Kamala Harris is in a bind on the issue of fracking. Well-heeled, college-educated, urban progressives hate it, partly for reasons of ignorance and prejudice and partly because they have been convinced (and have convinced themselves) that the continued use of oil and gas as instruments of human flourishing will have apocalyptic consequences.
Kevin D. Williamson is national correspondent at The Dispatch and is based in Virginia. Prior to joining the company in 2022, he spent 15 years as a writer and editor at National Review, worked as the theater critic at the New Criterion, and had a long career in local newspapers. He is also a writer in residence at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. When Kevin is not reporting on the world outside Washington for his Wanderland newsletter, you can find him at the rifle range or reading a book about literally almost anything other than politics.
