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.
History Is Short Enough, if You Know How to Use It
On our current obsession with the Roman Empire.
Comedy With No Sense of Humor
Underdog stories are a reliable path to wealth and fame—and all too easy to make up.
Politics of Principle, Politics of Power
And what happens when you forgo the former for the latter.
‘Dispossessed of Their Pathetic Livelihoods’
On Sen. Josh Hawley’s plan to ‘save’ low-wage jobs from artificial intelligence.
‘The Chosen’ Is ‘Message’ Entertainment Done Right
Plus: The New Mexico’s governor’s shameful whiff on fighting crime.
Hunter Biden Has It Coming
On America’s gun laws, housing prices, the country between Pakistan and Bangladesh, attorneys general, Texas, and 9/11.
The High Plains Grifter
Just try and write fictional satire that is more ridiculous than the facts of Ken Paxton’s impeachment in Texas.