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. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynLopez http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynLopez TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2013 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Mon, 20 May 2013 12:22:00 GMT Mon, 20 May 2013 12:22:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Rep. Marlin Stutzman, from Indiana, heard about Dr. Kermit Gosnell in February and did what congressmen do: He went to the House floor and pleaded with the media to cover the case of the since-convicted Philadelphia... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynLopez/2013/05/20/a-look-behind-the-veil-n1599847 07979f69-9d67-4389-b6b5-7537e0869eda Mon, 20 May 2013 12:22:00 GMT After disappearing during his term in office and bringing scandal to his family and state, former South Carolina governor Mark Sanford is going to Washington, having won election to Congress. And that's far from the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynLopez/2013/05/11/a-hard-rain-acomin-n1592747 1487a1be-5278-45e8-bba6-bc38aad8baed Sat, 11 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT "Our lives are at their best when centered not upon ourselves but upon babies!" Cardinal Timothy Dolan made this contention at a gathering hosted by the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview, which brought... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynLopez/2013/05/04/symphony-of-construction-n1586584 88f9f8ac-165f-4d1d-905e-7385152f9d51 Sat, 04 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT "Life is service to the end." At the opening of the George W. Bush Presidential Center, the former president said this in a video lead-in to his live remarks. As most of the analysts on television news shows... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynLopez/2013/04/27/getting-back-to-basics-in-texas-n1579969 ebb11c43-b800-49f2-9d11-73502f7dcb40 Sat, 27 Apr 2013 04:01:00 GMT Martin Richard's life ended as he waited at the Boston Marathon finish line on a local holiday. He was there to celebrate his dad's victory with his family. Instead, he is dead and his family's life is changed forever.... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynLopez/2013/04/22/reak-questions-in-evils-wake-n1574867 a33325d3-487f-4046-bb00-5235f1e6123e Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:05:00 GMT In the face of the darkness that befell Newton, Conn., there has been an expectation of something more, but it doesn't have to do with legislation. Father Peter Cameron, a Dominican priest, preached to the families... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynLopez/2013/04/13/abortion-laws-chickens-coming-home-to-roost-n1566318 b6f13714-9c40-47a7-867a-cc8e6468473c Sat, 13 Apr 2013 04:01:00 GMT Have you noticed all the talk about the "inevitability" of same-sex marriage? Are you watching the second round of the "war on women" rhetoric hitting opponents of the president's stance on abortion and... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynLopez/2013/04/06/walk-a-hutterite-mile-in-their-shoes-n1559499 46ae7bdd-29fa-4dd5-8ef1-23c66fa54fe1 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 04:01:00 GMT Washington, D.C. -- "We love you."The words warmed the chill during the first of two days of Supreme Court oral arguments on the future of marriage law in the United States. The scene outside the Court building,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynLopez/2013/04/01/what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-marriage-n1552952 99868479-3153-4379-9fa1-0e337b68bf18 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 04:01:00 GMT Rome -- "May God forgive you." That's Cardinal Timothy Dolan's translation of a joke that Pope Francis told the College of Cardinals a day after being elected the 267th pontiff.Having watched the prayerful mien... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynLopez/2013/03/16/much-hope-in-pope-n1535455 632c1c53-2e55-4de9-be10-67b0a3be294e Sat, 16 Mar 2013 04:01:00 GMT Recently, a group of women gathered to insist that expanded abortion access be a legislative priority in New York. Why they would feel the need to do so is a good question, one with disturbing overtones.The state's... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynLopez/2013/03/09/more-options-needed-for-women-n1529181 d46680d1-839a-468e-b137-9cd12627ee9c Sat, 09 Mar 2013 05:01:00 GMT "Here in the hall, she casts an unlikely silhouette -- unassuming in a lineup of proud stares, challenging us once more to look up and draw strength from stillness."Speaker of the House John Boehner was... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynLopez/2013/03/02/faith-crucial-to-life-and-state-n1523942 5978af1d-79b0-4fa2-a629-86d9f96ad0ee Sat, 02 Mar 2013 05:01:00 GMT The pope has renounced the papal throne. Long live the progressive pope! Such are the rallying cries from establishment voices wanting to see the Catholic Church loosen up now that Pope Benedict XVI has decided to step... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynLopez/2013/02/23/the-church-doesnt-need-a-revolution-n1518408 c3b77c59-3a13-4287-9df8-68cc8a627a23 Sat, 23 Feb 2013 05:01:00 GMT The spin on the women's health issue could give you whiplash. Nationally and in my home state of New York, there's a whole lot of manipulation going on.The White House continues its unnecessary, perplexing attack on... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynLopez/2013/02/09/a-miserable-new-york-state-of-mind-n1508445 128b971e-20ba-46a2-aaf6-000a7420084a Sat, 09 Feb 2013 05:01:00 GMT On the morning of the 40th anniversary of the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade ruling, I felt a chill, and it wasn't the bitter cold. After Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral, some 500 or so New Yorkers walked through the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynLopez/2013/02/02/choose-life-choose-a-family-n1503341 5c663bd1-2f64-48c0-bfa7-a400c61fed23 Sat, 02 Feb 2013 05:01:00 GMT "We've been wandering in the desert for 40 years," declared Boston Cardinal Sean O'Malley. It was an ever-present reflection during the week that marked four decades of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynLopez/2013/01/26/a-tragic-anniversarys-unjust-deserts-n1497947 c35d7674-f847-4894-ac89-dce15bb99576 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 05:01:00 GMT A former British airlines worker was just told by a European human-rights court that she does, in fact, have the right to wear a crucifix on her neck. That such a thing would even have to go to court seems quite the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynLopez/2013/01/19/religious-freedom-yeah-right-n1492475 192971d5-5377-4f59-b3f8-b9091bc20ee3 Sat, 19 Jan 2013 05:01:00 GMT When did "women's health" become reduced to just contraception and abortion? So much so, that all knees bend at the altar of Planned Parenthood, which works hard to ensure that this remains the case.Karen Handel... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynLopez/2013/01/12/a-plan-for-planned-parenthood-n1487468 6861d3ab-751a-4bfc-9762-4a6de0063001 Sat, 12 Jan 2013 05:01:00 GMT Washington, D.C. -- There was a young man -- 23 at most -- quietly saying his morning prayers on Capitol Hill on the third day of 2013, and it seemed for a moment like a warm ray of light in the midst of a blistering... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynLopez/2013/01/05/pols-pray-just-to-make-it-today-n1479359 ef6ca8cb-d699-4c3c-a2f0-01086f60adef Sat, 05 Jan 2013 05:01:00 GMT In essence, if you are Catholic in this country you no longer can own a company, Frank O'Brien explains.O'Brien, a St. Louis distributor, is one of more than 42 plaintiffs suing the federal Department of Health and... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynLopez/2013/01/02/standing-tall-and-holding-fast-n1475540 0612f381-e9b8-4e90-9ed0-7b6eb2b50337 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 18:44:00 GMT "The greatest gift which America has received from the Lord is the faith which has forged its Christian identity," Pope John Paul II wrote in a document on the Church in America in 1999. Here at the end of 2012,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynLopez/2012/12/22/christmas-is-a-reminder-and-a-test-n1472359 4b22d3d1-f305-45cf-94d7-e8269252e836 Sat, 22 Dec 2012 05:01:00 GMT Rome -- "Where people are, the Word of God must be," a priest from Washington state, in the holy city for a conference on the Church in America, told an Italian media outlet.The simple explanation did make clear... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynLopez/2012/12/15/its-a-twittersweet-symphony-this-life-n1467379 efa1bcb1-7f01-4618-b59b-d0ec806315e0 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 05:01:00 GMT Here we go again, it's "American Idol: Presidential Edition." And we can't even resist waiting until 2012 is over.Since the Republican Party clearly needs to amp up its Hispanic outreach, Florida Sen. Marco... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynLopez/2012/12/08/dont_get_carried_away_about_clinton b24ac65f-f4e4-4c9f-894e-ec8e68bee57f Sat, 08 Dec 2012 12:45:00 GMT Have you heard about the holiday gift some American girls could be getting? Emergency contraception!During Thanksgiving week the American Academy of Pediatrics announced their recommendation that "morning-... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynLopez/2012/12/01/lets_talk_about_sex_responsibly 8cec0f13-4e4d-4c33-9e2f-d8d427c6b4fe Sat, 01 Dec 2012 05:01:00 GMT For as long as I can remember, I've always thought about waking up obscenely early the morning after Thanksgiving, to check out the goings-on at the toy or department store. Not because I wanted to shop, but to visit... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynLopez/2012/11/24/scaling_back_moving_forward b52c089b-b81a-4b6f-87f2-ab645c3f12a3 Sat, 24 Nov 2012 05:01:00 GMT "Before there were houses in this land, there were altars." A timelier reminder you could not get, as we confront realities about immigration and secularization in the United States. It's a point made... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynLopez/2012/11/17/a_different_kind_of_history 92f8a217-08c9-47e1-849f-f32acbd39dbb Sat, 17 Nov 2012 05:01:00 GMT "Why was Chris Matthews on the dais?" This remains the most frequently asked question I get about the presidential election. It refers to the Al Smith dinner, an annual event that raises money for Catholic... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynLopez/2012/11/10/truly_there_is_always_hope e1be44c7-c9d0-40a6-9e30-e996f8ba7d4a Sat, 10 Nov 2012 05:01:00 GMT We usually assist in Africa and other impoverished areas around the world, just like Red Cross does, said Sgt. Angelo A. Sedacca of the NYPD, talking about his work with the Knights of Malta, a Catholic charitable... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynLopez/2012/11/03/faith_freedom_in_the_center_of_the_storm 42e095ee-7227-4a9b-9af0-0e5c8d302506 Sat, 03 Nov 2012 04:01:00 GMT If we don't love the poor and do all we can to improve their lot, we're going to go to hell, the Catholic archbishop of Philadelphia, Charles J. Chaput, recently said. It's not pretty, but it is real. And not just if... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynLopez/2012/10/27/look_toward_renewal 23b3e886-a794-46db-8556-2dd36e8044e7 Sat, 27 Oct 2012 04:01:00 GMT Vatican City -- "Ever ancient, ever new": It's hard not to think of St. Augustine's paean to the lord when you're walking past a synod of bishops, on the way up to meet the pope in Rome, as I was one recent morning. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynLopez/2012/10/13/young_women_have_a_friend_in_rome b0e8793d-f5bd-4b81-8d44-10f64d39f022 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 04:01:00 GMT If things were different, Wendy Long would be a household name. She'd be a heroine, and she'd be driving the election season.But Long is the Republican running for Senate in New York, where calculations were made long... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynLopez/2012/09/29/in_it_for_the_long_haul 210a3354-97c4-46de-9601-39179c898676 Sat, 29 Sep 2012 04:01:00 GMT "I expect to be judged by results ... If stuff hasn't worked and people don't feel like I've led the country in the right direction, then you'll have a new president."Barack Obama may regret saying this comment... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynLopez/2012/09/22/american_dream_on 57c20aa3-aaf5-4c34-9577-7739098a06f4 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 04:01:00 GMT "Deepening crisis": This phrase was used at a conference on international religious liberty at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 12. The timing of the gathering, which included... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynLopez/2012/09/15/losing_our_religion 2541166d-5234-4211-a435-28d1af020182 Sat, 15 Sep 2012 04:01:00 GMT Michelle Obama, in her speech to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte last week, explained that her husband "believes that women are more than capable of making our own choices about our bodies and our health... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynLopez/2012/09/08/an_ugly_upclose_look_at_the_dems 9eded6d3-a682-4d49-b709-67d1900dfe86 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 04:01:00 GMT "He didn't just see a tangle of plastic and tubes; he saw our beautiful little girl, and he was clearly overcome with compassion for her," Pam Finlayson told the Republican National Convention in Tampa on... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynLopez/2012/09/01/love_a_must_in_any_platform 38e703dc-c9ae-4d42-a9cf-82f97c1c4767 Sat, 01 Sep 2012 04:01:00 GMT When New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan offers a benediction at the Republican Convention in Miami on Thursday, he will appear as a pastor, not a politician.The distinction often gets lost when one finds oneself talking... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynLopez/2012/08/25/some_things_more_important_than_politics dfdcb8ec-3b89-4ed4-b5df-2e94ca4b6df7 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 04:01:00 GMT "The Puritan ice may be melting in most Americans' veins, but not in Mother's." A nude model fretted in Cosmopolitan over her worried mother's nagging more than three decades ago. The... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynLopez/2012/08/18/the_revolution_should_not_be_cosmogenized 9555cf87-5a42-4398-a6d4-363ccce48c85 Sat, 18 Aug 2012 04:01:00 GMT House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has an old story that she likes to tell about her days as Speaker of the House: My chair was getting crowded, it begins. She was at her first White House meeting as the first woman... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynLopez/2012/08/11/liberty_lessons_from_the_past 8b40ff38-fd78-4a15-a230-d899fd89ebbc Sat, 11 Aug 2012 04:01:00 GMT "Mr. Romney wants to get rid of funding for Planned Parenthood. I think that's a bad idea," President Obama said at a campaign event in Oregon. "I want them to control their own health care choices,"... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynLopez/2012/07/28/health_care_plan_makes_the_economy_ill 35966c9c-0a7d-469b-930f-ad10c06c15be Sat, 28 Jul 2012 04:01:00 GMT "It's Time for Mark Regnerus to Get Collectively Dumped," read one online headline. The outrage was in response to a study that Regnerus, a professor in the department of sociology at the University of Texas,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynLopez/2012/07/20/parenthood_debate_obscures_the_real_questions 1bf5602a-02b9-4293-bed4-b302768808e8 Fri, 20 Jul 2012 17:45:00 GMT Condi!The mid-July rumor that Mitt Romney might pick former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as his running mate was a fun Matt Drudge scoop for those in the country who live off political-campaign gossip. It was... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynLopez/2012/07/16/mitt_romney_unleashed 8b5ebb89-cf60-4e6d-b0f6-f5804d0723d6 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 21:30:00 GMT Stacy Molai knows that life can be hard and unfair, and that the debates held in Washington actually affect real people.Molai is 31 and suffers from Crohn's disease, a chronic gastrointestinal condition that threatened... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynLopez/2012/07/06/a_face_behind_the_health_care_lawsuit c867d509-13b2-4604-84c9-b262fb7ae3f5 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 20:30:00 GMT