Magazine Editorial Staff

THE WEEKLY STANDARD

4 articles 2011–2012

THE WEEKLY STANDARD served as the byline for content produced by the magazine's editorial staff collectively, rather than attributed to an individual writer. These pieces included curated weekend reading recommendations and letters to the editor published in 2011 and 2012.

Weekend Reading Assignments: Mobsters, Comic Books, Libertarians and More!

April 30, 2011 · Books, THE WEEKLY STANDARD, Blog

One of these days when Hollywood needs a break from the superhero genre, they're going to make comic book movies out of Greg Rucka's fantastic Queen & Country books. Based on a small British MI6 team of agents, Queen & Country might be the most realistic spy series done in the last 20 years: The…

Weekend Reading Assignments: War in North Africa, Antonin Scalia and More!

April 16, 2011 · THE WEEKLY STANDARD, Blog

Derek Robinson is an English novelist, specializing in wartime tales of British pilots. Goshawk Squadron, his 1971 debut, is the story of a Royal Flying Corps squadron on the Western Front in World War I. Often compared to Catch 22, it was short-listed for the Booker Prize that year, losing to V.S.…