Aidan Klineman

In Opinion: “Against all odds, the protestors in Minneapolis are winning — and that is why I am still shamelessly American,” writes Opinion Editor @ptsklineman. dailynorthwestern.com/2026/01/29/opi…

In Opinion: “Trump was never fit to lead our republic. But the true nature of his associations with Epstein may show that he was never worthy of being a part of it,” writes Opinion Editor @ptsklineman. dailynorthwestern.com/2025/11/13/opi…

In Opinion: “The difference in tone they struck with their Republican opponents can be summed up with a single moniker that seems to have far more brand fluency now: ‘Democrat,’” writes Opinion Editor @ptsklineman. dailynorthwestern.com/2025/11/10/opi…

In Opinion: “Jewish culture still exists in the fabric of American political life. Now, Israel must have the political courage to let us preserve it,” writes Opinion Editor @ptsklineman. dailynorthwestern.com/2025/10/28/opi…

In Opinion: “We stand with the Indiana Daily Student as it weathers intimidation from those who seek to discredit it and the purpose of the free press in the United States,” writes The Daily Northwestern Editorial Board. dailynorthwestern.com/2025/10/23/opi…

“No one is under the impression that Democrats had any other choice — if they are as principled as they say they are, they could not in good conscience green-light Trump’s war on our democratic institutions,” writes Opinion Editor Aidan Klineman. dailynorthwestern.com/2025/10/06/opi…

In Opinion: “But if they have any dreams of securing a victory beyond the five-seat margin Trump hopes to fabricate in Texas, Democrats cannot afford to render this demonstration inauthentic.” writes Opinion Contributor @ptsklineman. dailynorthwestern.com/2025/08/06/opi…

In Opinion: “One thing is for sure, however — as long as we cannot distinguish Trump’s interpersonal struggles from his political ones, his coalition will continue to hemorrhage,” writes Opinion Contributor @ptsklineman. dailynorthwestern.com/2025/08/05/lat…

In Opinion: “There remains an unmistakable joy in seeing the white smoke billow out of the Sistine Chapel and the announcement of ‘habemus papam’ — one we need to rediscover in our own democracy,” writes Opinion Contributor @ptsklineman. dailynorthwestern.com/2025/05/14/opi…

In Opinion: “This Passover, my second at Northwestern, a kind of cognitive dissonance set in — between my free speech inclinations and the apathy toward antisemitism that exists in this campus community,” writes Opinion Contributor @ptsklineman. dailynorthwestern.com/2025/04/17/unc…

In Opinion: “To have abundance in our cities, we must first seek abundance in our current opposition — keeping the faith — powerless in government, yet formidable in conviction,” writes Opinion Contributor @ptsklineman. dailynorthwestern.com/2025/04/09/unc…

In Opinion: “For the right of trans people to belong and a woman to choose, saving our planet and democracies at home and abroad — we have no choice but to set our priorities straight,” writes Opinion Contributor @ptsklineman. dailynorthwestern.com/2025/03/03/lat…

In Opinion: “‘Source Code’ is... about unlikely friendship, an unexpected loss and what they ultimately yielded: the smell, created in a computer lab, that changed civilization forever,” writes Opinion Contributor Aidan Klineman. dailynorthwestern.com/2025/02/24/lat…

In Opinion: “So when a passenger plane collided with a Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River, the buck didn’t stop with Trump. He couldn’t have been responsible for consoling us,” writes Opinion Contributor @ptsklineman. dailynorthwestern.com/2025/02/18/lat…

In Opinion: “As the Israeli Prime Minister grinned at the notion of creating a “Riviera of the Middle East,” I felt exposed,” writes Opinion Contributor @ptsklineman. dailynorthwestern.com/2025/02/10/lat…

In Opinion: “I love opinion writing because it gets at the heart of the journalist’s purpose. To expose us to the truth, yes, but also, to tell a holistic story of our time and our impact on one another,” writes Opinion Contributor @ptsklineman. dailynorthwestern.com/2025/01/27/lat…

In Opinion: “I can only carry with me a certain shamelessness of being American — I have nowhere else to go. It’s not a false sense of hope or optimism,” writes Op-ed Contributor Aidan Klineman. dailynorthwestern.com/2025/01/21/opi…