Kimberley Strassel

Kimberley A. Strassel is an author and member of the Wall Street Journal Editorial Board. Her opinions are generally conservative. She writes a weekly column, "Potomac Watch", which appears on Fridays.

Biography

Strassel graduated from Princeton University in 1994 with a B.A. in Public Policy and International Affairs. Before joining the Editorial Board she was a news assistant for the European edition of the "WSJ" in Brussels (1994-1996) and a staff writer covering technology for the "WSJ Europe" in London (1996-1999). She moved to New York in 1999 to cover real estate before quickly joining the editorial page as an assistant features editor. She became a senior editorial writer and member of the editorial board in 2005. She is married to British-born journalist Matthew Rose.

In 2006, Strassel co-wrote "Leaving Women Behind: Modern Families, Outdated Laws" (ISBN 0-7425-4545-8), which argues that government regulation interferes with marketplace initiatives to provide women with economic opportunity.

Quotations

* "This is what's really happening in Klamath--call it rural cleansing--and it's repeating itself in environmental battles across the country. Indeed, the goal of many environmental groups--from the Sierra Club to the Oregon Natural Resources Council--is no longer to protect nature. It's to expunge humans from the countryside." [http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/kstrassel/?id=95000868]

* "If you're an environmentalist, you should love nuclear energy because it's pollution free." [http://www.pbs.org/wnet/journaleditorialreport/010705/oilsources.html]

External links

* [http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/kstrassel/bio.html "WSJ" bio page]