Vol. 3, No. 31
April 20, 1998
Cover Story
I Apologize
Fun is having to say you're sorry.
By P.J. O'Rourke
Also in This Issue
- Butt Out: Weekly Standard Warning: The Tobacco Deal Deserves to Die — Tucker Carlson and James K. Glassman
- Suicide in the West: Death and deceit in Oregon — Wesley J. Smith
- Clinton Republicans: A GOP befuddled by the president — Ramesh Ponnuru
This April 1998 issue of The Weekly Standard featured P.J. O'Rourke's cover essay on apology culture, while Tucker Carlson and James K. Glassman jointly argued that the tobacco deal deserved to fail. The issue also included Wesley J. Smith's investigation into assisted suicide in Oregon and Ramesh Ponnuru's analysis of how Republican confusion over Clinton's presidency was reshaping the GOP. Notable cultural pieces examined C.S. Lewis at his centennial, Bernard Werber's science fiction novel, and the history of western swing music.