, Political Commentator, and Associate Editor at The Spectator

#1 bestselling author of 7 books including 'The War on the West'. @Spectator. Columnist @NYPost and @TheSun. Host of Uncancelled History: https://t.co/0XzJnchlbb

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Articles

Probe the foreign influence behind these terror-loving, anti-Jew college agitators

6 days ago | nypost.com | Douglas Murray

Anti-Israel protesters getting arrested after storming Butler Library at Columbia University on May 7, 2025. Christopher Sadowski I wonder how Columbia University would behave in the following scenario. A bunch of students and outside agitators descend on their campus.
Probe the foreign influence behind these terror-loving, anti-Jew college agitators

6 days ago | flipboard.com | Douglas Murray

NowEveryone Is Cheating Their Way Through CollegeChatGPT has unraveled the entire academic project. This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up …6 hours agoCreighton professor of theology reacts to historic election of new popeThomas Kelly, a professor of theology at Creighton University, joined KETV NewsWatch 7 to discuss the historic day.
Probe the Foreign Influence Behind These Terror-Loving, Anti-Jew College Agitators

6 days ago | manhattan.institute | Douglas Murray

I wonder how Columbia University would behave in the following scenario. A bunch of students and outside agitators descend on their campus. They are dressed in the gear of the Ku Klux Klan, being careful to conceal their faces so as to avoid any personal criticism. They then enter the university’s library and other sacred spaces of learning and chant for the lynching of black Americans. Would Columbia University sit by while this happened?
Our politicians find truth more painful than fiction

1 week ago | spectator.co.uk | Douglas Murray

Do you remember the great Adolescence debate? It may feel like an age ago, but way back in March Netflix released a drama about a 13-year-old caucasian boy who stabs a female classmate to death. For a time it was one of the most watched shows on Netflix. British politicians and opinion writers spent weeks chewing over this entirely fictional programme.
The secret to great friendships

1 week ago | thespectator.com | Douglas Murray

A few years back, a friend from Newcastle, in the north of England, was down in London and I was giving him a tour of the town. At various points I stopped and pointed out where various friends had lived.
“Week in review,” by Suzanna Murawski

1 week ago | newcriterion.com | Douglas Murray |Samuel Lipman |Heather Mac Donald |Brooke Allen

Recent stories of note:“To know or not to know”Costica Bradatan, The Times Literary SupplementMark Lilla’s recent book Ignorance and Bliss, a wandering exploration of the “will to ignorance” reviewed by Costica Bradatan in The Times Literary Supplement, begins with a version of Plato’s famous Allegory of the Cave. In this version, however, the man who is compelled to leave his shadowy bondage pities the condition of those around him and brings along a young boy.
Kamala Harris reminds everyone why we didn't elect her president

1 week ago | nypost.com | Douglas Murray

Former Vice President Kamala Harris speaking at a gala in San Francisco on April 30, 2025. REUTERS/Jungho Kim The Democrats seem to be lost in the wilderness. But at least their former presidential candidate still has elephants for company.
The unbearable smugness of American journalists

2 weeks ago | spectator.com.au | Douglas Murray

Polls occasionally appear which reveal the extent to which people trust – or rather don’t trust – journalists. In one last year, something called the Edelman Trust Barometer found that just 31 per cent of the British public said they trust the media, a fall of 6 per cent in a year.
The unbearable smugness of American journalists

2 weeks ago | spectator.co.uk | Douglas Murray

Here we go again. For those who drew up the convoluted regulations around police misconduct, the decision to proceed with a disciplinary hearing against the policeman who shot dead the notorious gangster Chris Kaba makes perfect sense. For most people though, it’s utter madness. A trial at the Old Bailey, where footage of the incident was
Steve Witkoff is fumbling foreign talks and dragging Trump down

2 weeks ago | nypost.com | Douglas Murray

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff during a meeting in Saint Petersburg, Russia April 11, 2025. via REUTERS In his first 100 days, President Trump has scored a lot of wins at home. But what of abroad?