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Kristol Clear

87 articles 2014–2018

Kristol Clear #184: Philly Does It

William Kristol · February 5, 2018

Philly Does It Whew! We were almost without an online editor there. If Brady’s Hail Mary pass had succeeded, and had been followed by a two-point conversion and then an overtime victory, it would have taken Jonathan Last months to recover—and who would have organized and edited all the excellent…

War Crimes Convictions and Family Holiday Traditions

TWS Podcast · November 22, 2017

This week on the Kristol Clear podcast, editor at large Bill Kristol talks with host Eric Felten about the role U.S. power can play in promoting peace, and the gratitude we share at our good fortune to be with family and friends for Thanksgiving.

Predicting the World Series

Tws Staff · October 31, 2016

Below is an excerpt from this week's Kristol Clear newsletter, written by WEEKLY STANDARD editor Bill Kristol. Sign up here to receive Kristol Clear in your inbox every Monday morning.

Clayton Kershaw, Making Baseball Great Again

William Kristol · October 18, 2016

It's been a heck of postseason so far, with the highlight of course the Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw coming out of the bullpen on one day's rest after a 100-pitch-plus start to save the deciding game in the division playoff against the Washington Nationals. (Then, two days after that, Kershaw pitched…

Kristol Clear #131

William Kristol · October 10, 2016

What a weekend: Friday featured the Trump tape, the reactions, and the midnight pseudo-apology. Saturday featured a wild scramble as people reacted. Sunday had Trump's meeting with the women wronged by Bill and Hillary Clinton followed by the second presidential debate.

Kristol Clear #130

William Kristol · October 3, 2016

The Jewish New Year--Rosh Hashanah--began Sunday night, so let me wish one and all a sweet and happy year. I must say an awful lot was going on in the last week of the old year--most notably, the Ryder Cup, college and pro football games, and the last weekend of the regular baseball season. Here in…

Kristol Clear #92

William Kristol · December 20, 2015

I was on Morning Joe earlier this week, and had been planning to defend my editorial in the previous issue claiming Donald Trump was exceedingly unlikely to be the Republican presidential nominee. As I walked into the green room at 30 Rockefeller Center, one of the show's producers mentioned they…

Kristol Clear Straw Poll #7

Jim Swift · December 2, 2015

In this week's edition of the boss's email newsletter -- Kristol Clear -- readers are asked to rank their top three picks for the GOP's 2016 presidential nominee. And this time he's added a special (optional) college football playoff game.

Rubio Rises in TWS Straw Poll

Jim Swift · September 7, 2015

In the boss's weekly newsletter (sign up here!), released this morning, he revealed the results of the sixth non-scientific straw poll of TWS readers.

Kristol Clear Straw Poll #6

Jim Swift · September 2, 2015

In this week's edition of the boss's email newsletter -- Kristol Clear -- readers are asked to rank their top three picks for the GOP's 2016 presidential nominee. And, there's also special new Democratic field betting game, since Joe Biden is flirting with running.

350th, 250th?

William Kristol · June 22, 2015

In today's newsletter, I segued from Alexander Hamilton and the ten dollar bill to a fine performance of Mozart's Marriage of Figaro at Wolf Trap last week (don't ask about the relationship, you had to be there--and in fact you can be there if you sign up here) but I then continued:

Kristol Clear Straw Poll: June Edition

Jim Swift · June 16, 2015

In this week's edition of the boss's email newsletter -- Kristol Clear -- readers are asked to rank their top three picks for the GOP's 2016 presidential nominee. The boss writes:

Kristol Clear 2016 Straw Poll Round Two

Jim Swift · February 24, 2015

Yesterday, writing in his weekly "Kristol Clear" newsletter, the boss sent around an updated straw poll to gauge who readers think, at this point, should be the 2016 GOP nominee.

Kristol Clear 2016 Straw Poll

Jim Swift · January 8, 2015

In this week's edition of the boss's email newsletter -- Kristol Clear -- readers are asked to rank their top three picks for the GOP's 2016 presidential nominee. The boss writes:

Camp Pendleton Marine Memorial Restored

Michael Warren · June 4, 2014

In a recent edition of Kristol Clear, a weekly newsletter (you can sign up for free here), the boss mentioned an instance of some homeland heroics by a group of Marine volunteers. When a California wildfire reached Camp Pendleton last month, a group of Marines volunteered to save a dozen large,…

Introducing Kristol Clear

Daniel Halper · March 10, 2014

The boss has a new weekly newsletter launching next week—but we're giving you a sneak preview today. Sign up now by clicking here to make sure you never miss out.