The Migration of the Former Staff of the Weekly Standard
9th November 2025
I used to be an avid reader of the Weekly Standard until it ceased publication in 2018. Since then you have Bill Kristol who is sympathetic to Zohran Mamdani migrating to one end of the political spectrum. Tucker Carlson has moved in an opposing direction and gave a softball interview to Nicholas J. Fuentes, a white nationalist. In between, you have people like John Podhoretz and Matthew Continetti who might be considered not pro-Trump but “Trump Curious.”
Where would you all place the these former Weekly Standard staff is the following categories: Crazy left (CL) , Never Trump (NT), Trump Curious (TC), Pro-Trump (PT), Crazy-right (CR). You can use the abbreviations. Are these categories sufficient? I have added some of my observations
Bill Kristol (CL)
Stephen Hayes (NT)
Fred Barnes, (TC)
Johnthan Last (NT)
Philip Terzian (PT)
Max Boot (CL)
Joseph Bottum
Tucker Carlson (CR)
Matthew Continetti (TC)
Joseph Epstein (TC)
David Frum (NT)
David Gelernter
Reuel Marc Gerecht
Michael Goldfarb
John Podhoretz (TC)
Mary Katharine Ham (TC)
Brit Hume (PT)
Frederick Kagan
Robert Kagan
Tod Lindberg
Irwin Stelzer