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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 (Dec 30, 2011)
Americans are "looking for a president who believes in them," Rick Santorum said on the first day of his campaign for the Republican nomination for president, and... more
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Kathryn Lopez (Dec 23, 2011)
An iPad, an Xbox, whatever our most desired shiny object under the Christmas tree happens to be is not as precious as the ability to celebrate Christmas freely and openly --... more
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Kathryn Lopez (Dec 09, 2011)
"What are you doing? You know I have a boyfriend."Whether he's innocent or guilty, Cain's story is a cautionary tale for everyone with a ring on his finger and time... more
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Kathryn Lopez (Dec 02, 2011)
Mitt Romney did something oddly appropriate during a post-Thanksgiving interview with Fox News host Bret Baier: He got peeved.It's been, in many ways, a thankless run so far... more
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Kathryn Lopez (Nov 18, 2011)
"Bobby identifies as a girl, and he's a boy," a Denver mother told a TV station in a news story about her son, who has been accepted as a Girl... more
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Kathryn Lopez (Nov 11, 2011)
The morning after this month's relatively quiet (for most of us) Election Day, story after story arrived celebrating a pro-life defeat.
"Mississippi Wins for... more
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Kathryn Lopez (Oct 28, 2011)
"For a renewed respect for human life, from conception to natural death ... "
Seared in my memory is the sound of Kobi Cudjoe, gasping for air, as he read that prayer.... more
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Kathryn Lopez (Oct 01, 2011)
"As much as I thought I was a freedom fighter trying to bring freedom and save lives," Chai Ling, a former student leader in the Tiananmen Square democracy protests of 1989,... more
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Kathryn Lopez (Sep 24, 2011)
"I'd like you to convert Chicago," Father Robert Barron remembers his boss, Francis Cardinal George, archbishop of the Windy City, telling him... more
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Kathryn Lopez (Sep 16, 2011)
Seventy years old, Bob Turner was retired with 13 grandchildren, sitting comfortably in the Breezy Point section of Queens, N.Y. to enjoy life and be generous to his church... more
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Kathryn Lopez (Sep 10, 2011)
There was something remarkably attractive at the Republican debate at the Reagan Library on Sept. 7.
No, it wasn't Jon Huntsman's tan, Mitt Romney's hair, Michele... more
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Kathryn Lopez (Sep 02, 2011)
Days after an earthquake and a hurricane in the nation's capital, there were no locusts as some local wags nervously joked, but a forecast of "heads exploding all... more
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Kathryn Lopez (Aug 26, 2011)
Just like that, most of America can move on from any concern about the very existence of Dominique Strauss-Kahn. The former head of the International Monetary Fund is a free... more
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Kathryn Lopez (Aug 19, 2011)
I've been wondering for a while now why the heck Rep. Thad McCotter is running for president of the United States.
Yes, you read that correctly.
You may not... more
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Kathryn Lopez (Aug 13, 2011)
There's no escaping the Obamas. As I was watching "Phineas and Ferb" with three of the fittest boys under 10 in America, there was Michelle Obama promoting fitness and... more
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Kathryn Lopez (Aug 06, 2011)
This was going to be a column insisting that Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida run for president of the United States. Now. Even though he has ruled out the possibility; even... more
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Kathryn Lopez (Jul 30, 2011)
Sometimes, the yelling stops long enough to remember that there are real people involved in abortions.
And not just the youngest one, who doesn't get a say in the... more
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Kathryn Lopez (Jul 22, 2011)
Michele Bachmann gives me a headache.
But it's not the congresswoman herself who is to blame for the pain. It's so many of the stories about her.
We're... more
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Kathryn Lopez (Jul 15, 2011)
Sometimes the most radical ideas are the most sensible For instance, take the recent decision by John Garvey, president of the Catholic University of America in Washington,... more
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Kathryn Lopez (Jul 09, 2011)
Want a little wisdom? Given we're a culture that tends to be self-help hungry, odds are that you and I aren't hostile to a little good advice. Who would be?
Well, May and... more
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Kathryn Lopez (Jul 01, 2011)
"Are you a flake?"
With that question on "Fox News Sunday" to Rep. Michele Bachmann, Chris Wallace may have given a rallying cry to the new feminist revolution in American... more
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Kathryn Lopez (Jun 24, 2011)
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Andrew was clearly taken with the woman.
"She symbolizes so much, a resignation to His will, an utter awe and reverence for the beauty of life... more
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Kathryn Lopez (Jun 17, 2011)
I've given birth to five babies, and I've taken 23 foster children into my home," Michele Bachmann explained from the stage of the first major Republican... more
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Kathryn Lopez (Jun 04, 2011)
“If we allow gay marriage next thing u know people will be marrying gold fish,” Miley Cyrus tweeted. She was protesting news that the president of Urban Outfitters has... more
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Kathryn Lopez (May 26, 2011)
Seventeen-year-old Scotty McCreery may have won "American Idol" singing wholesome country ditties, but playing in the background was a blues song older than the... more
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Kathryn Lopez (May 21, 2011)
"Chances are, if you're naming your blog after a Taylor Swift album, your judgment's already suspect."
That's Salon dismissing two teen girls, in a piece on the Girl... more
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Kathryn Lopez (May 14, 2011)
"I heard someone say yesterday that the last years had been completely wasted as far as he was concerned. I'm very glad that I have never yet had that feeling, even for a... more
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Kathryn Lopez (May 07, 2011)
In New York City, 41 percent of babies are aborted.
It's even worse than that, actually.
As the Chiaroscuro Foundation, a group that supports abortion alternatives, has... more
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Kathryn Lopez (Apr 30, 2011)
Thank goodness for the royal wedding! It took U.S. media attention off Donald Trump for a few minutes. In case you missed it, President Barack Obama actually made a statement... more
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Kathryn Lopez (Apr 22, 2011)
"I am so glad not to be in high school anymore," Mary Hardy tells me.
The wise college sophomore was responding to an article I asked her to read about adolescent girls... more
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Kathryn Lopez (Apr 16, 2011)
"(T)his is a loving, caring Jesus," is how the New York Times recently profiled a leading man in a play about abortion written by a Notre Dame grad.
The script dialogue... more
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Kathryn Lopez (Apr 01, 2011)
"We can't leave our troops on the beach."
Ilario Pantano, a former sniper, sat in my office, rolling his shirtsleeve back down after showing me the United States Marine... more
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Kathryn Lopez (Mar 26, 2011)
"Dad may try to ruin your style, but dry stains won't."
The revealing dress code of the American 'tween may be best dramatized by yet another pop-culture slap in the face of... more
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Kathryn Lopez (Mar 18, 2011)
"She reminds me of my wife."
That was the most frequent comment I received via e-mail on the September night Sarah Palin spoke to a riveted Republican National Convention... more
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Kathryn Lopez (Mar 11, 2011)
"Wife number three and I made a movie about the Pope, so my divorces and adulterous affairs don't count."
That's how one person greeted Newt Gingrich's recent announcement... more
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Kathryn Lopez (Mar 05, 2011)
"What can you do to stem the tide of teen pregnancy?" Jacquelyn Wideman asks from New York City, where the rate is at least 12 percent higher than the national average. ... more
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Kathryn Lopez (Feb 26, 2011)
Why are Republicans waging war on contraception? It's not the first time the question has been asked, and it won't be the last. Truth be told, Republicans aren't engaging in... more
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Kathryn Lopez (Feb 19, 2011)
Unfortunately, being called "Mr. Hannah Montana" in a glossy-magazine headline is far from Billy Ray Cyrus' biggest problem.
As many a headline has proclaimed, the... more
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Kathryn Lopez (Feb 11, 2011)
She was "small, bubbly and joyful. She had a radiant smile," with a "sweet" face. And yet, she wept.
She was a nun, in full habit, standing outside a Planned Parenthood... more
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Kathryn Lopez (Feb 05, 2011)
When Rep. Mike Pence of Indiana decided to announce recently that he isn't going to run for the Republican nomination for president -- and instead is likely to run for... more
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Kathryn Lopez (Jan 29, 2011)
Is the party of Lincoln the party of civil rights? Are Republican conservatives the new civil-rights leaders?
These are far from the most frequently asked questions in... more
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Kathryn Lopez (Jan 21, 2011)
Has our financial mess brought us to the brink of getting beyond the culture wars?
It's a question that we might just see play out on Capitol Hill in the coming months, as... more
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Kathryn Lopez (Jan 15, 2011)
"It is with a heavy heart that I write to you about the senseless violence in Tucson today," EMILY's List president Stephanie Schriock wrote as so many of us turned to... more
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Kathryn Lopez (Jan 08, 2011)
"You didn't fly here to celebrate me," Marco Rubio announced from the stage of the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C.
The comment could have been received as a... more