John Tierney

Alaska, New York

Co-author of "The Power of Bad" and "Willpower," contributing editor to City Journal, and former science & Op-Ed columnist at the New York Times.

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Articles

Coalition must show it's getting the band back together

3 weeks ago | newcastleherald.com.au | John Tierney

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley and Nationals Leader David Littleproud in Canberra last month. Picture by Gary RamageThe atmosphere in the Liberal Party room was euphoric when, after 13 years in opposition, we had our first meeting after the 1996 landslide to the Howard Coalition government. Significantly, the Liberal Party had won a record 76 seats, and it was possible to govern without having to form a Coalition government with the National Party. Subscribe now for unlimited access.
Reports of the Liberal Party's death are greatly exaggerated

1 month ago | newcastleherald.com.au | John Tierney

There has been extensive expert commentary on why the Liberals lost the federal election. Regarding strategy, policy, and messaging, 2025 was the worst Liberal campaign I have seen since joining the party more than 60 years ago. Subscribe now for unlimited access.
Reports of the Liberal Party's death are greatly exaggerated

1 month ago | gloucesteradvocate.com.au | John Tierney

There has been extensive expert commentary on why the Liberals lost the federal election. Regarding strategy, policy, and messaging, 2025 was the worst Liberal campaign I have seen since joining the party more than 60 years ago. Subscribe now for unlimited access.
Reports of the Liberal Party's death are greatly exaggerated

1 month ago | dungogchronicle.com.au | John Tierney

There has been extensive expert commentary on why the Liberals lost the federal election. Regarding strategy, policy, and messaging, 2025 was the worst Liberal campaign I have seen since joining the party more than 60 years ago. Subscribe now for unlimited access.
New York’s Composting Delusion

2 months ago | city-journal.org | John Tierney |Brian Anderson

John Tierney joins Brian Anderson to discuss why composting and recycling persist despite the lack of evidence for their efficacy. Brian Anderson: Welcome back to the 10 Blocks podcast. Today we’re joined by John Tierney to discuss what he calls the most nonsensical form of municipal recycling, which is composting. This is an environmentalist passion that he points out costs a lot of money for little benefit and plenty of downsides.
NYC’s compost edict is all about empowering our petty tyrants

2 months ago | manhattan.institute | John Tierney

After forcing New Yorkers to spend billions of dollars for the privilege of sorting their garbage into recycling bins, municipal officials have found an even costlier — and grubbier — way for residents to spend their time in the kitchen. They must now separate food waste into compost bins or face the wrath of the city’s garbage police, who will be digging through trash looking for verboten coffee grounds and onion peels.
NYC’s compost edict is all about empowering our petty tyrants

2 months ago | nypost.com | John Tierney

The composting mandate satisfies the same impulse we saw so vividly in blue states during the pandemic: the left's urge to micromanage our lives.
Instapundit » Blog Archive » MY LATEST IN CITY JOURNAL: New York City’s Composting Delusion. The city is too broke to maintain ba

2 months ago | instapundit.com | John Tierney

MY LATEST IN CITY JOURNAL: New York City’s Composting Delusion. The city is too broke to maintain basic services, but it’s wasting tax dollars to make life a little grubbier for everyone. Garbage police are now searching through trash so they can fine New Yorkers who don’t separate all their food waste into bins for composting. Curbside recycling has never made sense, but composting is the most idiotic form of it: the least benefit at the highest cost.
History's cautionary tale for Trump's chaotic tariff policy

2 months ago | newcastleherald.com.au | John Tierney

Trump's policy has created volatile stockmarkets across the globe. Image: ShutterstockThe second Trump presidency has only begun, but the USA's upended trade policy reverberates across all world economies.
New York City’s Composting Delusion

2 months ago | city-journal.org | John Tierney

After forcing New Yorkers to spend billions of dollars for the privilege of sorting their garbage into recycling bins, municipal officials have found an even costlier—and grubbier—way for residents to spend their time in the kitchen. They must now separate food waste into compost bins or face new fines imposed by the city’s garbage police, who will be digging through trash looking for verboten coffee grounds and onion peels.