Kevin D. Williamson
Kevin D. Williamson is national correspondent at The Dispatch and is based in Virginia. 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. He is also a writer in residence at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. 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.
‘There Shall Be None to Make Him Afraid’
Heretics, trolls, and the defects of illiberal religious politics.
Applying a Counterinsurgency Strategy to the Drug Problem
A Washington state congressional candidate takes lessons from Iraq.
Stop Calling Trump’s New York Caper a ‘No Harm’ Crime
Donald Trump cheated the shareholders of the banks that lent him money out of millions of dollars in interest payments and fees.
Giving Permission to Political Violence
Undermining the legitimacy of institutions—as the left and the right have both done—is just the first step.