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United States Kathleen Parker is a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and author known for her insightful commentary on politics and culture.
Kathleen Parker is the most widely syndicated columnist in the US and a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist at The Washington Post, writing on politics and culture.
Kathleen Parker is a consulting faculty member at the Buckley School of Public Speaking.
From fall 2010, Parker co-hosted the cable news program Parker Spitzer on CNN with former New York governor Eliot Spitzer.
Kathleen Parker is a regular guest on NBC's Meet the Press.
Kathleen Parker was previously a regular guest on MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews.
Parker is a contributor to the online magazine The Daily Beast.
She is on the Board of Contributors for USA Today's Forum Page, part of the newspaper's Opinion section.
Kathleen Parker was born in 1951/1952 in Winter Haven, Florida. She pursued her education at Converse College before earning a Bachelor’s degree in 1973 and a Master’s degree in Spanish in 1976 from Florida State University. Her career in journalism commenced in 1977, covering local news for the Charleston Evening Post. Over the years, Parker contributed to various magazines, including The Weekly Standard, Time, Town & Country, Cosmopolitan, and Fortune Small Business.
Parker joined The Washington Post as a columnist in 1987, where she gained recognition for her political and cultural commentary. In 1993, she received the H. L. Mencken Writing Award from The Baltimore Sun. Her incisive writing led to her being named one of the nation’s top five columnists by The Week magazine in both 2004 and 2005. A significant career highlight came in 2010 when she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary for her perceptive and often witty columns.
Beyond her print work, Parker has been a regular guest on various news programs, including NBC’s Meet the Press and previously MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews. From Fall 2010, she co-hosted the CNN cable news program “Parker Spitzer” alongside Eliot Spitzer. She is also a consulting faculty member at the Buckley School of Public Speaking and the author of the book “Save the Males: Why Men Matter, Why Women Should Care.”
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