▼ Author Community Vote 20 days ago William Kristol 'The Crisis at Which We Are Arrived' - Don't fear the Tea Parties. - — Don't fear the Tea Parties. … We are not now quite at a founding moment, or even a re-founding moment. But we have arrived at a genuine crisis, or a set of crises, and we may well be at a decisive moment for the country. — This sense of crisis is what animates the Tea Parties. 29 days ago William Kristol A Letter to Michael Steele - — You are, I know, a patriot. So I ask you to consider, over this July 4 weekend, doing an act of service for the country you love: Resign as chairman of the Republican party. — Your tenure has of course been marked by gaffes and embarrassments … 33 days ago William Kristol Obama: If We Work Hard, Afghanistan Could Be a Success...Like Iraq! - — It's worth reading President Obama's two answers on Afghanistan at the press conference yesterday at the conclusion of the G-20 summit in Toronto. The second, reproduced below , is especially striking. 34 days ago William Kristol Obama's Choice - He did the right thing, picking Petraeus and committing to success. - — He did the right thing, picking Petraeus and committing to success. — Let us now praise Barack Obama. — Someone should. The left, weary of the effort in Afghanistan, is uneasy about the appointment of General David Petraeus to replace General Stanley McChrystal … 39 days ago William Kristol Why not Petraeus-Crocker in Afghanistan? - — Here's the statement by Senators John McCain (R-AZ), Joe Lieberman (I-CT), and Lindsey Graham (R-SC), which suggests they think Gen. McChrystal ought to offer to resign, and that the president should probably accept the offer: 39 days ago William Kristol Special Editorial: Mr. President, Don't Waste this Crisis - — If Stan McChrystal has to go—and he probably does—it will be a sad end to a career of great distinction and a low moment in a lifetime devoted to duty, honor, and country. But the good of the mission and the prospects for victory … 50 days ago William Kristol Sources: Obama Administration to Support Anti-Israel Resolution at UN Next Week - — THE WEEKLY STANDARD has learned that senior Obama administration officials have been telling foreign governments that the administration intends to support an effort next week at the United Nations to set … 78 days ago William Kristol Dellinger on Harvard's "Anti-Military and Anti-ROTC Policies" - — In his comically disingenuous Washington Post op-ed today, “How I know Kagan isn't anti-military,” Walter Dellinger claims: … Leave aside that no other prospective employers seem to have been affected by Harvard Law School's discriminatory … 79 days ago William Kristol Bailout Nation v. Rule of Law - — Financial regulatory “reform” has been wending its desultory way through Congress for quite a while, and one can lose track of where things stand and what's important. — But there's a vote scheduled for the Senate floor today that matters. 82 days ago William Kristol An Anti-Military Justice? - — For me, the key obstacle to Elena Kagan's confirmation is pt. 5 in Ed Whelan's NRO post, which is also the question raised by Peter Berkowitz in these pages several years ago and by Peter Beinart just recently: Her hostility to the U.S. military. — Hostility?

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