January 17, 2000

This issue of The Weekly Standard examined three major stories shaping American politics and society at the turn of the millennium. The cover story, by the editors and David Orgon Coolidge, addressed the Vermont Supreme Court's decision threatening to fundamentally redefine marriage, raising concerns among conservatives about judicial activism. The issue also featured Robert D. Novak's argument against reflexively opposing campaign finance reform and Leon Aron's assessment of Boris Yeltsin's consequential decade leading Russia, while correspondents Fred Barnes and Matthew Rees covered the emerging 2000 presidential campaign.