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http://www.thestate.com/2010/04/12/1241125/kathleen-parker-wins-pulitzer.htmlKathleen Parker wins Pulitzer Prize
Kathleen Parker, a columnist for The Washington Post who lives in Camden and Washington, D.C., has won a 2010 Pulitzer Prize for commentary, it was announced Monday afternoon.
Parker, whose work appears in The State and more than 400 other newspapers, is known for her witty columns on political and moral issues. Parker was one of four Pulitzer recipients at The Post.
In her profile on The Washington Post Writers Group web site, Parker is quoted: "My ambitious goal is to try to inject a little sanity into a world gone barking mad."
She holds a master's degree in Spanish from Florida State University and is writer in residence at the Buckley School of Public Speaking in Camden. Parker is married and has three sons.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_ParkerKathleen Parker is an American syndicated columnist. Her columns are syndicated nationally by The Washington Post Writers Group. Parker is a consulting faculty member at the Buckley School of Public Speaking, and is a regular guest on television shows like The O'Reilly Factor and The Chris Matthews Show. Parker is a self-described conservative<1>.
Parker is the author of Save the Males: Why Men Matter, Why Women Should Care (New York: Random House, 2008). A columnist since 1987, she has worked for five newspapers, from Florida to California, and is the 1993 winner of the H.L. Mencken writing award presented by the Baltimore Sun. She has written for several magazines, including The Weekly Standard, Time, Town & Country, Cosmopolitan and Fortune Small Business. She also serves on the Board of Contributors for USA TODAY's Forum Page, part of the newspaper’s Opinion section. She is also a contributor to the online magazine, The Daily Beast. The Week magazine named her one of the nation's Top Five columnists in 2004 and 2005.
Parker grew up in Winter Haven, Florida, and attended Converse College before transferring to Florida State University where she majored in Spanish Literature. She also holds a Master's degree in the subject from Florida State.
She is married to an attorney, has three sons, and currently resides in Camden, South Carolina.<2>
Parker made news during the 2008 U.S. presidential election when she called on the Republican vice presidential nominee, Governor Sarah Palin, to step down from the party ticket, saying that a series of media interviews showed that Palin was "clearly out of her league."<3><4><5> Parker received over 11,000 responses, most from conservatives criticizing her.<6>
In April, Kathleen Parker won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary with a selection of political opinion columns.
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