William McGurn

Columnist, The Wall Street Journal.
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William McGurn is a member of The Wall Street Journal editorial board and writes the weekly "Main Street" column for the Journal each Tuesday. Previously he served as Chief Speechwriter for President George W. Bush.

Mr. McGurn has served as chief editorial writer for The Wall Street Journal in New York. He spent more than a decade overseas -- in Brussels for The Wall Street Journal/Europe and in Hong Kong with both the Asian Wall Street Journal and the Far Eastern Economic Review. And in the mid-1990s, he was Washington Bureau Chief for National Review.

Bill is author of a book on Hong Kong ("Perfidious Albion") and a monograph on terrorism ("Terrorist or Freedom Fighter"). He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, holds a BA in philosophy from Notre Dame and an MS in Communications from Boston University.

Articles

The Morality of Charles Koch

October 2, 2017 10:39 pm ET

A libertarian billionaire embraces a Catholic business school for its ethics.

Lock One Up, Mr. Grassley

September 25, 2017 11:13 pm ET

Congress has let lapse a unique power to compel reluctant witnesses to testify.

A Confederacy of Dunces

September 18, 2017 10:49 pm ET

Mayor Bill de Blasio goes hunting for ‘hate’ on New York City property.

The Cruelty of Barack Obama

September 11, 2017 11:05 pm ET

On immigration reform, the former president isn’t what he says he is.

Bring Back the Work Ethic

September 4, 2017 06:32 pm ET

‘There’s a person for every job and a job for every person,’ says Bob Funk.

Steve Bannon’s Revenge

August 28, 2017 10:55 pm ET

The anti-Trump response seems bent on outdoing the president’s excesses.

Hurrah for the ACLU

August 14, 2017 10:51 pm ET

In Charlottesville, a principled stand for the speech rights of even odious speakers.

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