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Editor at Large — David Keene, a trusted adviser to presidents, a longtime champion of personal liberty and one of conservatism’s most respected voices, is the former opinion editor of The Washington Times. An author, columnist and fixture on national television, Mr. Keene has championed conservative causes for more than five decades while offering advice to Republican presidents and countless candidates. He additionally served as chairman of the American Conservative Union and president of the National Rifle Association.
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Columns by David Keene

Cargo Union and Supply Chain Problems Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Biden’s supply chain problems are real, and only getting worse

As the COVID-19 pandemic weakens, Americans are discovering that store shelves are often empty.

November 8, 2021

Gun Control Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Alec Baldwin needs NRA training

When I was first elected to the Board of the National Rifle Association in 2000, I had the honor of taking a seat beside some of the people I had previously only been able to admire from a distance.

November 3, 2021

McAuliffe Campaign Shattered Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

McAuliffe doesn’t live in the same world as voters do

When Terry McAuliffe declared for governor last December, Democrats in and out of Virginia saw him as a slam duck winner over Republican Glenn Youngkin.

November 1, 2021

China Security Cancels Critics Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

China views critics as terrorists and criminals

If you have hinted that you believe the COVID-19 virus may have escaped from a Chinese laboratory in Wuhan, or spoken favorably about Taiwan, Beijing's security forces are coming after you.

September 21, 2021

Illustration on America's support for Taiwan by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Will the U.S. risk war with China to defend Taiwan?

Communist China has been threatening for years to regain control of Taiwan by any means necessary.

August 19, 2021

Gun Activist David Chipman Nominated for ATF Chief Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Anti-gun lobbyist David Chipman unsuited to run the ATF

Imagine the uproar if Donald Trump or George W. Bush had appointed an NRA lobbyist to head the ATF. Liberals, Democrats, and the media would have gone nuts.

August 10, 2021

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters after the Democrats' policy luncheon, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 11, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

How hypocrisy thrives when an opposing political party abuses power

The political posturing by the enablers of both parties proves once again that power is as corrupting as Lord Acton warned back in 1887.

June 14, 2021

Illustration on keeping cultural trends out of business by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Keeping business focused on business rather than woke politics

The muckrakers and trust busters of an earlier day demanded government regulation of corporations they saw as essentially evil.

June 9, 2021

Illustration on the increased challenges to police by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

The price police pay to protect Americans

There are fewer cops on the streets in our major cities today than in the 1990s, and there will be fewer still next year.

June 7, 2021

Illustration on Supreme Court packing by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Progressives kick off campaign to ‘reform’ Supreme Court

The "progressive" campaign to "reform" the Supreme Court kicked off last week with the first meeting of "The President's Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States."

May 24, 2021

Baltimore Body Count and Gun Violence Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Urban progressives ramp up efforts to ‘defund’ the police

Progressives have learned that ideas and policies have consequences ... and those consequences can be deadly.

May 11, 2021

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York, holds a news conference, Thursday, March 25, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool via AP)

Liberal Democrats’ push to repeal ‘SALT’ tax cap will only benefit wealthy

Former President Trump's Tax Cuts & Jobs Acts put a $10,000 cap on how much a federal taxpayer could deduct for state and local taxes paid.

April 19, 2021

President Biden is facing criticism for issuing 38 executive orders and for not fulfilling promises he made during his presidential campaign. (Associated Press)

Joe Biden making the world safe for highest-taxing industrial nations

President Biden, his economic advisers and his party's congressional allies are boldly advocating a new Imperialist Age to be led by the United States and like-mined wealthy industrial nations.

April 12, 2021

President Joe Biden speaks after meeting with leaders from Georgia's Asian-American and Pacific Islander community, Friday, March 19, 2021, at Emory University in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Biden embarks on frenzied campaign to block election reform

President Biden and his congressional and media allies' frenzied crusade to block reforms designed to safeguard the integrity of the electoral process may backfire.

April 6, 2021

In this file photo, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-WVa., speaks during a hearing to examine the nomination of former Gov. Jennifer Granholm, D-Mich., as she testifies before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee during a hearing to examine her nomination to be Secretary of Energy, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Jim Watson/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

Republicans shouldn’t depend on Joe Manchin for support on filibuster

West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin gives new meaning to the old saying that the most dangerous place to be in Washington is between an ambitious politician and a television camera.

March 23, 2021

Illustration on killing the vote by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Democrats sentence a fair election system to death

The first bill a new House of Representatives introduces is a party-in-power wish list.

March 9, 2021

Illustration on Biden and gun control by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Exposing Biden’s radical gun control agenda

President Biden urged Congress to eliminate "immunity for gun manufacturers who knowingly put weapons of war on our streets" by repealing the "Protection of Lawful Commerce in Firearms Act" or PLCFA

February 22, 2021

Illustration on the changed GOP base by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Recognizing the plights and frustrations of the Republican voter

Since the 1960s, the two major U.S. political parties have been trading constituencies.

February 16, 2021

Illustration on baseball and COVID by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Hoping for baseball to come to the rescue while still battling COVID-19

It's been just about a year since American life, which for many of us means baseball, began changing. COVID-19, then known simply as the Wuhan Virus, began to be perceived as the threat it quickly became.

January 27, 2021

Illustration on COVID travel restrictions by Linas Garsys/The Washington bTimes

CDC’s latest COVID-19 rules don’t make travel safer or contain new strains

The new CDC rules requiring travelers visiting or returning to the United States from abroad are supposed to help prevent the newer strains of the COVID-19 virus out of the country while making air travel safer.

January 25, 2021