The Weekly Standard is an American neoconservative^[2][3][4][5] opinion magazine^[6] published 48 times per year. Its founding publisher, News Corporation, debuted the title September 18, 1995. Currently edited by founder William Kristol and Fred Barnes, the Standard has been described as a "redoubt of neoconservatism" and as "the neo-con bible".^[7][8] Since it was founded in 1995, the Weekly Standard has never been profitable, and has remained in business through subsidies from wealthy conservative benefactors such as former owner Rupert Murdoch.^[9] Many of the magazine's articles are written by members of conservative think tanks located in Washington, D.C.: the American Enterprise Institute, the Ethics and Public Policy Center, the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and the Hudson Institute. Some individuals that have written for the magazine include Elliott Abrams, Peter Berkowitz, John R. Bolton, Ellen Bork, Ed Gillespie, Roger Kimball, Harvey Mansfield, Joe Queenan, Wesley J. Smith, David Brooks and John Yoo. The magazine's website blog, titled the "Daily Standard", is edited by John McCormack and Daniel Halper and produces daily articles and commentary.

Ownership change[link]

Although the publication had, as of 2006^[update], never been profitable and reputedly "los[t] more than a million dollars a year", News Corporation head Rupert Murdoch had previously dismissed the idea of selling it.^[10] In June, 2009, a report circulated that a sale of the publication to Philip Anschutz was imminent, with Murdoch's position being that, having purchased The Wall Street Journal in 2007, his interest in the smaller publication had been less forceful.^[11][12] The Washington Examiner reports that the Examiner's parent company, the Anschutz-owned Clarity Media Group, has since purchased the Standard.^[13][14] Since the sale to the Clarity Media Group, the Standard has increased its paid circulation by 39 percent between its June 2009 and June 2010 BPA statements.^[15]

Masthead[link]

Editorial staff[link]

• William Kristol, Editor
• Fred Barnes, Executive Editor
• Richard Starr, Deputy Editor
• Claudia Anderson, Managing Editor
• Christopher Caldwell, Andrew Ferguson, Victorino Matus, Lee Smith, Senior Editors
• Philip Terzian, Literary Editor
• Stephen F. Hayes, Matt Labash, Jonathan V. Last, Senior Writers
• Matthew Continetti, Opinion Editor
• Jay Cost, Staff Writer
• John McCormack, Online Editor
• Daniel Halper, Deputy Online Editor
• Kari Barbic, Emily Schultheis, Kelly Jane Torrance, Assistant Editors
• Michael Warren, Editorial Assistant
• Philip Chalk, Design Director
• Barbara Kyttle, Design Assistant
• Carolyn Wimmer, Executive Assistant

Contributing editors[link]

Business staff[link]

• Terry Eastland, Publisher
• Nicholas H.B. Swezey, Advertising Director
• Catherine Lowe, Marketing Director
• Richard Trocchia, Fulfillment Manager
• T. Barry Davis, Senior Advertising Manager
• Todd A. Miller, Senior Advertising Manager
• Kathy Schaffhauser, Finance Director
• Taybor Cook, Office Manager
• Andrew Kaumeier, Staff Assistant

Commentary[link]

The Weekly Standard lists testimonials from various sources on its website:

• WeeklyStandard.com – "Press"

References[link]

1. ^ BPA Worldwide
2. ^ McConnell, Scott. "The Weekly Standard's War". November 21, 2005. The American Conservative
3. ^ Smith, Ben. "Weekly Standard may have been shooter target" June 11, 2009. Politico.
4. ^ Magolick, David. "The Return of the Neocons" January 22, 2010. Newsweek.
5. ^ Carr, David. "When this weekly speaks, White House listens" March 12, 2003. The New York Times.
6. ^ "Ten years ago, The Weekly Standard debuted, a conservative journal of opinion [f]rom Washington, D.C., edited by William Kristol". October 24, 2005. National Review: "The Week".
7. ^ Max Boot. "What the Heck Is a ‘Neocon’?". December 30, 2002, Wall Street Journal: "the Weekly Standard, ... is known as a redoubt of ‘neoconservatism’".
8. ^ Thoma, Mark. "The Current Debacle in Iraq is ...", (quoting Rachman, Gideon. "The neo-cons’ route to disaster". January 15, 2007. FT.com: "Neo-Con Bible".) January 15, 2007. The Economist.
9. ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/03/business/media/03standard.html
10. ^ Cassidy, John. "'Murdoch's Game'". October 16, 2006. The New Yorker.
11. ^ Carr, David. "Will The Standard Pass From Murdoch to Anschutz?", (citing Flint, Joe. "... talks to unload Weekly Standard to Anschutz". June 9, 2009. Los Angeles Times: "Company Town".) June 10, 2009. The New York Times: "Media Decoder". Retrieved 6/15/09.
12. ^ Worden, Nat. "News Corp. Close to Selling Weekly Standard". June 11, 2009. Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 6/15/09.
13. ^ "Weekly Standard sold to Washington Examiner parent company". June 17, 2009. Washington Examiner.
14. ^ Corcoran, Michael. The Weekly Standard’s War: Murdoch sells ..." September, 2009. Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting.
15. ^ Mickey, Bill. "[1]". October 6, 2010. "Audience Development".

External links[link]

• Official website

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Hayes in September 2011.

Stephen F. Hayes (born 1974) is a columnist for The Weekly Standard, a prominent American conservative magazine. Hayes has been selected as the official biographer for Vice President Richard Cheney.^[1]

Before joining The Weekly Standard, Hayes was a senior writer for National Journal's Hotline. He also served for six years as Director of the Institute on Political Journalism at Georgetown University. His work has appeared in the New York Post, Washington Times, Salon.com, National Review, and Reason. He has been a commentator on CNN, The McLaughlin Group, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, CNBC, and C-SPAN.

A graduate of Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and DePauw University, Hayes was born and raised in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin in suburban Milwaukee County. He is a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity. He lives on the Chesapeake Bay with his wife and two children.

Writings and political views[link]

Foreign policy writings[link]

Hayes has "been a regular critic of the Bush administration" on issues such as overspending and North Korea. He is well known^[2] for his writings postulating an operational relationship between Saddam Hussein's Iraq and the al-Qaeda terrorist organization. He wrote, for example, "there can no longer be any serious argument about whether Saddam Hussein's Iraq worked with Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda to plot against Americans."^[3] Hayes authored a book on this subject entitled: The Connection: How al Qaeda's Collaboration with Saddam Hussein has Endangered America [ISBN 0-06-074673-4]. His major source was a leaked memo from Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Douglas J. Feith to the U.S. Congress on 27 October 2003.^[4]

In a June 2, 2004 interview with writer Kathryn Jean Lopez, Hayes stated that his book's argument was backed up by a variety of public statements by people connected with the Defense Department, particularly by senior figures in the Democratic Party. He referenced Indiana Senator Evan Bayh's description of Iraq and al Qaeda as in a relationship of "mutual exploitation" and Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman's comment that "There are extensive contacts between Saddam Hussein's government and al Qaeda." Hayes told Lopez, "Bin Laden has dissed Saddam several times. And I would certainly never argue that they were buddies. It was an on-again, off-again relationship based... on mutual exploitation and a common enemy." He said that he broadly accepted the Feith report, despite the inclusion of "old" and "raw" pieces of intelligence, because "most of the report tracks with what Tenet has said publicly" (the CIA director George Tenet).^[5]

Critics of Hayes such as Salon.com have stated that the intelligence community consistently held that the relationship between Saddam and al-Qaeda was not operational, with Tenet telling 60 Minutes, "We could never verify that there was any Iraqi authority, direction and control, complicity with al-Qaeda for 9/11 or any operational act against America, period."^[6]

Bill Moyers dispute[link]

In 2002, Hayes also gained some attention with a piece exposing former PBS host Bill Moyers as a journalist, activist and financier of left-leaning public affairs bias.^[7] Hayes wrote, on his own shows, Moyers frequently draws on the "expertise" of the interest groups he funds through his foundation. Moyers summarized the piece famously as "replete with willful misrepresentation, deceitful juxtaposition, and outright error, with a little hypocrisy thrown in for flavor."^[8]

Stephen F. Hayes replied:

"When I interviewed him, Moyers didn't deny, as he does now, that I was able to substantiate my source's gibe. Instead, he sought to draw a distinction between what he says on the air and the politically partisan red meat he serves up on the lecture circuit. In fact, when I asked him about the LBJ speech, he said "That's fair game, you've got it on the record there." Then he compared himself to conservative eminence and longtime Firing Line host William F. Buckley. "Bill Buckley used to make speeches all the time to Republicans and conservative audiences, even while he was conducting the longest-running show in PBS history. But did you find those things he said in his speeches in his show? Not necessarily." So much for what I "didn't" and "couldn't" substantiate."^[8]

Published work[link]

Bibliography[link]

• Hayes, Stephen (2005). The Brain: Paul Wolfowitz and the Making of the Bush Doctrine. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN 0-06-072346-7. 
• Hayes, Stephen (2004). The Connection: How al Qaeda's Collaboration with Saddam Hussein has Endangered America. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN 0-06-074673-4. 
• Hayes, Stephen (2007). Cheney: The Untold Story of America's Most Powerful and Controversial Vice President. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN 0-06-072346-7. 

References[link]

1. ^ U.S. News & World Report: "Washington Whispers." August 28, 2006.
2. ^ Judd Legum, "Cheney Praises Stephen Hayes, Pushes Hussein/Al-Qaeda Link," Think Progress (12 January 2006); Matthew Yglesias, "Disconnected," The American Prospect (8 June 2004).
3. ^ Stephen F. Hayes, Case Closed," Weekly Standard (24 November 2003).
4. ^ Weekly Standard: "Preview: Case Closed."
5. ^ http://old.nationalreview.com/interrogatory/hayes200406020847.asp
6. ^ Grieve, Tim. "Welcome back, Tony", Salon.com, 04-30-2007. Retrieved 05-01-2007.
7. ^ Weekly Standard: "PBS's Televangelist."
8. ^ ^{a b} Weekly Standard: "Bill Moyers Responds."

External links[link]

• "The Mother of All Connections" by Stephen F Hayes The Weekly Standard July 18, 2005

Andrew Ferguson is an American journalist and author.

He is senior editor of The Weekly Standard and a columnist for Bloomberg News^[1] based in Washington, D.C..^[2]

Before joining the Standard at its founding in 1995, he was senior editor at the Washingtonian magazine. He has been a columnist for Fortune, TV Guide, and Forbes FYI, and a contributing editor to Time magazine. He has also written for The New Yorker, New York, The New Republic, the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, and other publications.^[3]

In 1992, he was a White House speechwriter for President George H.W. Bush.^[4]

A collection of his essays, Fools Names, Fools Faces, was published by Atlantic Monthly Press in 1996, and Land of Lincoln was published released by Grove/Atlantic in 2007. His work has appeared in several anthologies.^[3]

Books[link]

• Ferguson, Andrew (1996). "Fools' Names, Fools' Faces". New York, New York: Atlantic Monthly Press. ISBN 0-87113-651-1. 
• Ferguson, Andrew (2007). "Land of Lincoln: Adventures in Abe's America". Atlantic Monthly Press. ISBN 978-0-87113-967-2. 
• Ferguson, Andrew (2011). "Crazy U: One Dad's Crash Course on Getting His Kid into College". New York, New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4391-0121-6. 

Notes[link]

1. ^ Andrew Ferguson, "Five Best" Laughter That Lasts: Some humor doesn't age well, but these American classics remain funny beyond compare, 2006-12-02, accessed 2006-12-03
2. ^ "Andrew Ferguson — Columnist for Bloomberg News Press Releases", Bachelor Media, accessed December 3, 2006
3. ^ ^{a b} "Andrew Ferguson," at the WritersReps.com, accessed 2006-12-03
4. ^ Andrew Ferguson, "Virginia's Jim Webb Joins Strange Bedfellows," Bloomberg News, 2006-11-14, accessed 2006-12-03

External links[link]

• Booknotes interview with Ferguson on Fools' Names, Fools' Faces, November 3, 1996.
• C-SPAN Q&A interview with Ferguson, May 20, 2007
• C-SPAN Q&A interview with Ferguson, April 17, 2011

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David Hillel Gelernter (born 1955) is an eminent artist, writer, and professor of computer science at Yale University. He is a former national fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and senior fellow in Jewish thought at the Shalem Center, and sat on the National Endowment for the Arts. He publishes widely in the Wall Street Journal, New York Post, LA Times, Weekly Standard, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, and elsewhere. His paintings have been exhibited in New Haven and Manhattan.

His book Mirror Worlds (1991) "prophesied the rise of the World Wide Web."^[1] Bill Joy, founder and Chief Scientist of Sun Microsystems, says Gelernter is "one of the most brilliant and visionary computer scientists of our time.”^[1] The New York Times called him a computer science "rock star".^[2] His latest book, Judaism (2009), is "one of the most original interpretations of Judaism I have ever read" (Michael Novak) and "a new Psalter" (Cynthia Ozick).^[3]

Biography[link]

Gelernter received his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees in classical Hebrew literature from Yale University in 1976 and his Ph.D. from S.U.N.Y. Stony Brook in 1982.

In the 1980s, he made seminal contributions to the field of parallel computation, specifically the tuple space coordination model, as embodied by the Linda programming system. Bill Joy cites Linda as the inspiration for many elements of JavaSpaces and Jini.^[4]

In 1993, Gelernter was critically injured opening a mailbomb sent by the Unabomber. He recovered from his injuries but his right hand and eye were permanently damaged.^[5] He chronicled the ordeal in his 1997 book Drawing Life: Surviving the Unabomber.

He helped found the company Mirror Worlds Technologies, which in 2001 released Scopeware software using ideas from his 1992 book Mirror Worlds. Gelernter believed that computers can free users from being filing clerks by organizing their data. The company announced it would "cease operations effective May 15, 2004". A related company Mirror Worlds, LLC recently had their patent infringement verdict against Apple, Inc. overturned in the Eastern District of Texas.

In 2003, he was nominated to and became a member of the National Council on the Arts.^[6] In 2006, Gelernter joined the scientific advisory board of the Lifeboat Foundation.^[7]

Gelernter contributes to magazines such as City Journal, The Weekly Standard, and Commentary which are generally considered neoconservative. For seven months, he contributed a weekly op-ed column to the LA Times.

Books[link]

• With David Padua and Alexandru Nicolau. Language and Compilers for Parallel Computing. Hardcover ed. Mass. Instit. of Tech. Pr., 1990.
• With Suresh Jagannathan. Programming Linguistics. Hardcover ed. Mass. Instit. of Tech., 1990.
• With Nicholas Carriero. How to Write Parallel Programs: A first course. Hardcover ed. Mass. Instit. of Tech. Pr., 1990.
• Mirror Worlds: or the Day Software Puts the Universe in a Shoebox...How It Will Happen and What It Will Mean. 1st ed. Oxford Univ. Pr., 1992.
• The Muse in the Machine: Computerizing the Poetry of Human Thought. Hardcover ed. MacMillan, Inc., 1994.
• 1939: the Lost World of the Fair. Paperback ed. HarperCollins Pub., 1996.
• Drawing Life: Surviving the Unabomber. Hardcover ed. Simon & Schuster Adult Pub. Group, 1997.
• The Aesthetics of Computing. Paperback ed. Phoenix (Orion Books Ltd, UK), 1998.
• Machine Beauty: Elegance and the Heart of Technology. Paperback ed. Perseus Pub., 1998.
• Americanism: The Fourth Great Western Religion. Hardcover ed. Doubleday., 2007.
• Judaism: A Way of Being. Yale University Press, 2009.

Political articles[link]

• "Americanism - & Its Enemies"

References[link]