William McGurn

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.

Latest Articles

Main Street

The Silence of Pope Francis

December 7, 2020 10:48 pm ET

Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai goes to jail—and his shepherd is missing in action.

Main Street

Trump’s March to Atlanta

November 30, 2020 10:47 pm ET

No one has a bigger stake in keeping the Senate Republican than the president.

Main Street

The Education of Joe Biden

November 16, 2020 11:12 pm ET

Is he really going to nominate the head of a teachers union for his cabinet?

Main Street

Joe Biden’s Bitter Harvest

November 9, 2020 11:18 pm ET

Where might Trump voters have got the idea that a president was illegitimate?

Main Street

What Pollsters Miss About Trump

November 2, 2020 11:34 pm ET

A self-described ‘cowboy’ explains why he thinks the president will defy expectations and win again.

The Weekend Interview

The Man Who Made Milton Friedman a Star

October 30, 2020 04:05 pm ET

Bob Chitester’s 1980 PBS series ‘Free to Choose’ helped make capitalism popular. Can markets make a comeback in the era of AOC?

Main Street

Saving Private Biden

October 26, 2020 09:51 pm ET

The press standard for 2020: No tough questions for the former vice president.

Main Street

The Myth of Moderate Democrats

October 19, 2020 10:58 pm ET

Joe Biden and Conor Lamb show a different face in Pennsylvania than in Washington.

Main Street

Amy Coney Barrett and the Ivies

October 12, 2020 10:04 pm ET

Harvard and Yale worry what the newest justice would mean for their racial-preference policies.

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