Kathryn Jean Lopez
Kathryn Jean Lopez, (born
March 22, probably
1976), a native of
Manhattan, is an
American conservative columnist, who is nationally syndicated by the
United Feature Syndicate/Newspaper Enterprise Association. [
1] She is also the
editor of
National Review Online. [
2]
Her
nickname on National Review Online's group
blog "The Corner", is "K-Lo", a wordplay comparing her name to the actress and singer
Jennifer Lopez ("J-Lo").
Lopez graduated from
The Catholic University of America in
Washington, D.C., where she studied
philosophy and
politics. Before joining National Review in
New York, she worked at the
Heritage Foundation on
Capitol Hill. Besides National Review and NRO, her work has appeared in the
Wall Street Journal, the
Washington Times, The Women's Quarterly, The National Catholic Register, Our Sunday Visitor,
American Outlook,
New York Press, and The Human Life Review, among other publications.
Lopez writes often on
abortion and
bioethics,
religion,
feminism,
education,
politics. Of NRO's writers, she tends to be the greatest defender of "culture of life" issues from a
Catholic perspective, and argues for adherence to traditional Catholic dogmas, such as
Natural Family Planning for
birth control. She also advocates conservative leadership within the Church, and was a supporter of the election of
Pope Benedict XVI. One of the running jokes on The Corner is her dislike of mentions of
Star Trek, mainly because it leads to juvenile digressions, but also because (at least in the
original series) it posits a future without religion.
She was a strong supporter of President
George W. Bush's reelection bid in the
2004 Presidential election campaign. On the day of the election, when afternoon
exit polls showed Bush losing, she relayed information from Bush campaign insiders that indicated the poll methodology may have been faulty. Afterwards, she supported preventing
Arlen Specter from replacing
Orrin Hatch as head of the
United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary during the period between the
2004 elections and the beginning of the new Senate term in January of
2005. Later in 2005, Lopez attacked the
Supreme Court nomination of
Harriet Miers. She strongly opposes gender quotas.
Lopez has appeared on
CNN,
C-SPAN, the
Fox News Channel,
MSNBC, and
Oxygen and is a frequent guest on radio and TV shows, including
Hugh Hewitt's nationally syndicated program and
Vatican Radio.
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National Review Online*
"The Corner" blog*
Lopez National Review Online columns*
Lopez appearing on C-Span
