David Schwarz is a writer who contributed articles to The Weekly Standard between 2005 and 2017. His pieces for the magazine covered a range of topics including international institutions, public radio governance, and technology.
Broadcasting from the heart of California’s San Joaquin Valley, KUFW-FM offers a mix of regional Mexican and ranchera music, the sort popularized by Selena, Los Tigres del Norte, and Vicente Fernández (aka El Rey de la Canción Ranchera). And there are commercials—lots of them—advertising everything…
Why Not the Best? That was the title of Jimmy Carter's autobiography and the leitmotif of his 1976 presidential campaign, when he exhorted Americans to "lift ourselves above mediocrity and fulfill the ambitions to which America aspires." But mediocrity, not excellence, is the hallmark of the…
UN REFORM - ANOTHER GRAND ILLUSION? THIS SEPTEMBER, the United Nation's 2005 World Summit will debate "an achievable set of proposals," submitted by Secretary General Kofi Annan, to reform the U.N.'s core functions in the areas of economic development, security, and the protection of human rights.…