Journalism by Andrew Hahn
News, analysis and opinion from The Hairy Times.
I write about politics, money, travel, food and the choices that shape everyday life for The Hairy Times, the independent news and opinion publication I founded. Below is every column I have published there, newest first. This page updates automatically whenever a new piece goes live.
The Hairy Times · September 20, 2026
Put Down Your Swords: Why Our Future Depends on It
Andrew Hahn here, and I’m about to tell you something that might make both sides of the aisle uncomfortable: we’re doing exactly…
The Hairy Times · September 19, 2026
The Oxygen Thief: How Trump Keeps You Too Dizzy to See What He’s Actually Doing
WASHINGTON — Let me tell you what exhaustion looks like in 2026: It’s watching a man claim he now has “permanent control”…
The Hairy Times · September 18, 2026
Trumps House of Cards Is Starting to Fall: The Desperations Showing
Trumps House of Cards Is Starting to Fall and the desperations Showing Let me tell you what desperation looks like in real…
The Hairy Times · September 18, 2026
America Voted for Chaos. Now They Want the Receipt.
America Voted for Chaos. Now They Want the Receipt
The Hairy Times · September 17, 2026
4 Deaths Later, the Health Secretary Takes a Victory Lap
The CDC’s measles dashboard went live at 9:47 AM on September 10th, 2026. By noon, epidemiologists in seventeen states had flagged the…
The Hairy Times · September 16, 2026
The Gerontocracy Keeps Dragging Itself Back: Why McConnell’s Return Proves We Need Age Limits Now
The Gerontocracy Keeps Dragging Itself Back: Why McConnell’s Return Proves We Need Age Limits Now
The Hairy Times · September 15, 2026
Brace Yourselves: The $10.8 Billion Argument Coming to Your Screen
How political Messaging is set to impact your vote. You’ve already seen them. The ads are here—slick, aggressive, and multiplying like rabbits…
The Hairy Times · September 11, 2026
25 Years After 9/11: Remembering Who We Were — and What We’ve Become
We Need to Make America, America Again
The Hairy Times · September 11, 2026
Adventures in Travel: Where Every Trip Becomes a Story Worth Telling
Photo via Unsplash There are two kinds of travelers in this world: those who collect destinations, and those who collect stories. The…
The Hairy Times · September 9, 2026
Turn Off Trump on 9/11 — And Every Day After
Here’s what I know about transformation: it doesn’t happen in committee meetings or focus groups. It happens in specific moments, burned into…
The Hairy Times · September 9, 2026
Update to the War Nobody Voted For: A Guide to Trump’s Iran Catastrophe
The War Nobody Voted For Let me be very direct with you: we are watching an illegal war that nobody voted for…
The Hairy Times · September 9, 2026
Enough: When Does the Madness Stop Being Called Leadership?
Enough: When Does the Madness Stop Being Called Leadership?
The Hairy Times · September 8, 2026
The Great Northern Unraveling: How Trump’s Tariff War Is Destroying America’s Most Important Alliance
I’m going to level with you: what we’re watching unfold between the United States and Canada isn’t just bad policy. The Great…
The Hairy Times · September 8, 2026
The Cost of Vanity: Trumps $1.4 Billion Bill
Let’s talk about what it costs to build a legacy when you’re terrified you don’t have one. I’m Andrew Hahn. I founded…
The Hairy Times · September 7, 2026
The Ballot Box Isn’t Broken—But Someone Wants You to Think It Is
The Ballot Box Isn’t Broken — But Someone Wants You to Think It Is Listen, The Ballot Box Isn’t Broken. We’re 57…
The Hairy Times · September 3, 2026
The House Always Wins: How Wealth Weaponizes Justice in America
Here’s what I’ve learned running a newspaper that refuses to look away: The American legal system has two tiers, and if you’re…
The Hairy Times · September 2, 2026
6 Months Into the U.S.–Iran War: No End in Sight
6 Months Into the U.S.–Iran War: No End in Sight
The Hairy Times · September 1, 2026
The Quiet Theft: How 2026 Became 2020 All Over Again (And Why We’re Running Out of Time to Stop It)
Let me be direct with you: I started The Hairy Times because I believed in two things—facts and the uncomfortable truth that…
The Hairy Times · September 1, 2026
The Supreme Court Just Gave America a $600 Million Bill We Never Agreed To Pay
Let me be direct with you: we have a problem. And I’m not sure who the real problem is anymore — the…
The Hairy Times · August 31, 2026
To The Trump Faithful: Help Me Understand
To The Trump Faithful: Help Me Understand
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