Young twenty-somethings, the only visible employees, hustled about their duties while sipping coffee and munching on candy. Since The Weekly Standard is published, as its name implies, weekly, it did not exude the smell of deadline desperation of a daily paper. There was not very much ambient noise for such a creative enterprise. Rather an easy friendliness filled the offices. Kristol has contributed his political commentary to the television show This Week and to PBS television.
Television provides a false sense of intimacy.
When I went to visit Editor William Kristol in his office at The Weekly Standard , I felt like I knew him, and in an intellectual way I did. Kristol was shorter and grayer than I expected, but had an aura of approachability. With open-collared casualness and harried cordiality , Mr. Kristol greeted me and inquired about Suite101. Despite the exchanged pleasantries, Kristol was clearly pressed for time and wanted to get right to the interview. There were three themes I intended to cover, the presidential race, several national issues, and finally the magazine.