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Kevin D. Williamson
BornKevin Daniel Williamson
(1972-09-18) September 18, 1972 (age 52)
Amarillo, Texas, U.S.
Alma mater
Occupation(s)Writer, journalist

Kevin Daniel Williamson (born September 18, 1972) is an American conservative commentator. He is the theater critic for The New Criterion.

Career

Williamson was previously deputy managing editor and roving correspondent for National Review'.

He is the author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Socialism (2011, Regnery), The End Is Near and It's Going to Be Awesome (2013, HarperCollins/Broadside Books), The Dependency Agenda (2013, Encounter Books), and The Case against Trump (2015, Encounter Books), and has contributed chapters to The New Leviathan: The State Vs. the Individual in the 21st Century (2013, Encounter Books) and Future Tense: The Lessons of Culture in an Age of Upheaval (2013, Encounter Books).

Williamson previously worked at the Mumbai-based Indian Express Group, the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, Journal Register Newspapers, and the Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University, where he directed the journalism and communication programs, and as an adjunct professor at The King's College. Williamson was the editor of The Bulletin, a former daily newspaper in Philadelphia.

Controversy

In 2014, Williamson responded to a Twitter user claiming that Charles C. W. Cooke did not truly believe abortion was murder if he did not believe that life without parole would be a fair punishment for women violating anti-abortion laws. Williamson's response stated, "I have hanging more in mind." The tweet attracted widespread comment at the time and was discussed again in 2018 as a major point of criticism after his hiring by The Atlantic. He was fired shortly after his hiring when a Media Matters report was released wherein it noted that he reiterated his views on capital punishment and abortion in a September 2014 podcast of the National Review. Williamson responded in a Wall Street Journal op-ed, "I am generally opposed to capital punishment. I was making a point about the sloppy rhetoric of the abortion debate, not a public-policy recommendation." He further noted, "The remarkable fact about all this commentary on my supposedly horrifying views on abortion is that not a single writer from any of those famous publications took the time to ask me about the controversy. (The sole exception was a reporter from Vox.)"

References

  1. Williamson, Kevin D. "Exchequer". National Review Online. National Review. Retrieved April 17, 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. "(NR articles by) Kevin D. Williamson". National Review Online. National Review. Retrieved April 19, 2018. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  3. Williamson, Kevin (January 10, 2011). The Politically Incorrect Guide to Socialism. Regnery Publishing. ISBN 9781596986497.
  4. Williamson, Kevin D. (May 7, 2013). The End Is Near and It's Going to Be Awesome: How Going Broke Will Leave America Richer, Happier, and More Secure. HarperCollins. ISBN 9780062220684.
  5. "Kirkus Reviews". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
  6. Williamson, Kevin D. (October 10, 2013). The Dependency Agenda. Encounter Books. ISBN 9781594036644.
  7. Williamson, Kevin (November 17, 2015). The Case Against Trump. Encounter Books. ISBN 9781594038785.
  8. Kimball, Roger (October 10, 2013). The New Leviathan: The State Versus the Individual in the 21st Century. Encounter Books. ISBN 9781594036453.
  9. Kimball, Roger (October 10, 2013). Future Tense: The Lessons of Culture in an Age of Upheaval. Encounter Books. ISBN 9781594036477.
  10. "Small-Government Schmoozing: Scenes from a libertarian journalism conference". The Nation. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
  11. "Philly's Bulletin Newspaper Is Resurrected". The New York Sun. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
  12. Abcarian, Robin (September 30, 2014). "Here's a guy advocating death by hanging for women who have abortions". latimes.com. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
  13. "National Review Writer: Women Who Have Abortions Should Be Hanged". Talking Points Memo. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
  14. "National Review writer's vile pro-life argument is logically consistent". Salon. September 30, 2014. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
  15. Jones, Sarah. "The Conservative Columnist Conundrum". The New Republic. Retrieved March 28, 2018. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  16. Linker, Damon (October 3, 2014). "This abortion opponent wants to execute women who have abortions. Don't act so shocked". The Week. Retrieved March 28, 2018. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  17. Weissmann, Jordan. "The Atlantic's Justifications for Hiring Conservative Troll Kevin Williamson Ring Awfully Hollow". Slate Magazine. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
  18. Feinberg, Ashley. "Kevin Williamson Fired From The Atlantic: Memo". Huffington Post. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
  19. Kahn, Sharon. "Kevin Williamson also said on his podcast that people who've had abortions should be hanged". Media Matters For America. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
  20. Williamson, Kevin (April 20, 2018). "When the Twitter Mob Came for Me". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved April 23, 2018.

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