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Kevin Williamson
the national interest
Dec. 31, 2019
Why Conservatives Who Know Climate Science Is Real Won’t Speak Up
Much easier to focus on resentment of environmentalists than the dangerous lunacy of their own side’s science denial.
By
Jonathan Chait
conservatism
Dec. 11, 2018
Conservatives Are Right to Write Off Big Cities
NeverTrump Republicans think urbanites are eager to vote for a less xenophobic brand of their ideology. That’s as delusional as Trump’s Twitter feed.
By
Eric Levitz
john mccain
Aug. 28, 2018
GOPers Balk at Honoring John McCain instead of Segregationist Democrat
It’s not Richard B. Russell’s fellow Democrats but Republicans who are hesitant about renaming a Senate building to honor McCain.
By
Ed Kilgore
the national circus
May 10, 2018
Why Liberal Media Need Conservative Columnists
It’s the only way to keep your own thinking honest.
By
Jonathan Chait
May 6, 2018
The Liberal Media Can Have Ideological Diversity Without Conservatives
The debates that divide liberals from the left are more interesting — and at present, they can’t be found in
The Atlantic
or New York
Times
.
By
Eric Levitz
Apr. 20, 2018
Kevin Williamson Won’t Tell Me What Should Happen to Women Who Have Abortions
After complaining no one will just ask him, I did. Williamson won’t answer plain questions.
By
Ed Kilgore
Apr. 6, 2018
The Williamson Saga Raises Questions Anti-Abortion Folk Don’t Want to Answer
In defending Kevin Williamson’s remarks about “hanging women” who violate a future abortion ban, some conservatives tip their hands.
By
Ed Kilgore
the national interest
Jan. 9, 2018
Why Conservatives Outsourced Environmental Policy to Lobbyists and Kooks
A revealingly credulous profile in conservatism’s flagship magazine.
By
Jonathan Chait
May 8, 2017
Why Republicans Want to Make Women Pay More Than Men for Health Insurance
If women wanted to pay the same amount as men, they should have thought of that before they got a uterus.
By
Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Dec. 15, 2016
Why Conservatives Were Wrong About Why Republicans Like Trump
Authoritarianism in service of plutocracy turns out to be an attractive combination for the Grand Old Party.
By
Jonathan Chait
the national interest
May 2, 2016
National Review
Economics Writer Unfamiliar With Economics
Kevin Williamson has strong opinions on Obama’s economic performance.
By
Jonathan Chait
the national interest
May 8, 2015
Why Conservatives Use Novels to Justify Inequality
Criticizing socialistic dystopia is easier than defending the Republican agenda.
By
Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Sept. 24, 2014
How a Gawker Rant Portended the End of Freedom in America
First they came for the cell-phone hurlers.
By
Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Aug. 11, 2014
National Review
Flips ‘Days Since Last Racist Rant’ Sign Back to 0
What’s a good comparison for this black kid? How about a monkey? Okay, cool.
By
Jonathan Chait
temper tantrums
May 16, 2013
National Review
Writer Tossed From Theater
Kevin Williamson had a hell of a night.
By
Adam Martin