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," Lopez has covered issues as diverse as the left-wing takeover of the Girl Scouts to the war on terror. She writes frequently on bioethics, religion, feminism, education, and congressional politics, among other topics. As editor of National Review Online, Lopez oversees the web magazine's editorial content and operations. She can be read around-the-clock at NRO's weblog, "The Corner," where she is known as "K-Lo." Lopez also writes for National Review, the print magazine founded by William F. Buckley, Jr. She has interviewed scores of policymakers and cultural figures, including Donald Rumsfeld, Mel Gibson and Alan Dershowitz. Lopez's work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, New York Post and Washington Times, among many other publications internationally. In 2002, Lopez and National Review Online were awarded the Center for Military Readiness Spotlight Award for national-defense coverage. In 2003, 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. Lopez is a frequent guest on radio and television programs, including on CNN, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, NPR, BBC and C-SPAN. She is a weekly guest on the nationally syndicated "Hugh Hewitt Show" and a regular commentator and correspondent for Vatican Radio. Lopez graduated from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., where she studied politics and philosophy. She lives in New York. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynJeanLopez http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynJeanLopez TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2008 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:42:52 GMT Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:42:52 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Sixty-five percent. That's Pennsylvania Sen. Robert Casey Jr.'s rating with NARAL Pro-Choice America, the standard measure for a politician's abortion-rights-advocacy purity. Sixty-five percent -- voting with NARAL... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynJeanLopez/2008/08/18/dems_will_never_abort_pro-choice_mission 7185621d-6c25-4069-a6c1-ae9e95723d23 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:42:52 GMT Sixty-five percent. That's Pennsylvania Sen. Robert Casey Jr.'s rating with NARAL Pro-Choice America, the standard measure for a politician's abortion-rights-advocacy purity. Sixty-five percent -- voting with NARAL two... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynJeanLopez/2008/08/16/dems_will_never_abort_pro-choice_mission cd14ae4f-89c3-4ac8-9d10-58a470d1f840 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:01:00 GMT Planned Parenthood took me "Down There" and exposed it all. The self-evident wrong-headedness of their thinking, that is. A new campaign waged by the abortion provider is as crass as its name suggests. But it is more... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynJeanLopez/2008/08/09/planned_parenthoods_sex_miseducation 3b892d9d-3620-45bd-b1aa-48a0b385a39c Sat, 09 Aug 2008 04:01:00 GMT You've already heard about the pregnant man. But what about the she-man fish? "Intersex" freshwater fish are all the rage. But unlike the pregnant man, these scaly androgynes didn't ask to take on the sexual... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynJeanLopez/2008/08/01/birth_control_the_new_pollutant 1794148d-a2c1-4614-bc3d-b43c8cd83d03 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 01:01:00 GMT Barack Obama at least has one thing right: the author of "The Audacity of Hope" is certainly audacious. The junior Illinois senator has been telling us for months now: "We are the hope of the future. We are the ones... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynJeanLopez/2008/07/25/obamas_audacity_is_for_dopes f159b764-2740-41af-87c6-29144563c37a Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:17:29 GMT I hate flip-flops. That is, I hate the shoes. They're impractical. Unsafe, even. But I really hate the political use of the term, usually leveled as an accusation. It's gone from being a legitimate, shorthand... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynJeanLopez/2008/07/18/sometimes_a_flip-flop_can_put_you_on_top 063a1311-a425-404f-9371-ebe448e3b522 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:58:37 GMT "There but for the grace of God go I." The phrase is usually a cautionary note. My neighbor's blunder could have been mine. My co-worker's illness could easily be my affliction. I ought to count my blessings. But the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynJeanLopez/2008/07/12/new_limbaugh_contract_inspires_america 052f6a6f-1ae9-4d5c-b15c-d4fbe88bf28f Sat, 12 Jul 2008 04:01:00 GMT In Texas just before Independence Day, former Arkansas governor and Republican presidential contender Mike Huckabee co-sponsored a "Rediscovering God in America" pastors' conference. The event, Huckabee said, was "to... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynJeanLopez/2008/07/04/huckabee_no_savior_for_mccain afda5925-f437-4320-b309-8cab2d58bee5 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:01:00 GMT In between recent meetings on Capitol Hill, a candidate and his campaign manager were talking about John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence. "It's all there," in the declaration, the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynJeanLopez/2008/06/27/mcclintock_leads_republican_revolution b3f9f6e6-f6f9-4e8b-848d-5f991293d97f Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:01:00 GMT If you're looking for a first lady, you've got one in Cindy McCain. But John McCain would be well served by a more audible wife on the campaign trail. Without the red carpet, New York Times front-page treatment... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynJeanLopez/2008/06/21/cindy_mccain,_a_real_first_lady c2c4a97b-8689-422b-b0f8-fe299c79631d Sat, 21 Jun 2008 04:01:00 GMT A poisonous cloud has been circling the Republican presidential nomination this season. First, it was "the Mormon question" raised against former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, which was used as a political... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynJeanLopez/2008/06/13/exorcism_threatens_jindals_candidacy e3ef6717-fb2e-412c-9fc8-4978217ccefd Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:40:47 GMT Can a Catholic be for Barack Obama? The question has been raised by a law professor at Pepperdine University, who went from being a Mitt Romney adviser to an Obama supporter. The question is further raised by the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynJeanLopez/2008/06/06/catholics_debate_obama_vote 9edb43e9-fc6d-4532-a08c-26281cefaa21 Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:40:34 GMT The temperature's getting hot, and so is the energy-policy debate. Gas prices are reaching new heights as anyone with a car knows. What are we going to do about it? Apparently, nothing serious. Republican... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynJeanLopez/2008/05/30/oil_crisis_solved_by_resources,_not_gimmicks f4f7d704-f427-47cd-9a3f-47ed7e2d3059 Fri, 30 May 2008 19:34:04 GMT May 20 marked Cuban Independence Day -- a bittersweet occasion celebrating a freedom won more than 100 years ago but no longer known to the long-suffering residents of Cuba. John McCain went to Miami for the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynJeanLopez/2008/05/23/dems_helping_to_destabilize_latin_america 68c4ac4f-a7e7-40f4-9d71-0e696763074e Fri, 23 May 2008 17:57:00 GMT There's a lot we don't know about Democratic Sen. Barack Obama. But there's also a lot we do. We've been in this presidential election swing for more than a year now, and I've been watching him since his big speech at... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynJeanLopez/2008/05/16/the_great_divider 364734f4-71eb-4931-858f-60da1fb6d178 Fri, 16 May 2008 21:35:00 GMT