Debra Saunders
Debra Saunders | |
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| Citizenship | American |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, journalist |
| Employer | Las Vegas Review-Journal |
| Spouse | Wesley J. Smith |
Debra J. Saunders is an American syndicated columnist and journalist. She is the White House correspondent for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, and her column is syndicated by Creators Syndicate and is carried by newspapers in the United States.
Early life and education
Saunders graduated in 1980 from the University of Massachusetts at Boston. She majored in Greek and Latin.[1]
Career
In 1992, she became an opinion-page columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, also syndicated by Creators. She later augmented her thrice-weekly columns with the Token Conservative blog,[2] before leaving the paper in 2016.
Between 1987 and 1992, Saunders was a columnist and editorial writer for the Los Angeles Daily News. She has previously worked for conservative advocacy groups and for a Republican leader of the California State Assembly.
In addition to her columns, Saunders has written for The Wall Street Journal, National Review, and Reader's Digest. She is the author of one book, The World According to Gore (ISBN 1-893554-14-7).
Saunders is married to Wesley J. Smith.[3]
Views
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In 2006 Saunders wrote articles opposing the War on Drugs.[4][5] She campaigned in her column for President Bush to issue more pardons and sentence commutations.
Saunders voted against Proposition 22 in 2000.[6] In 2004, Saunders wrote in support of same-sex marriage.[7] She was critical of the California Supreme Court decision that legalized same-sex marriage.[6]
In 2007, she wrote an article that criticized the imprisoned freelance journalist Josh Wolf, although she opposed his imprisonment.[8]
In 2007 Saunders described herself as a climate change skeptic.[9]
In 2011, she wrote about the comic character Foreskin Man, which was being used to promote a ballot initiative to ban circumcision in San Francisco.[10]
References
- ^ https://www.creators.com/author/debra-j-saunders
- ^ https://blog.sfgate.com/djsaunders/2013/04/04/foreskin-man-goes-to-turkey/
- ^ 500,000 Californians Lose Health Policies"
- ^ Pardon more than the turkey Archived 2006-11-27 at the Wayback Machine Debra Saunders, Nov. 23, 2006
- ^ Your Tax dollars on Drugs Debra Saunders, Feb. 12, 2006
- ^ a b City Hall of Love Debra Saunders, May 16, 2008
- ^ The homophobic party? Debra Saunders, Nov. 10, 2004
- ^ Josh Wolf - Blogger - Has No Press Pass Debra Saunders, Feb. 27, 2007
- ^ Polar bear pandering Debra Saunders, Nov. 4, 2007
- ^ Circumcision ballot measure and anti-Semitism Debra Saunders, June 2, 2011
External links
- Token Conservative
- Podcasts of Saunders' recent articles
- Debra Saunders speaks against clemency for Stanley Tookie Williams
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