Kevin D. Williamson

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.

Kevin D. Williamson

When the Truth Takes a Back Seat

Perverse incentives are warping the profession of journalism.

Red, Blue, and Green

No comeback for Caligula.

Is Netanyahu Too Democratic?

The debate over Israeli judicial reform exposes a flawed understanding of majority rule.

Who Are These ‘Cultural Christians’?

Christian sensibility, but without the belief, is very little more than niceness inflated to the point of metaphysical comedy.

My Own Private East Pakistan

Lessons on national divorce from South Asia.

ImPOTUS

Joe Biden, Ukraine, and the ‘Goldwater Rule.’

Machiavelli on the Hustings

What would the great Florentine political theorist make of our modern ruling class?

The Committee to Pillory Carol Siemon

A prosecutor could have put the Michigan State shooter in prison years ago.

DeSantis Is (Almost) Right About Libel Law

And the New York Times is wrong about DeSantis.

Cut Spending, Raise Taxes, or Wait for Economic Collapse

There are three options for dealing with entitlements.