Kathleen Parker

Washington, D.C.

Syndicated Columnist at The Washington Post

Pulitzer Prize-winning, syndicated columnist @washingtonpost, "dangerous thinker," author, public speaker, dog whisperer, keeper of secrets.

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From Harvard to Beijing, Trump is playing a dangerous game

5 days ago | washingtonpost.com | Kathleen Parker

From Harvard to Beijing, Trump is playing a dangerous game (washingtonpost.com) From Harvard to Beijing, Trump is playing a dangerous game By Kathleen Parker 2025041816023800 Harvard and Columbia universities, among other ivy-covered institutions of higher learning, now know how Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky feels when President Donald Trump is in a mood to deal. Trump isn't a dealmaker; he is closer to an extortionist.
Opinion | From Harvard to Beijing, Trump is playing a dangerous game

5 days ago | flipboard.com | Kathleen Parker

5 hours agoDonald Trump claims tariffs are making America richDonald Trump claimed America is “taking in billions and billions of dollars” as a result of global trade tariffs. The US president said nothing he heard during a White House meeting with Italy’s prime minister Giorgia Meloni on Thursday (17 April), changed his mind about his controversial tariffs. Trump said: “The tariffs are making us rich." He added: “We're taking in a lot of money.
Hate the media at your own risk

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Kathleen Parker
I am not addicted to my Oura ring. Why would you think that?

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Kathleen Parker
Dear Congress: Mind your manners

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Kathleen Parker

The House censure of Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) for his rude - and loud - antics during President Donald Trump's address to Congress seems appropriate, unless you know a little history. As viewers witnessed during Tuesday's joint session, Democrats showed little respect for the president as he ambled through a nearly 100-minute review of his first six weeks in office. Sitting out applause lines and standing ovations, even for a child cancer victim, was one ploy.
Juanita and Katrinka - a friendship that transcended politics

2 months ago | washingtonpost.com | Kathleen Parker

I hadn't meant to become an obituary writer or a professional eulogist, but death does not respect our plans. It so happens that last Sunday, the day my column about my brother's death appeared in print, a dear friend was felled by the reaper's scythe. Hush, now, Jane would have liked that line. Ordinarily, I'd figure one column about death should suffice for a while, but this person - Jane George Dreher Emerson - was special, as was our relationship. I called her Juanita; she called me Katrinka.
Death comes around too often these days

2 months ago | thesheridanpress.com | Kathleen Parker

At a certain age, when life still holds possibilities but less time to realize them, beautiful and terrible things begin to happen. In the beauty department, you care less about the physical and notice more deeply the transcendent. Wrinkles aren’t so bad. If you’re lucky, grandchildren arrive to remind you of joy. The terrible begins slowly but speeds up. Not only do your parents die, but older friends begin to peel away, too. Then come your peers.
Death comes around too often these days

2 months ago | washingtonpost.com | Kathleen Parker

At a certain age, when life still holds possibilities but less time to realize them, beautiful and terrible things begin to happen. In the beauty department, you care less about the physical and notice more deeply the transcendent. Wrinkles aren't so bad. If you're lucky, grandchildren arrive to remind you of joy. The terrible begins slowly but speeds up. Not only do your parents die, but older friends begin to peel away, too. Then come your peers.
JD Vance lances the bishops but no checkmate

2 months ago | washingtonpost.com | Kathleen Parker

Vice President JD Vance, the highest-ranking Catholic in government, inadvertently opened the Ark of the Covenant when he suggested recently that the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops was more interested in its bottom line than in helping the country deal with immigration. During his first CBS News "Face the Nation" interview since taking office, with anchor Margaret Brennan, Vance accused the USCCB of resettling "illegal immigrants" to get federal funding.
American asked for it, and they're going to get it

Jan 24, 2025 | washingtonpost.com | Kathleen Parker

The only person who had more fun on Inauguration Day than Donald Trump was Melania Trump. Kidding, kidding. No, you guessed it - it was Elon Musk. The richest man in the world couldn't stop grinning as he jumped around and made heart-pounding gestures to the crowd in D.C.'s Capital One Arena. Of course, he was accused of acting like a Nazi by the throngs on social media who saw only his stiffened, outstretched arm and hand - an awkward gesture by an awkward man. But a Nazi salute?