Journalist and WSJ Columnist

William McGurn

1 article 1995

William McGurn is a journalist and columnist who serves as a member of the Wall Street Journal editorial board, where he has also been chief editorial writer. He previously served as chief speechwriter for President George W. Bush. He contributed to The Weekly Standard during its early years in 1995.

A COOL HOT SPOT

October 16, 1995 · Magazine

IN A CRAMPED WORKSHOP just a few miles off the coast of China, Wu Zen- tung takes an old bomb fragment and within minutes has hammered it into a sleek kitchen knife. The bomb dates from 1958, when Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist forces managed to hold onto Quemoy, the little Taiwanese outpost that…