Kevin D. Williamson

4 weeks ago | myrtlebeachonline.com | Kevin D. Williamson

When do practical policy effects trump cherished principles? The mess that has come with gambling liberalization should force the thoughtful kind of libertarian to consider that question.

1 month ago | islandpacket.com | Kevin Williamson |Kevin D. Williamson

Cambridge, MA - April 15: A poster for a protest on a telephone pole at Harvard University. (Photo by David L.

2 months ago | newsobserver.com | Kevin D. Williamson

Republicans sometimes denounced Barack Obama as a low-key authoritarian, and that's defensible as a purely descriptive matter-he could be decidedly illiberal and anti-democratic where it suited him, all that diktat by "a pen and a phone" business, as with illegal immigrants-but he didn't have the soul of a Leninist, even back when he was younger and more radical. (And now, radicalism is something Obama cannot afford: He's too rich.) He is not a radical man, and not a cruel man-he is a smug man.

2 months ago | centredaily.com | Kevin D. Williamson

TORONTO, ON - February 3 - Flags outside the Fairmont Royal York in downtown Toronto, February 3, 2025. U.S. President Donald Trump says he may not impose tariffs on Mexico if a longer-term deal can be reached on border security, but he held out little hope for a deal to avoid tariffs on Canada.

2 months ago | mercedsunstar.com | Kevin D. Williamson

US President Donald Trump shakes hands with US Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett as Trump arrives to address to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on March 4, 2025. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images From the Wanderland on The DispatchC. S.