Philip Terzian (b. 1950), American journalist, has been the Literary editor of The Weekly Standard in Washington, D.C. since February 2005.
Just about everyone in Washington seems agreed that Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., committed a terrible gaffe the other evening when he shouted 'You lie!' during a pause in President Obama's address to Congress on Wednesday. I am not certain that he did, but ...
Thomas Jefferson called Samuel Adams “truly the Man of the Revolution.” In the words of his second cousin John, Adams was “zealous, ardent and keen in the Cause.” “For depth of purpose, zeal, and sagacity,” said Jefferson, “no man in Congress exceeded, ...
This space is not usually reserved for confession, but I have a secret vice to reveal: I close my office door here at THE WEEKLY STANDARD, direct my computer to the YouTube site, and bathe in the sights and sounds of Barack Obama music. Specifically, I ...
This is an elementary tactic which the aggrieved Left has never absorbed. In 1948 the famous British (or more specifically, Welsh) Labour politician Aneurin Bevan gave a speech in which he described Conservatives as "lower than vermin." Rather than ...
Philip Terzian is literary editor of THE WEEKLY STANDARD. If inspirational claptrap is the stuff of diplomacy, then Barack Obama should flourish in the White House. Consider his recent pronouncement on events in Zimbabwe. Conditions in the ...
Send this article to: Your email address: Message (optional): There is no question that Barack Obama did well yesterday, certainly better than a freshman senator of no great distinction had a right to expect. Obama may yet ...
Send this article to: Your email address: Message (optional): I felt a curious sensation earlier this week when Edward Kennedy, standing before a roomful of shrieking undergraduates in Washington, endorsed Barack Obama for ...