William J. Kole

I'm William J. Kole, a veteran reporter, editor, and foreign correspondent, and the author of two big-idea books. IN GUNS WE TRUST: The Unholy Trinity of White Evangelicals, Politics, and Firearms (Oct. 2025, Broadleaf Books) investigates how the gun culture became such an article of faith among conservative Christians. White evangelicals own more guns than any other subset of the U.S. population, and they're increasingly carrying their weapons to church. THE BIG 100: The New World of Super-Aging (Oct. 2023, Diversion Books) is an exploration of extreme longevity. We're all hurtling into a new era of super-aging, and demographers forecast that the number of people living to 100 -- or in some cases well beyond -- will increase eightfold by 2050. Centenarians are the fastest-growing segment of the population.