Vol. 1, No. 14
December 18, 1995
Cover Story
A Farewell to 'Calvin and Hobbes'
By James Q. Wilson
Also in This Issue
- In Defense of a 'Conservative Revolution' — Gertrude Himmelfarb
- You Say You Want a Devolution: Local Control and Its Discontents — Clint Bolick
This issue of The Weekly Standard featured James Q. Wilson's reflective piece on the end of the beloved comic strip 'Calvin and Hobbes,' while also examining conservative political themes through Gertrude Himmelfarb's defense of the 'Conservative Revolution' and Clint Bolick's analysis of devolution and local control. The magazine addressed major policy debates of the mid-1990s, including Bosnia's implications for NATO expansion, the Clinton administration's governing strategy of triangulation, and various domestic issues ranging from welfare reform to crime and census data.