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William Kristol stories: 44 news summaries

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Logical, Ethical Lapses Beset Washington Post

Op-ed page woes spread to editorial on Nobel Peace Prize

Oct 16, 09 4:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - The next-to-last straw was the Washington Post editorial saying Neda Agha Soltan should have won the Nobel Peace Prize, which isn't awarded posthumously. The last straw was today's op-ed raising—but not bothering to answer—the question of whether President Obama can even accept the honor without violating the Constitution.... More »

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Iran • Washington Post • journalism • Constitution • George Will • Nobel Peace Prize • President Obama • William Kristol • Neda • Neda Agha Soltan • Fred Hiatt • Anne Applebaum

maureen dowd

Cheney Dynasty Is
a Chilling Prospect

Cheney-Palin 2012, anybody?

Oct 14, 09 7:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new political dynasty appears to be rising from the ashes of the Bush administration and it's creeping out Maureen Dowd. The Cheney clan has been leading the way in attacking bipartisanship and painting Obama as soft on foreign policy, Dowd writes in the New York Times. And now... More »

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Dick Cheney • Liz Cheney • William Kristol • Mary Cheney

(Newser) - Bill Kristol remembers his late father as a man of a "deep modesty" who "loved intellectual pursuits but always shunned intellectual pretension." Irving Kristol, who died earlier this month at age 89, is generally regarded as the architect of neoconservatism, but the honors he accrued never gave... More »

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Weekly Standard • memorial • right wingers • conservatism • neoconservatives • William Kristol • Irving Kristol

appreciation

Counterculture Made Kristol
an Ex-Liberal  

Fear of post-'60s 'moral crisis'  spurred neocon's shift right

Sep 19, 09 5:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - "Neoconservative" was originally a label applied to newly conservative ex-liberals and Irving Kristol, the late godfather of the movement, was among the first and finest of the kind, E. J. Dionne writes in the Washington Post. Kristol made a powerful case for "pragmatic liberalist" when he was still... More »

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neocon • conservatism • neoconservatives • William Kristol • counterculture • Irving Kristol

 Neocon 
 Founder 
 Kristol 
 Dead at 89 

A former liberal, he sparked ideas behind the Reagan Revolution

Sep 18, 09 4:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Irving Kristol, the "godfather" of neoconservatism and a key intellectual force behind the Reagan Revolution, died today from lung cancer in Arlington, Va., the Washington Post reports. He was 89. Once a New York liberal, Kristol grew disaffected with liberalism in the 1940s and founded conservative magazines like... More »

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obituary • Ronald Reagan • neocon • conservatism • neoconservatives • William Kristol

OPINION

 Hillary Run for NY Gov? 
 Uh, No, Scoff Lefty Pundits 

Lefty Internet moves to dismiss rumor floated by right-leaning site

Sep 10, 09 8:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pundits jumped today on a report that Hillary Clinton will leave the State Department to run for governor of New York, with Michael Crowley, in the New Republic, saying three Clinton sources dismissed the notion, and that anyone floating such things is “on crack.” That, evidently, would be... More »

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Hillary Clinton • secretary of State • Weekly Standard • New Republic • governor • Gawker • rumor • David Paterson • New York state • Obama administration • William Kristol

(Newser) - George Will’s call today to pull US troops out of Afghanistan is tantamount to “urging retreat and accepting defeat,” fellow conservative William Kristol blogs in the Washington Post. Will’s idea to focus mostly on offshore operations and airstrikes "doesn't sound much more engaged than... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Pakistan • US military • George Will • al-Qaeda • Afghanistan war • William Kristol • Stanley McChrystal

OPINION

 Sorry, Mr. President, 
 Nobody Likes Change 

Let's reform health care, as long as it can stay the same

Aug 28, 09 9:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - If you listen to pandering politicians or ranting radio hosts, you’d think Americans want big, far-reaching change right away. They might disagree on what change, but nobody likes the way things are. Well, you’d be wrong, writes Michael Kinsley for the Washington Post. As the health care... More »

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protests • Clinton administration • health care reform • town hall meeting • change • Obama administration • President Obama • William Kristol

 How Stewart 
 Wins Over 
 Neocons 

Lefty comedian ready to listen to the other side

Aug 10, 09 9:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jon Stewart’s liberal inclinations don't stop him from booking voices from the far right on the Daily Show—and they give glowing reviews of their experiences, New York magazine reports. A former GOP spokesman was leery of appearing on the program to discuss torture; pundit Bill Kristol encouraged him.... More »

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entertainment • John Bolton • Comedy Central • neocon • Jon Stewart • The Daily Show • pundits • William Kristol • conservative media • Cliff May

(Newser) - With the 2006 and 2008 election victories, liberals have been cheering the end of the “ghastly interlude of conservative dominance ushered in by Ronald Reagan,” William Kristol writes in the Weekly Standard. Not so fast. “Only six months into the new administration, even a talented hot... More »

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Bush administration • liberals • Obama administration • President Obama • conservative movement • William Kristol • public opinion • big government

OPINION

Kristol:
Obama Must
Do More Than Watch Iran

It's not enough
to just  'bear witness'

Jul 4, 09 7:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - What does Barack Obama intend to do to help the Iranian people? Watch them, mostly, writes William Kristol in the Weekly Standard. In a statement last week, Obama began by saying, “The Iranian government must understand that the world is watching.” He ended by promising to... More »

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Iran • Barack Obama • Susan Rice • President Obama • William Kristol

Palin Story Sparks Catfight in McCain Crew

Senior campaign hands publicly bicker, with assist from Kristol

Jul 1, 09 11:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Senior McCain hands are wringing their dirty laundry in the public square thanks to Vanity Fair’s vicious piece on Sarah Palin, Politico reports. When William Kristol publicly accused chief strategist Steve Schmidt of being the story’s source, Schmidt fired back that it was “categorically untrue.” He... More »

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Alaska • McCain 2008 • Sarah Palin • Steve Schmidt • Todd Purdum • Randy Scheunemann • William Kristol

(Newser) - Bill Kristol comes to the defense of Sarah Palin today in the wake of the “hit piece” about her in Vanity Fair. In a blog on the Weekly Standard, Kristol says the lengthy—and negative—article by “lefty journalist” Todd Purdum “is full of dubious claims, and... More »

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Alaska • Vanity Fair • governor • Sarah Palin • Todd Purdum • William Kristol

OPINION

Bless You,
Dick Cheney

Bill Kristol gives
'Darth Vader' the
Most Valuable Republican award

May 16, 09 3:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Republicans should be shouting Dick Cheney’s name from the rafters, writes William Kristol in the Weekly Standard. While the rest of the party sat passively by as Obama attacked them on torture, “Dick Cheney—Darth Vader himself, Mr. Unpopularity … stepped onto the field.” Thanks to... More »

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Dick Cheney • torture • Republican • William Kristol

(Newser) - President Obama’s recent address to Iran isn’t just weak, and it doesn’t just backpedal—it’s flat out “kowtowing,” William Kristol writes in the Weekly Standard. Unlike President Bush, Obama shows minimal respect for the Iranian people. Instead, he focuses on extending an olive... More »

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Iran • nuclear program • mullahs • President Obama • William Kristol • address • regime change

OPINION

GOP Can Capitalize on Obama's Reign

Gitmo, campus recruitment issues
could revive party

Mar 14, 09 2:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - “Never allow a crisis to go to waste,” Rahm Emanuel told a reporter after President Obama’s election. “They are opportunities to do big things.” That’s candid talk, but it might have been premature, writes William Kristol in the Weekly Standard. Emanuel assumed that... More »

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Barack Obama • Rahm Emanuel • political strategy • William Kristol • Republicans

(Newser) - The New York Times has found its replacement for William Kristol’s column from the right—Ross Douthat of the Atlantic. Douthat, 29, will start mostly online next month but will eventually appear on Mondays opposite Paul Krugman, reports the Columbia Journalism Review, quoting a Times email. He’ll also... More »

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New York Times • columnists • Atlantic Monthly • William Kristol • Ross Douthat

OPINION

Conservatives Must 'Obstruct and Delay' Obama: Kristol

GOP can check rush toward big government

Feb 26, 09 11:57 AM CST
(Newser) - The “day of reckoning” has come for Republicans, writes William Kristol in the Washington Post. On Tuesday, President Obama delivered “the most unabashedly liberal and big-government speech” since Lyndon Johnson, and seems poised to undo the whole Reagan agenda. “Conservatives can’t win politically right now,”... More »

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Barack Obama • Lyndon Johnson • conservative • US government • FDR • President Obama • conservative movement • William Kristol • Republicans

OPINION

Stop Levitating,
Start Governing: Kristol


Feb 14, 09 1:35 PM CST
(Newser) - One of William Kristol’s favorite highlights of the new stimulus is the $8 billion reserved for a high-speed levitating train connecting Disneyland and Las Vegas. It wasn’t in the House bill and got just $2 billion in the Senate’s version, so they “compromised” on $8 billion.... More »

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Barack Obama • monorail • economic stimulus package • Obama administration • financial crisis • William Kristol

ANALYSIS

Handicapping the Race for Kristol's Times Slot

Ex-Bush speechwriter Frum heads pack that may include Noonan, Limbaugh

Jan 27, 09 11:53 AM CST
(Newser) - At the New York Times op-ed page, William Kristol is out; that leaves a spot open for another conservative to keep David Brooks company, writes Michael Calderone in Politico. Times editor Andy Rosenthal wouldn’t comment, but Calderone has guesses on a replacement:
  1. David Frum: The former Bush
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New York Times • Rush Limbaugh • columnists • Peggy Noonan • op-ed • David Frum • Megan McArdle • William Kristol • Byron York • Ross Douthat

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