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The My Lai Lie

Sun Jun 25, 5:59 AM ET

Washington (The Weekly Standard) Vol. 011, Issue 40 - 7/3/2006 - THE MEDIA COVERAGE of the killing of 24 Iraqis at Haditha has given rich new definition to the phrase "rush to judgment." The coverage, plus the reaction of antiwar politicians like Democratic representative John Murtha, amounts to a public verdict of guilty, rendered against a handful of Marines, before an investigation of the bloody incident is completed or a trial (if there is one) held.

  • 'Proactive Self-Defense' Sun Jun 25, 5:56 AM ET

    Washington (The Weekly Standard) Vol. 011, Issue 40 - 7/3/2006 - KabulIT HASN'T GOTTEN AS MUCH INK as Iraq, but violence in Afghanistan has been up sharply over the past year.

  • The Spirits of '76 Sun Jun 25, 5:52 AM ET

    Washington (The Weekly Standard) Vol. 011, Issue 40 - 7/3/2006 - Revolutionary CharactersWhat Made the Founders Differentby Gordon S. WoodPenguin, 336 pp., $25.95

  • National Security Be Damned Sun Jun 25, 5:46 AM ET

    Washington (The Weekly Standard) Vol. 011, Issue 40 - 7/3/2006 - BY NOW IT'S UNDENIABLE: The New York Times is a national security threat. So drunk is it on its own power and so antagonistic to the Bush administration that it will expose every classified antiterror program it finds out about, no matter how legal the program, how carefully crafted to safeguard civil liberties, or how vital to protecting American lives.

  • Seize the Day Mon Jun 19, 6:48 AM ET

    Washington (The Weekly Standard) Vol. 011, Issue 39 - 6/26/2006 - THE DEATH OF ZARQAWI and the completion of the new Iraqi government have created a moment of opportunity for President Bush in Iraq.

  • Karl Rove Laughs Last Mon Jun 19, 6:42 AM ET

    Washington (The Weekly Standard) Vol. 011, Issue 39 - 6/26/2006 - THE LEFTIES AND THE MEDIA are right about Karl Rove.

  • Give Me Bandwidth . . . Mon Jun 19, 6:39 AM ET

    Washington (The Weekly Standard) Vol. 011, Issue 39 - 6/26/2006 - FINDING IT HARD TO UNDERSTAND the "net neutrality" debate?

  • Sects and Death in the Middle East Mon Jun 19, 6:39 AM ET

    Washington (The Weekly Standard) Vol. 011, Issue 39 - 6/26/2006 - BeirutIt's unclear how damaging the death of Abu Musab al Zarqawi will be to the Sunni insurgency in Iraq. But the admiration of sympathizers like Hamas, which called him a "brother-fighter," reminds us that he was not just a blood-drenched killer and lowlife. He was also the product of his region. The impact of his career on his extremist peers and the Middle East's Sunni mainstream will therefore bear close watching.

  • Betting on the Bloggers Mon Jun 19, 6:38 AM ET

    Washington (The Weekly Standard) Vol. 011, Issue 39 - 6/26/2006 - Las VegasIN 1971, Markos Moulitsas was born in Chicago.

  • America the Beautiful Mon Jun 19, 6:37 AM ET

    Washington (The Weekly Standard) Vol. 011, Issue 39 - 6/26/2006 - America: The Last Best HopeVol. I: From the Age of Discovery to a World at Warby William J. BennettNelson Current, 544 pp., $29.99

  • The Rating Game Mon Jun 19, 6:21 AM ET

    Washington (The Daily Standard) - "DON'T JUST DO SOMETHING, STAND THERE," Ronald Reagan is reported to have told over-zealous legislators and regulators. Many on Wall Street are wishing that Federal Reserve Board chairman Ben Bernanke would follow that advice and leave interest right where they are, at 5 percent, after 16 consecutive increases, rather than raise them later this month.

  • Don't Call It a Comeback . . . Mon Jun 19, 6:15 AM ET

    Washington (The Daily Standard) - PRESIDENTS RARELY RECOVER from second term slumps, but President Bush may be on the verge of at least a modest upturn and perhaps a strong recovery. For sure, his plunge in job approval over the past year has been halted. He's bottomed out. But how significant will his recovery and how durable? Those are the questions.

  • No Posthumous Victory for Zarqawi Sat Jun 10, 3:46 PM ET

    Washington (The Weekly Standard) Vol. 011, Issue 38 - 6/19/2006 - ON WEDNESDAY, June 7, U.S. military forces, in President Bush's words, "delivered justice to the most wanted terrorist in Iraq," Abu Musab al Zarqawi.

  • The German Problem Sat Jun 10, 3:41 PM ET

    Washington (The Weekly Standard) Vol. 011, Issue 38 - 6/19/2006 - The Seduction of Culture in German Historyby Wolf LepeniesPrinceton, 270 pp., $24.95

  • No Terrorist Is an Island Sat Jun 10, 3:32 PM ET

    Washington (The Weekly Standard) Vol. 011, Issue 38 - 6/19/2006 - AS THE DETAILS of the foiled Canadian terrorist plot continue to emerge, much is still unknown.

  • L.A. Not-So-Confidential Sat Jun 10, 3:22 PM ET

    Washington (The Daily Standard) - MAYBE THE HYPE WAS INEVITABLE. When HBO aired the final episode of Sex and the City two years ago, the network lost its chief serial attraction to the coveted 18-34 demographic.