By Jun 25,2010

The Weekly Standard vs. Glenn Beck

Go read Matt Continetti’s cover story on The Two Faces of the Tea Party. The bad face is Glenn Beck. Criticism of fellow conservatives is not unusual for the Standard,...

By Jun 23,2010

Obama and Woodrow Wilson

I am in the middle of 1913. At least that’s how far I’ve gotten in Prof. John Milton Cooper’s recent biography of Woodrow Wilson. The most striking thing about Wilson’s...

By Jun 23,2010

Reagan Democrats, Meet Wal-Mart Moms

I have encountered many strands of Democrats in my day. Arguably the two I am most acquainted with are the Manhattan “elites,” with their Ivy League degrees, strong-Left opinions, and...

By Jun 22,2010

If You Cannot Handle The Heat…

Budget Director Peter Orszag has announced that he will be the first senior member of the Obama administration to step down this July. According to Reuters, Orszag never intended to...

By Jun 15,2010

Red Dawn backlash

Well-meaning people are concerned that the Red Dawn remake will just stir up xenophobic anti-China sentiment. Evan Osnos in the New Yorker: The new movie will feature Connor Cruise, the...

By Jun 15,2010

Honesty

Steven Hayward: This article needs to begin with a big mea culpa. In the April 26 edition of The Weekly Standard (which went to press on April 16), I wrote:...