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Bill Kristol

  1. vision 2020
    Have ‘Never Trumpers’ Become a Democratic Faction?Like the neoconservatives of the 1980s, the Never Trumpers represent a small but significant migration from one party to the other.
  2. CIA Veteran With Over 100 Twitter Followers Launches Anti-Trump Presidential BidEvan McMullin, a Republican man who gave a Ted Talk once, will be the #NeverTrump standard-bearer this November.
  3. early and often
    Blogger David French Won’t Actually Run for President Against TrumpHis hypothetical independent candidacy lasted less than a week.
  4. Bill Kristol Declares Peak Trump AgainThe anti-Nostradamus has spoken.
  5. The Collected Truth Bombs of Donald J. TrumpRivals are attacking Trump for his past heresies to conservatism, but his current campaign has been full of them.
  6. the national interest
    61 Times Bill Kristol Was Reminded of Hitler and ChurchillForeign-policy analysts hate this one weird historic example that explains every foreign-policy scenario.
  7. the national interest
    The Republican Iran Letter Is the Perfect Neoconservative FiascoA thoroughly Bill Kristol operation, right down to the utterly botched planning.
  8. the national interest
    Irving Kristol’s Son Now Opposed to NepotismWilliam Kristol, Horatio Alger of the right.
  9. the national interest
    Bill Kristol Demands War, Has Not Been Informed It’s Already HappeningForeign-policy strategists can’t be expected to know everything.
  10. early and awkward
    Clinton-Petraeus 2016, Predicts Bill KristolThe Weekly Standard editor cites his “savvy friend.”
  11. the national interest
    The Tea Party Constitution Lives OnBill Kristol loves the Constitution — at least the old parts.
  12. the national interest
    Third-Generation Nepotist Assails Nepotism [Updated]Matthew Continetti is not so good with the self-awareness.
  13. great moments in cable news
    Christiane Amanpour Forgot to Silence Cell Phone During Live TV AppearanceWhoops. 
  14. the national interest
    Conservatives Hate All Legislation NowAlmost as bad as government: governing.
  15. the national interest
    Nominating Hagel Most Un-Obama Thing EverNot in a good way.
  16. video
    Rich: The Biggest Conservative Racket of AllIt involved Fox News.
  17. taxes
    Bill Kristol Thinks Millionaires Can Afford to Pay a Little More in TaxesIt’s not like all rich folk are Republicans, anyway.
  18. spin wars
    Mitt Romney Had a ‘Good Week’ (in RNC Chairman’s Alternate Reality)David Axelrod isn’t buying it.
  19. stuck in the mittle
    Bill Kristol Thinks Mitt Romney Should Release More Tax Returns [Updated]The conservative pundit called the candidate’s position on the matter “crazy.”
  20. the national interest
    Bill Kristol Strikes Out AgainKristol has compiled the worst draft record since Matt “Fire” Millen.
  21. john heilemann
    Heilemann on Egypt and the Kristol-Beck Spat“I think you’re saying he’s kind of a nut.”
  22. america!
    A Recent History of Things That Have Been Thrown at Political FiguresPies, eggs, tomatoes, salad dressing … shoes! A grand tradition that everyone from Bill Clinton to Sarah Palin has been a part of.
  23. ink-stained wretches
    Weekly Standard Sold; Is New York Post Next?That’s what some media watchers suspect.
  24. the bush years
    Who Defends ‘Torture’?The political commentators and former Bush officials who don’t have a problem with the interrogation techniques that many think constitute torture.
  25. things that need to happen
    Bill Kristol Wants a Piece of Matt DamonIn what would be the Greatest Debate of All Time.
  26. ink-stained wretches
    William Kristol’s Last Column: Buying Into Hope?On his way out, the conservative columnist doesn’t quite root for Obama to fail.
  27. some things don’t ever change
    Bi-partisan Spirit Still Escapes Bill KristolThe ‘Times’ columnist gloats that his meeting with Obama was better than the liberals’ meeting.
  28. early and often
    Obama’s Stimulus Plan Getting People Very ExcitedBill Kristol is even giving conservatives a way to support it!
  29. company town
    Richard Arens Is Having His MomentFINANCE • Trader Richard Arens, who runs a brokerage named ABS, made a vanity trade in order to push oil past the $100/barrel milestone. We’re sure the girls at the bar will be real impressed. [MarketBeat/WSJ] • Citigroup will likely start laying off between 5 and 10 percent of its workforce next week, cutting as many as 32,000 jobs. Merrill Lynch plans to cut around 1,600. [CNBC] • Former E*Trade CEO Mitch Caplan, who helped load the company with the subprime loans, made off with a $11 million golden parachute. Compare that with former H&R Block chief Mark Ernst, responsible for his own big subprime losses, who took home a paltry $2.5 million. [Deal Journal/WSJ, DealBook/NYT]