Kevin D. Williamson is national correspondent at The Dispatch and is based in Dallas. Prior to joining the company in 2022, he spent 15 years as a writer and editor at National Review, worked as the theater critic at the New Criterion, and had a long career in local newspapers. When Kevin is not reporting on the world outside Washington for his Wanderland newsletter, you can find him at the rifle range or reading a book about literally almost anything other than politics.
On our current obsession with the Roman Empire.
Underdog stories are a reliable path to wealth and fame—and all too easy to make up.
And what happens when you forgo the former for the latter.
On Sen. Josh Hawley’s plan to ‘save’ low-wage jobs from artificial intelligence.
Plus: The New Mexico’s governor’s shameful whiff on fighting crime.
On America’s gun laws, housing prices, the country between Pakistan and Bangladesh, attorneys general, Texas, and 9/11.
Just try and write fictional satire that is more ridiculous than the facts of Ken Paxton’s impeachment in Texas.
The modern Republican Party has no principles, but plenty of contradictions and incoherence.