Managing Editor

Rachael Larimore

19 articles 2017–2018

Rachael Larimore is a journalist and editor who served as managing editor of The Weekly Standard during its final years. She contributed news coverage and commentary on a wide range of topics, from breaking news events to politics and culture. She has also held editorial roles at Slate and other publications.

Trump, Mia Love, and Abortion

November 8, 2018 · Web Only, Politics, abortion

If Trump wanted to "solve" abortion, he'd want people like Mia Love around.

All Hail Rachel Mitchell

September 27, 2018 · Web Only, Politics, Christine Blasey Ford

Choosing the prosecutor to run the Republican part of Christine Blasey Ford's questioning was the smartest thing the Senate has done in months.

The King and Us

July 2, 2018 · Web Only, Sports, LeBron James

LeBron James gave Cleveland fans four incredible seasons. That'll have to be enough.

Dreaming of Fealty

June 15, 2018 · Donald Trump, Kim Jong-un, Politics

Donald Trump is not a dictator. But he sure is jealous of the loyalty that his dictator friends command.

Time to Pay the Players

March 2, 2018 · College, Rick Pitino, Adidas

The numbers are staggering: CBS and Time Warner together pay close to $1 billion a year for the broadcast rights to March Madness. ESPN pays $470 million a year to air the College Football Playoffs and related bowls. Nick Saban will make $11 million to coach the Alabama football team next year—and…

Dark and Stormy: What America Can Learn from a Porn Star's (Alleged) Affair with Trump

January 19, 2018 · Donald Trump, Today's Blogs, Magazine

It’s safe to say that Donald Trump’s alleged affair with porn star Stormy Daniels will do nothing to dissuade his most ardent supporters. These are the people who eagerly accepted the notion that “grab ’em by the pussy” was “locker-room talk.” They are not dissuaded by the multiple women who have…

No, Donald Trump Is Not the Biggest Global Threat to Press Freedom

January 9, 2018 · Donald Trump, media criticism, Fake News

While Donald Trump postponed plans to hand out “Fake News Awards” on Monday (we’re kind of hoping one of the grownups in the White House caught wind of the scheme and is working to shut it down completely), that did not stop the Committee to Protect Journalists from its own silly contest, as the…

The Mooch Is Loose: It's Scaramucci vs. Bannon, Round 2

January 4, 2018 · Anthony Scaramucci, Donald Trump, Today's Blogs

During the whirlwind White House shakeup last summer, Steve Bannon lasted a few weeks longer than Anthony Scaramucci, but the Mooch is clearly trying to have the last word. And in covering the latest battle between Donald Trump and his ousted former strategist, Fox & Friends—the president’s…

Blowback: How Trump's White House Is Bucking Republican Senators Over Roy Moore

November 21, 2017 · Donald Trump, Alabama, Rob Portman

A stark divide has emerged between the White House and Senate Republicans on Roy Moore’s ongoing candidacy for the Alabama Senate. President Donald Trump has not formally endorsed Moore, who’s been accused of sexual assault and pursuing inappropriate relationships with teenage girls while in his…

Stop Telling People to Stop Having Kids

November 16, 2017 · culture, Today's Blogs, Conservative Newsstand

In a desperate ploy for attention to their newish, clickbaity opinion section, THINK (check out the “hot take” rubric on its description of the GOP tax plan as a “dumpster fire”), NBC News has turned to a reliable source of outrage with a column by Travis Reider titled, “Science proves kids are bad…

Moore Issues Blanket Denial of Allegations of Assault and Impropriety

November 10, 2017 · Roy Moore, Alabama, Today's Blogs

Roy Moore has a story, and he is sticking to it. One day after a damning Washington Post story alleging that Moore, the GOP candidate in the upcoming Alabama Senate election, sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl and sought out relationships with three other teenagers between the ages of 16 and 18,…

Paul Manafort Ordered to Surrender to Federal Authorities

October 30, 2017 · FBI, Donald Trump, Rick Gates

The New York Times reported Monday morning that former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and a business associate were ordered to surrender to federal authorities. News broke Friday that special counsel Robert Mueller had filed the first charges in his investigation into Russia’s meddling in…

A Prayer for the Cleveland Indians

October 5, 2017 · World Series, Baseball, culture

For three joyous seconds last November, I believed the Cleveland Indians were World Series champions.

Gunman Leaves At Least 58 Dead and 515 Injured in Vegas Shooting

October 2, 2017 · Donald Trump, Stephen Paddock, Today's Blogs

The death toll from the horrific shooting in Las Vegas has reached 58. The gunman firing from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel into a crowd at a country music festival across the street from the casino, also left more than 500 people wounded or injured.