"Scrapbook" was a recurring editorial feature in The Weekly Standard, presenting short, sharp commentary on politics and culture. The column offered the magazine's collective editorial voice on topics ranging from heroism to political dissent to social etiquette.
For the record, and strictly speaking, The Scrapbook is opposed to heckling. It’s rude, ill-mannered—and reflects poorly on the heckler, not the object of derision. This attitude may come as a surprise to, say, our friends in Great Britain, where Parliament resembles a bear pit at times, and every…
It has been more than 30 years since the United States last conferred its highest military honor on a living soldier. But we have the privilege this week of commending U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta, the first living Congressional Medal of Honor recipient of the Afghanistan and Iraq…