Daniel Henninger is a conservative American commentator. He serves as the deputy editorial page director of ''

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contributor.

Early life

Henninger was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He is a graduate of

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Career

Henninger serves as the deputy editorial page director of ''

'', and is a contributor to

. He also writes a column named "Wonder Land", which appears in the ''Journal'' every Thursday. In the 1980s he wrote most of the ''Journal's'' editorials on drug regulation. He is a frequent guest on the Saturday

show ''

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'', in which he discusses current issues with fellow editorial page writers and guests. (A transcript of the discussion appears on '' OpinionJournal.com'' the following Monday.) He won the Gerald Loeb Award for commentary in 1985; the 1995

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' Distinguished Writing Award for editorial writing; and the 1997

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for editorial writing. He shared in the staff of ''The Wall Street Journals 2002

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on 9/11.

Personal life

Henninger is a onetime resident of

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'' OpinionJournal.com, October 30, 2006. Accessed September 26, 2007. "Henninger: ... I used to live in Ridgewood, N.J., a town of about 35,000 people."

References

External links

Henninger's biography
at OpinionJournal.com
Archive
of "Wonder Land" columns
"Worse Than ObamaCare: Obama's biggest failure is that he hobbled the U.S. economy.
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