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.
Was there, in fact, an airstrike on a Gaza hospital? Maybe, maybe not.
Critics of the Jewish state rely on trite clichés about proportionality and escalation to hamper the Israeli response.
‘It could be that the better news is that she is dead and the worse news is that she has been kidnapped into Gaza.’
Plus: Some brief thoughts on the tragic invasion of Israel.
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.