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71 articles 2015–2018

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…

Winter Books 2017: Fiction Roundup

Sam Sacks · December 4, 2017

Fiction finds itself in a curious position in 2017, when the favored form of disparagement is to accuse opponents of peddling fake news. But fake news is a nearly perfect characterization of a good novel or short story, and fiction writers have proudly refined its production to an extent that makes…

A Less and Less Grand Coalition

Christopher Caldwell · December 1, 2017

When the nationalistic Alternative for Germany (AfD) party swept into the national legislature with 13 percent of the vote in the fall, the American op-ed industry boomed but Germans mostly took it in stride. The country has had populist parties since World War II, even extremist ones. They have…

Chuck Grassley's Blue-Slip Battle

Fred Barnes · December 1, 2017

Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. He has a reputation for being fair-minded. Al Franken (D-Minn.) is a Democratic member of the committee who balked at the nomination of a Minnesota judge to a federal appeals court.

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…