Stunning Logic, Unusual / Interesting Conclusions

As a neo-conservative, I fit quite well within The Weekly Standard's ideological focus. However, the magazine's ideological orientation would not be enough to keep me focused on it if the prose and quality of the magazine were below par. Not so in this case.

The magazine will present articles and viewpoints that are not seen elsewhere. While most magazines will try (and fail) to give an accurate portrayal of every political opinion, the Weekly Standard will instead go into far more depth of many different conservative issues. Some of it has to do with politics (i.e., "Is California Golden for Bush?"), but yet others are far more focused on the ideological reasons for certain actions ("Why We Went to War").

Those who read The Weekly Standard are probably far more intelligent and educated than a typical reader of a general publication such as Time, which is quite liberal (and does not admit it!) and superficial to boot. You are choosing to read a magazine that gives your views more credence -- with facts, figures, and the authority of a great man, William Kristol, who founded the magazine.

It also has an excellent web site -- http://www.weeklystandard.com

-- Michael Gordon

Solid Conservative Journalism

I have made it my mission to find a magazine that fits my own personal views as a secular, libertarian conservative, and no magazine I've come across thus far hits the mark like The Weekly Standard.

I began with The New Republic while in college, but soon realized that I simply disagreed with TNR too often to continue after two years of subscribing. During law school, I sought refuge in the extrememly partisan National Review, but was often turned off by the extreme conservatism NR expounded. NR is simply too preachy and too Godly for my own tastes. To satisfy my libertarian leanings, I subscribed to (and still subscribe to) Reason - only to discover all-to-quickly that Reason's brand of "libertarianism" (if one can even call it that) is far, far from reasonable. Finally, I tried The Weekly Standard, and am impressed on a weekly basis (it's been about six months now).

Timely, balanced, and more than fair, The Weekly Standard is indeed, in my view, the standard by which to measure all other conservative magazines. TWS is thorough, sober, and overall a pleasure to receive and read each week. The publication is of an overall quality that is simply unmatched, and the fact that it does indeed arrive weekly is fantastic.

Just a couple comments about a couple other reviews about this product: First, the claim that NR is less partisan than TWS is perhaps the most incorrect assessment I've read in quite some time. With all due respect to that reviewer, I strongly disagree. In fact, TWS is actually less interesting at times when compared to NR, simply because NR is so intensely partisan (in fact, TWS can occasionally be BORING in its lack of partisanship). Second, another "reviewer" gives poor marks TWS based on some personal, emotional assessment of William Kristol and WMD in Iraq. Hmm... Third, the articles are rarely "short" by any comparative standard. Go right ahead and compare - TWS is one of the most thorough political publications out there, conservative or liberal. Fourth, the person who "reviewed" TWS claiming that it is poorly written and has absolutely no concept of what quality writing is, period. That is purely nasty partisan attack, and a false one at that. The comment on the "constitution" speaks for itself, as well as the prior point about writing.

In all TWS is a very fine piece of conservative journalism.

my favorite conservative magazine

This is a top political journal for people of all stripes.