Kimberley Strassel


Kimberley Ann Strassel is an American conservative columnist and author who is a member of the Wall Street Journal editorial board. She writes a weekly column, "Potomac Watch", which appears on Fridays.

Early life

Strassel grew up in Buxton, Oregon, and she graduated in 1990 from Banks High School in nearby Banks. She graduated with a B.A. from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University in 1994 after completing a senior thesis, titled "The Democratization of the Russian Secret Security and Intelligence Apparatus", under the supervision of Aaron Friedberg. Strassel immediately took a position at the Wall Street Journal upon graduation.

Career

''Wall Street Journal''

Strassel was a news assistant for the European edition of The Wall Street Journal in Brussels and a staff writer covering technology for The Wall Street Journal Europe in London. She moved to New York in 1999 to cover real estate before joining the editorial page as an assistant features editor.
She became a senior editorial writer and member of the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal in 2005. In 2007, she began writing the long-running "Potomac Watch" column for the Wall Street Journal.
In an October 2017 editorial, Strassel criticized Fusion GPS, "the intelligence outfit that commissioned former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele to compile the now infamous Trump–Russia dossier."
By October 2019, President Trump had tweeted about Strassel or retweeted her commentary more than 20 times, including calling for a Pulitzer Prize for her.

Books

In 2006, Strassel co-wrote Leaving Women Behind: Modern Families, Outdated Laws, which argues that government regulation interferes with marketplace initiatives to provide women with economic opportunity.
In June 2016, she published a book called The Intimidation Game: How the Left Is Silencing Free Speech, in which she "excoriates the left's use of campaign finance laws to stifle free speech and free association."
On October 15, 2019, Strassel released Resistance : How Trump Haters are Breaking America.

Other

In 2014, Strassel was awarded a $250,000 Bradley Prize from the conservative Bradley Foundation.
In February 2016, Strassel was among the panelists for a Republican presidential primary debate held in South Carolina.
In the wake of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, Kimberley Strassel suggested teachers could be equipped with stun grenades to protect their students.

Personal life

Strassel married journalist Matthew Rose in Buxton, Oregon, on July 15, 2000. The couple has three children. They have since divorced and Strassel has remarried.