columnist

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—Nicole Nguyen is the Personal Tech columnist based in San Francisco.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

Opinions about what Iran’s new leaders want are all over the map, but in the words of Foreign Policy columnist Michael Hirsh, they now seem to be “calling the shots.”

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026

When the late and great Times sports columnist Mike Downey decided years ago to write about jockey Billy Shoemaker, he did so perfectly.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026

One Biobank volunteer - Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee - told the BBC she was not worried by the data breach.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

“We look like fools to our friends,” wrote a New York Times columnist, “rascals to our enemies and incompetents to the rest.”

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin