February 10, 1997

This issue of The Weekly Standard addressed Republican Party momentum and conservative concerns in early 1997. William J. Bennett argued for renewed GOP energy and direction, while the magazine also examined media bias through ABC's treatment of Food Lion, Serbian policy debates, and the emerging relationship between President Clinton and Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott. Additional coverage included critiques of internet culture by Alan Ehrenhalt, analysis of Russian transformation by David Aikman, and commentary on cinema culture by John Podhoretz.