Kevin D. Williamson is
National Review's roving correspondent. He is the author of
The End Is Near and It's Going To Be Awesome: How Going Broke Will Leave America Richer, Happier, and More Secure,
The Dependency Agenda, and
The Politically Incorrect Guide to Socialism, and contributed chapters to
The New Leviathan: The State Vs. the Individual in the 21st Century and
Future Tense: Lessons of Culture in an Age of Upheaval. When he is not sounding the alarm about fiscal armageddon, he co-hosts the
Mad Dogs & Englishmen podcast with fellow
National Review writer
Charles C. W. Cooke.
Williamson began his journalism career at the Bombay-based Indian Express Newspaper Group and spent 15 years in the newspaper business in Texas, Pennsylvania, and Colorado. He served as editor-in-chief of three newspapers and was the founding editor of Philadelphia's
Bulletin. He is a regulator commentator on Fox News, CNBC, MSNBC, and NPR. His work has appeared in
The New York Post,
The New York Daily News,
Commentary,
Academic Questions, and
The New Criterion, where he served as theater critic. He is a native of Lubbock, Texas.