http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/weeklystandard/ en-us Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:59:31 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2273804/posts Clarity Media Group CEO Ryan McKibben announced today that the company had acquired The Weekly Standard magazine, which he characterized as “one of the most highly respected publications of public policy and political commentary in America.” According to McKibben, Clarity Media Group intends to build on the editorial strengths of The Weekly Standard’s current staff and increase the magazine’s circulation and ad pages. “We have the highest regard for the editors and staff of The Weekly Standard, particularly founder William Kristol and executive editor Fred Barnes. The Weekly Standard’s content deals with the most critical public policy issues of our... The Washington Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2273804/posts#comment Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:59:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271068/posts ... For conservative commentators Mr. Obama’s election and the turmoil of the opposition present a changed environment, not only from the past eight years when Republicans held the White House, but from the previous three decades, when conservative ideas dominated the national political agenda. Since the financial meltdown, though, many Americans have sought government action, prompting conservative magazines to refocus on first principles and refight battles they assumed had already been won. “We’re seeing free-market capitalism trampled in some new way every 12 hours,” said Rich Lowry, editor of National Review, the magazine William F. Buckley started in 1955, which... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271068/posts#comment Sat, 13 Jun 2009 14:50:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269701/posts FBI agents visited the offices of the conservative Weekly Standard magazine yesterday after a shooting at the Holocaust Memorial Museum and told employees they'd found the magazine's address A senior Standard staffer confirmed the visit but declined to discuss it in detail. An FBI spokeswoman, Katherine Schweit , also declined to comment on the investigation. Two other sources said two FBI agents arrived shortly after 5:00 p.m. Thursday at the 17th Street offices of the magazine. They told staffers that they had found the address of the magazine on a piece of paper associated with the shooter, James von Brunn,... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269701/posts#comment Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:45:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2203949/posts Strange times we live in when it takes a ballot initiative to confirm the definition of marriage as the union of a man and a woman. Stranger still when endorsing that definition through the democratic process brings threats and reprisals. In November, the San Francisco Chronicle published the names and home addresses of everyone who donated money in support of California's Proposition 8 marriage initiative. All available information, plus the amount donated, was broadcast. My name is on that list. Emails started coming. Heavy with epithets and ad hominems, most in the you-disgust-me vein. Several accused me, personally, of denying... The Weekly Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2203949/posts#comment Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:02:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2197531/posts Decades from now, historians are going to fill e-tome after e-tome debating when the crisis in American authority began. A good place to start would be the Clinton era. The president of the United States had a tawdry affair, lied about it, and refused to accept any responsibility for his actions. The Republicans correctly pointed out that the president had acted beneath his office. The problem was that many of them were acting beneath their offices, too. In Washington, where the spirit of public service is supposed to reign, both Democrats and Republicans were using positions of power for private... The Weekly Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2197531/posts#comment Mon, 2 Mar 2009 21:25:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2197325/posts It seems that if despotism came to be established in the democratic nations of our day, it would have other characteristics: it would be more extensive and milder, and it would degrade men without tormenting them. When I think of the small passions of men of our day, the softness of their mores, the extent of their enlightenment, the purity of their religion, the mildness of their morality, their laborious and steady habits, the restraint that almost all preserve in vice as in virtue, I do not fear that in their chiefs they will find tyrants, but rather schoolmasters. I... The Weekly Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2197325/posts#comment Mon, 2 Mar 2009 17:05:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2153690/posts The Weekly Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2153690/posts#comment Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:36:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2118052/posts Finally, I understand why people say that those who pass away at a young age died “too soon.” Prior to Monday, October 27, I would tell myself that those who died young simply passed away at their particular “time.” Even when someone passed away at an exceedingly young age—like the singer and actress Aaliyah Haughton, who perished in a plane crash in August 2001 at the age of 22—I’d rationalize it by saying that it was their time to go. I cannot do that anymore. At the very least, I cannot do that now. Dean Barnett is no longer with... Human Events http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2118052/posts#comment Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:29:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073369/posts Fred Thompson will forcefully defend the selection of Sarah Palin tonight in a speech Republicans are characterizing as "red meat." He will argue that the feeding frenzy over Palin's is the result of "panic" from the Democrat-friendly mainstream media. "What a breath of fresh air Governor Sarah Palin is. She is from a small town, with small town values, but that's not good enough for those folks who are attacking her and her family. Let's be clear, the selection of Governor Palin has the other side and their friends in the media in a state of panic. She is a... The Weekly Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073369/posts#comment Wed, 3 Sep 2008 00:06:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2071164/posts A spectre is haunting the liberal elites of New York and Washington--the spectre of a young, attractive, unapologetic conservatism, rising out of the American countryside, free of the taint (fair or unfair) of the Bush administration and the recent Republican Congress, able to invigorate a McCain administration and to govern beyond it. That spectre has a name--Sarah Palin, the 44-year-old governor of Alaska chosen by John McCain on Friday to be his running mate. There she is: a working woman who's a proud wife and mother; a traditionalist in important matters who's broken through all kinds of barriers; a reformer... Weekly Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2071164/posts#comment Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:26:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050409/posts You're not the only one unhappy about the Olympic mascots, collectively known as the Fuwa. If the Beijing Olympics' five cuddly mascots go down in history as a dud, their creator wants no part of the blame. After China's Olympics organizers gave him the assignment, folk artist Han Meilin initially sketched out five children representing the traditional Chinese elements of fire, wood, water, gold and earth. Then the bureaucrats got involved. "There had to be a panda, even though you'd think the public would have had enough of them," says the 72-year-old artist. Alas, mankind will never get enough of... The Weekly Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050409/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:10:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050277/posts The Weekly Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050277/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:12:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048394/posts Almost anything can happen in an election year, but among conservatives, almost everyone seems to agree that no matter who captures the White House in November, the movement that has ruled the Republican Party since the 1960s and mostly dominated American politics since 1980 has lost its way. Across the spectrum of the right, writers and thinkers have turned their relentless analysis inward, a kind of political EST seminar aimed at self-transformation. The International Herald Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048394/posts#comment Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:24:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024954/posts Michael Goldfarb, online guru at the Weekly Standard, has taken a leave of absence from his post at the magazine to become deputy communications director for McCain. Standard chief Bill Kristol announced the move on their blog. In his new role, Goldfarb will use his grasp of the rightosphere to help drive the McCain message online and will also lend a hand in writing campaign materials. He'll focus especially on the rapid response element of a campaign that is already being fought hour by hour. A source at the magazine said that when Goldfarb announced his move at a staff... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024954/posts#comment Mon, 2 Jun 2008 20:20:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012636/posts The NOTION THAT BARACK Obama should pick Hillary Clinton as his vice presidential running mate is crazy. She passes the first test of a veep selection: she's a plausible president. But she fails the second. She doesn't qualify as a partner on the Democratic ticket (and possibly in the White House) that Obama would be comfortable with--far from it. But there is someone who does meet these two requirements, plus a third one and maybe a fourth. That person is Democratic Governor Edward Rendell of Pennsylvania. Yes, Rendell was the leading supporter of Clinton when she trounced Obama in the... Weekly Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012636/posts#comment Wed, 7 May 2008 20:49:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1971679/posts Thomas Joscelyn has an excellent piece on the death of Imad Mughniyeh, and his possible connections to Al Qaeda and the terror attacks of 9/11: Death by Car Bomb in Damascus. Late Tuesday night in Damascus, Imad Mugniyah, senior terrorist of Hezbollah, was killed in a car bomb explosion. It was a fitting death for a founding father of Islamic terrorism, a man who himself had built many bombs. If you had not heard of Mugniyah before, there is a good reason. Terror chieftains like Osama bin Laden and Ayman al Zawahiri seek the limelight with their frequent and widely... Little Green Footballs http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1971679/posts#comment Sun, 17 Feb 2008 03:22:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1965262/posts THERE IS A LEFT-WING conspiracy at loose in the world, dedicated to undoing conservative governance, only the people who see it aren't sure what it is. John McCain is in it, of course, in fact he is the cause of it, as making him president is the ultimate goal. He is blamed for running, (and perhaps, for breathing), but beyond him the face of the threat is less clear. In fact, the faces are those of other conservative stalwarts, who were their heroes and brethren until--until, say, just after the Florida primary, when McCain emerged as a serious threat. These... Weekly Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1965262/posts#comment Tue, 5 Feb 2008 14:26:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1931951/posts PRESIDENT BUSH SAYS the presidency is still "a joyous experience" for him. "People ask if I would do it again. I would." And one reason for his upbeat mood in talking to a dozen journalists Wednesday is progress in Iraq, including revenue sharing by the central government with the provinces. Another is the beginning of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, though Bush cautioned that the creation of a Palestinian state won't come any time soon. Reconciliation between Shia and Sunni is occurring in Iraq, Bush said, but it's "bottom up reconciliation," not top down from the central government of Nouri a-Maliki. However, the... Weekly Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1931951/posts#comment Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:24:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1905582/posts Justin Logan is a foreign policy analyst a member of the Coalition for a Realistic Foreign Policy. Former White House chief of staff Andrew Card famously remarked that the reason the White House ramped up the case for the Iraq War in September was that "from a marketing point of view, you don't introduce new products in August." To judge from recent developments, Americans may look back on August 2007 as the month the country again turned toward war—with Iran. The same network of think-tank analysts, media outlets, and government officials who brayed for war in Iraq have set their... Cato Institute http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1905582/posts#comment Tue, 2 Oct 2007 23:07:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1885046/posts It's hard to believe that, not so long ago, neoconservative foreign policy thinking overflowed with ideas and idealism. The descent has been steep, and nowhere is it more apparent than in the pages of The Weekly Standard--particularly in William Kristol's editorials, which have come to consist of stubborn denials of any bad news, diatribes about internal enemies, and harangues against the cowardice of Republican dissenters. Kristol's sensibility is perfectly summed up in one representative passage from a recent issue. The topic was The New Republic's decision to publish an essay by Scott Beauchamp, an American soldier serving in Iraq, detailing... The New Republic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1885046/posts#comment Wed, 22 Aug 2007 22:29:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1877695/posts The Weekly Standard has learned from a military source close to the investigation that Pvt. Scott Thomas Beauchamp -- author of the much-disputed "Shock Troops" article in the New Republic's July 23 issue as well as two previous "Baghdad Diarist" columns -- signed a sworn statement admitting that all three articles he published in the New Republic were exaggerations and falsehoods -- fabrications containing only "a smidgen of truth," in the words of our source. Separately, we received this statement from Major Steven F. Lamb, the deputy Public Affairs Officer for Multi National Division-Baghdad: "An investigation has been completed and... FOXNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1877695/posts#comment Tue, 7 Aug 2007 17:59:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1743571/posts Mike Fumento was a guest on the Mike Rosen show on 850am KOA here in Denver Wednesday (Nov. 23rd) to talk about his recent October 2006 trip to Ramadi, Iraq. Mike talks about the REAL story from the one of the most dangerous places in the country. Rosen Replay 11/22/06 10-11AM (about 45 minutes, MP3) Guest: Mike Fumento, journalist for "The Weekly Standard" talks about his latest article, "Return to Ramadi."Click here for part one of the interview Rosen Replay 11/22/06 11-11:45AM (about 30 minutes, MP3) Mike Fumento continued. Click here for part two of the interview --- Mike Fumento's... 'Rosen Replay' at his 850am KOA website http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1743571/posts#comment Fri, 24 Nov 2006 22:01:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1743363/posts Surrender as 'Realism' Retreat would win us no friends and lose us no adversaries. Foreign policy realism is ascendant these days, we are told. This would be encouraging if true, because our foreign policy must indeed be realistic. But what passes for "realism" today has very little to do with reality. Indeed, if you look at some of the "realist" proposals on the table, "realism" has come to be a kind of code word for surrendering American interests and American allies, as well as American principles, in the Middle East. Thus, the "realists" advise us to seek Syria's help in... Weekly Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1743363/posts#comment Fri, 24 Nov 2006 14:34:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1734035/posts The Weekly Standard is bold in stating and supporting its ideology. Only it is not the traditional limited government conservatism devised by the movement's founders. The WS forthrightly informs its readers that George W. Bush is a "big spender," subheading a recent piece informing its readers that, "under Bush, the era of small government is over." Moreover, there is not much limited government conservatives can do about it. "Governing majorities can't stand still" the executive editor informs, they must spend more and more money on national problems because "that's what the public expects." Bush and the GOP Congressional leadership will... American Conservative Union http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1734035/posts#comment Tue, 7 Nov 2006 16:33:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1667789/posts July 18, 2006 -- 'GROTESQUE" was Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's characterization of the charge that the U.S. invasion of Iraq was responsible for the current Middle East conflagration. She is correct, up to a point. Speaking on ABC's "This Week," Rice called it "short-sighted" to judge the success of the administration's transformational ambitions by a "snapshot" of progress "some couple of years" into the transformation. She seems to consider today's turmoil preferable to the Middle East's "false stability" of the last 60 years, during which U.S. policy "turned a blind eye to the absence of democratic forces." There is,... New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1667789/posts#comment Tue, 18 Jul 2006 14:19:26 GMT