# William McGurn > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/William_McGurn > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/William_McGurn.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_McGurn > Source revision: 1321237409 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) American writer Bill McGurn White House Director of Speechwriting In office June 14, 2006 – December 14, 2007 President George W. Bush Preceded by Michael Gerson Succeeded by Marc Thiessen Personal details Born (1958-12-04) December 4, 1958 (age 67) San Diego, California, U.S. Party Republican Spouse Julie Hoffman Children 3 Education University of Notre Dame (BA) Boston University (MA) **William McGurn** (born December 4, 1958) is an American political writer. He was the chief speechwriter for [President](/source/President_of_the_United_States) [George W. Bush](/source/George_W._Bush) from June 2006 until February 2008, replacing [Michael Gerson](/source/Michael_Gerson).[1] ## Early life McGurn was born December 4, 1958, in San Diego. He received his bachelor's degree in [philosophy](/source/Philosophy) from the [University of Notre Dame](/source/University_of_Notre_Dame) in 1981; he later earned a master's degree in communications from [Boston University](/source/Boston_University).[2] ## Career He began his career as the managing editor at the *[American Spectator](/source/American_Spectator)*. In 1989, he moved to *[National Review](/source/National_Review)* where he was the Washington Bureau Chief until 1992. From 1992 to 1998, McGurn served as the senior editor of the *[Far Eastern Economic Review](/source/Far_Eastern_Economic_Review)*. He then became Chief Editorial Writer for *[The Wall Street Journal](/source/The_Wall_Street_Journal)*. He joined the White House as a speechwriter in February 2005. He became the Chief Speechwriter for President George W. Bush in 2006. In February 2008 he departed to become a visiting fellow at [Hillsdale College](/source/Hillsdale_College). Early in 2009 he joined [News Corporation](/source/News_Corporation), which had bought *The Wall Street Journal* in August 2007, as the speechwriter for News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch. In December 2012, he became Editorial Page Editor of the *[New York Post](/source/New_York_Post)*. He rejoined *The Wall Street Journal* in April 2015 and now writes the Main Street [column](/source/Columnist); he is also an executive at its parent company.[2][3][4] On January 23, 2023, two days after the [2023 Monterey Park Shooting](/source/2023_Monterey_Park_shooting), McGurn published an op-ed titled, "Are There “Too Many Asians”?" in the *Wall Street Journal* opinion section. Its headline was criticized for its supposed insensitivity. The article was later renamed "China and the Population Bomb That Wasn’t".[5] The article in fact criticized the long-term Western policies and perspectives that were instrumental in forming the [Chinese "one child" policy](/source/One-child_policy). The article ended by decrying the fact that recognitions of the harms inherent in such a policy came 50 years too late. ## Personal life McGurn and his wife, Julie Hoffman, live in [Madison](/source/Madison%2C_New_Jersey), [New Jersey](/source/New_Jersey). They previously lived in Hong Kong where they adopted three daughters from China.[6][7] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [*National Review* PDF](http://www2.nationalreview.com/dest/2008/02/08/scann001.pdf) 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-WSJ_bio_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-WSJ_bio_2-1) [*Wall Street Journal* profile](http://www.opinionjournal.com/bios/bio_mcgurn.html) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Dylan Byers, [William McGurn named New York Post editorial page editor](https://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2012/12/william-mcgurn-named-new-york-post-editorial-page-editor-151642), *[Politico](/source/Politico)*, 12/11/12. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [William McGurn biography](https://www.nndb.com/people/507/000213865/). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** McGurn, William. ["Opinion | China and the Population Bomb That Wasn't"](https://www.wsj.com/articles/are-there-too-many-asians-population-control-china-children-babies-family-growth-humanity-birth-rate-11674508135). *WSJ*. Retrieved 2023-03-14. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** McGurn, William. ["Hostage to NJ Transit"](http://www.heartland.org/full/16352/Hostage_to_NJ_Transit.html)[*[dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*], *[New York Post](/source/New_York_Post)*, republished online by [The Heartland Institute](/source/The_Heartland_Institute), 17 November 2004. Accessed July 19, 2011. "To put this all in perspective, the brochure for my 1910 home in suburban Madison boasts that the 'fastest train' will get you to [Manhattan](/source/Manhattan) in 47 minutes." 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** McGurn, William. ["NNDB Biography"](https://www.nndb.com/people/507/000213865/). ## External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to [William McGurn](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:William_McGurn). - [Appearances](https://www.c-span.org/person/?10486) on [C-SPAN](/source/C-SPAN) - [McGurn's NY Post Archive](https://nypost.com/author/william-mcgurn/) Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF GND National Israel Other Yale LUX --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [William McGurn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_McGurn) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_McGurn?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.