The Weekly Standard: A Reader: 1995-2005

by William Kristol

Book Overview

Almost from the moment its inaugural issue appeared in September 1995, The Weekly Standard has been widely considered the nation's preeminent journal of political opinion and cultural commentary --... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060852747
• ISBN13: 9780060852740
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Harper
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.3" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

great anthology

Contrary to what the first reviewer wrote, this is an excellent anthology. David Brook's "Fog of Peace" is an excellent essay on the Left's inability to think straight on Iraq, because, as he so eloquently puts it, "their entire moral space is filled with [Bush hatred]". So very true. And the history of Iraq is not yet written. Bush deposed one of the most ruthless fascist dictators of all time, and established a democracy, virtually overnight. At the same time, the U.S. took out, as Cheney put it "the most likely nexus between Al Quida and weapons of mass destruction" [it never was just about WMDs, as the Left always states]. But this book is not only about Iraq. The Iraq essay is excellent and shows the shallowness of the Left on that issue. The other essays are interesting, and it is not just about politics. I really am impressed by the Weekly Standard, and I read it every week. It has some of the most fresh and new ideas (for example, this past week, an excellent article on why the 'bird flu' scare is overhyped), and I find it a nice change of pace away from the group-think, paranoia, shallowness, hatred, and pessimism so prevailent on the Left today.