July 8, 2013

This issue of The Weekly Standard addressed major controversies facing the Obama administration and the Republican Party in mid-2013. Mario Loyola's cover story challenged libertarian objections to NSA surveillance programs, while Fred Barnes examined Obama's second term deterioration, Jay Cost critiqued the immigration bill's impact on the middle class and GOP prospects, and Gail Heriot disputed claims of a military sexual assault crisis. The issue also featured Richard Epstein on NSA surveillance, Stephen Hayes on Obamacare's public relations failures, and Mark Hemingway on new prohibitionist policies, alongside historical features on Gettysburg and Grant's military strategy.