Melinda Henneberger is a RealClearPolitics columnist based in Kansas City. She won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for commentary and was a Pulitzer finalist for commentary in 2021, for editorial writing in 2020 and for commentary in 2019, all for her work at The Kansas City Star. For 10 years, she was a reporter for The New York Times, based in New York, Washington, D.C., and Rome.