September 17, 2012

This issue of The Weekly Standard, published two months before the 2012 presidential election, featured cover analysis of the race between President Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney, with contributors Fred Barnes, Stephen F. Hayes, William Kristol, and Jonathan V. Last examining the state of the campaign. The magazine's featured essay by Joseph Epstein explored the decline of liberal arts education in America. The issue also covered Syria's political crisis, the failure of Obama's green energy initiatives, and various cultural and political topics in its Books & Arts section.