Heather Mac Donald

Who is Heather Mac Donald?

Heather Lynn Mac Donald is an American political commentator and journalist described as a secular conservative. She has advocated controversial positions on numerous subjects including victimization, philanthropy, immigration reform, crime prevention, racism, racial profiling, rape, politics, welfare, and matters pertaining to cities and academia. In 2000, columnist George F. Will praised her thinking about urban problems. She is a John M. Olin Fellow of the Manhattan Institute. Critic Robin Finn of the New York Times described her as an "influential institute thinker". New York Times critic Allen D. Boyer described her book The Burden of Bad Ideas as having the "freshness of a stiff, changing breeze". In addition, she is a contributing editor to New York's City Journal, and a lawyer by training. She has written numerous editorials in newspapers such as USA Today and is the author of several books. She was born in California, graduated from Phillips Academy in Andover in 1974 and graduated from Yale's Berkeley College in 1978, then attended Cambridge, and graduated from Stanford law school in 1985.