Kevin D. Williamson
American journalist (born 1972)
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Kevin Daniel Williamson (born September 18, 1972) is an American conservative political commentator. He is the national correspondent for The Dispatch.[3] Previously, he was the roving correspondent for National Review.[4]
September 18, 1972
Kevin D. Williamson | |
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Kevin D. Williamson hosting a FreedomFest panel in 2016 | |
| Born | Kevin Daniel Williamson September 18, 1972 Amarillo, Texas, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Texas at Austin |
| Occupation | Roving correspondent |
| Employer | The Dispatch |
Political party | Republican (before 2008)[1] |
| Children | 4[2] |
Life and career
Williamson grew up in Texas and studied English literature and linguistics at the University of Texas at Austin. He has worked as a deputy managing editor[5] and theater critic for The New Criterion.[6] Williamson has also worked at the Mumbai-based Indian Express Group; the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal; Journal Register Newspapers; the Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University, where he directed the journalism and communication programs; and as an adjunct professor at The King's College.[7] Williamson was the editor of The Bulletin, a now-defunct daily newspaper in Philadelphia.[8] Williamson was a longtime columnist at National Review.[9][10] Williamson left National Review in 2022 and is currently employed by The Dispatch as a national correspondent.[3]
In 2018,[11][12] he briefly joined The Atlantic but his employment was terminated following public criticism of a 2014 Twitter discussion,[13] in which he suggested hanging as a criminal punishment for abortion,[14][15][16] as well as his reiteration of this suggestion on his National Review podcast in 2014.[17]
Williamson later wrote that his comments had been intended to "mak[e] a point about the sloppy rhetoric of the abortion debate" rather than to promote capital punishment,[18] noting that he had previously expressed strong reservations about capital punishment in general.[19]
Bibliography
- The Politically Incorrect Guide to Socialism. Regnery Publishing. 2011. ISBN 978-1596986497.
- The Dependency Agenda. Encounter Books. 2012. ISBN 978-1594036637.
- The End Is Near and It's Going to Be Awesome: How Going Broke Will Leave America Richer, Happier, and More Secure. Broadside Books. 2013. ISBN 978-0062220684.
- What Doomed Detroit. Encounter Books. 2013. ISBN 978-1594037467.
- The Case Against Trump. Encounter Books. 2015. ISBN 978-1594038778.
- The Smallest Minority: Independent Thinking in the Age of Mob Politics. Gateway Editions. 2019. ISBN 978-1621579687.
- Big White Ghetto: Dead Broke, Stone-Cold Stupid, and High on Rage in the Dank Woolly Wilds of the "Real America". Regnery Publishing. 2020. ISBN 978-1621579694.
Contributor
- Kimball, Roger (2012). The New Leviathan: The State Versus the Individual in the 21st Century. Encounter Books. ISBN 978-1594036323.
- Kimball, Roger (2012). Future Tense: The Lessons of Culture in an Age of Upheaval. Encounter Books. ISBN 978-1594036347.
Publications
- Williamson, Kevin D. (May 24, 2014). "The Case against Reparations". National Review.
