Henry Olsen, a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, studies and provides commentary on American politics. His work focuses on how America’s political order is being upended by populist challenges, from the left and the right. He also studies populism’s impact in other democracies in the developed world. From 2019–2023, Mr. Olsen was an opinion columnist for The Washington Post, where he wrote daily pieces focusing on politics, populism, foreign affairs and American conservative thought. He is also the author of The Working Class Republican: Ronald Reagan and the Return of Blue-Collar Conservatism and The Four Faces of the Republican Party, co-authored with Dante Scala. Mr. Olsen taught as the Thomas W. Smith Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence at Arizona State University for the Winter/Spring 2023 semester. He has taught at Villanova University and the Catholic University of America and currently teaches in the Hillsdale College D.C. Graduate Studies Program. Mr. Olsen was previously an editor at UnHerd.com and a regular contributor to American Greatness, City Journal, and World Magazine. Mr. Olsen’s work has been featured in many prominent publications, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, National Review, The Guardian, The Spectator, The Independent, and The Washington Examiner. Mr. Olsen’s prediction that Donald Trump would win the 2024 election and could win the popular vote proved to be one of the most accurate pre-election calls in America. He also had on the mark predictions in the 2012, 2016, and 2020 elections. Mr. Olsen is the host of a weekly podcast on American – and sometimes, European – politics, Beyond the Polls. His work currently appears in a variety of publications in America and Europe. He has a B.A. from Claremont McKenna College and a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School.