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Kathryn Jean Lopez, editor of National Review Online, writes a weekly column of conservative political and social commentary for Newspaper Enterprise Association. An award-winning journalist and editor who has been praised for "editorial daring," Kathryn Jean Lopez has covered issues as diverse as the left-wing takeover of the Girl Scouts to the war on terror. Kathryn Jean Lopez writes frequently on bioethics, religion, feminism, education, and congressional politics, among other topics.
As editor of National Review Online, Kathryn Jean Lopez oversees the web magazine's editorial content and operations. Kathryn Jean Lopez can be read around-the-clock at NRO's weblog, "The Corner," where Kathryn Jean Lopez is known as "K-Lo." Kathryn Jean Lopez also writes for National Review, the print magazine founded by William F. Buckley, Jr. Kathryn Jean Lopez has interviewed scores of policymakers and cultural figures, including Donald Rumsfeld, Mel Gibson and Alan Dershowitz. Kathryn Jean Lopez's work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, New York Post and Washington Times, among many other publications internationally.
Kathryn Jean Lopez and National Review Online were awarded the Center for Military Readiness Spotlight Award for national-defense coverage. In 2003, Kathryn Jean Lopez was named a "Remarkable Pro-Life Woman" by Feminists for Life. NRO won first place in five out of ten categories in the Washington Post 2004 Best Blogs Readers' Choice Awards. Kathryn Jean Lopez is a frequent guest on radio and television programs, including on CNN, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, NPR, BBC and C-SPAN.
Kathryn Jean Lopez is a weekly guest on the nationally syndicated "Hugh Hewitt Show" and a regular commentator and correspondent for Vatican Radio. Kathryn Jean Lopez graduated from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., where she studied politics and philosophy. Kathryn Jean Lopez lives in New York.
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Kathryn Lopez (May 25, 2012)
Confronted with a "train wreck," the new archbishop of Baltimore implores us to "pray diligently as communities, as families and as... more
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Kathryn Lopez (May 21, 2012)
On his initial road to the White House, President Obama sold himself as "change we can believe in." A day after Mother's Day this year, he ran with that terminology in a... more
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Kathryn Lopez (May 14, 2012)
They call it a war -- mainly, to dismiss it. As in: There go the Democrats again, fanning the flames of the culture wars, dividing Americans to win an election. But it's... more
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Kathryn Lopez (May 05, 2012)
Vatican City -- In an election season in which the White House has instituted a policy that puts unprecedented limits on the constitutional right to freedom of religion,... more
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Kathryn Lopez (Apr 09, 2012)
"We have to get beyond the damn rhetoric," Dr. John Bruchalski tells a group of medical students on a recent stop in his second annual National Medical Students for... more
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Kathryn Lopez (Mar 31, 2012)
"This is what a feminist looks like."
So proclaimed Barry Lynn, president of Americans United for Separation of Church and State. He proudly held up a... more
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Kathryn Lopez (Mar 24, 2012)
The Huffington Post was all a-twitter, even off Twitter: "GOP Lawmaker Accidentally Reveals Truth Behind Solyndra Investigation."
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio,... more
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Kathryn Lopez (Mar 18, 2012)
I am woman, and I'm offended.
I am offended that, once again, parties in positions of power have decided to pretend that all women are cut from the same political cloth. I... more
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Kathryn Lopez (Mar 09, 2012)
There is something special about a mother and her love.We seem to know it innately. We tend to reflect it in our laws, at least family law. It's one reason "women's... more
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Kathryn Lopez (Mar 05, 2012)
Jerusalem -- Many of the most contentious controversies of the hour are only made worse by Christians not acting like Christians, people not being who they say they are. It's... more
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Kathryn Lopez (Feb 27, 2012)
There's no doubt that Planned Parenthood and its supporters had a brilliant strategy: Get as many people as possible to repeat the word "transvaginal" in news and commentary... more
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Kathryn Lopez (Feb 23, 2012)
"Where are the women?"
This was the persistent -- but lazy and disingenuous -- cry after the House Oversight Committee began a hearing with an all-male panel over the... more
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Kathryn Lopez (Feb 13, 2012)
Sean Hannity calls President Barack Obama "The Chosen One." And as a matter of policy, it turns out to be the perfect characterization.
Obama unites people; he is a... more
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Kathryn Lopez (Feb 03, 2012)
To hear much of the American media tell it, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the breast-cancer charity that recently cut its ties with Planned Parenthood before (sort of) backing... more
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Kathryn Lopez (Jan 07, 2012)
The piece has whipped up a predictable frenzy on the Internet, with one commenter labeling the Catholic Church a "cult." The problem with these headlines and comments... more