Article: A new standard: created to make commentary, not cash, The Weekly Standard strives to be the conservative conscience of the changing political landscape.(Interview)

there's a new conservative voice on the block, riding the 1994 Republican takeover of Congress and aiming to frame political discussion on the right, especially during this election year. The Weekly Standard, based in Washington, D.C., launched in September 1995 with much fanfare. Bankrolled by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. and edited by heavyweight Republican strategist William Kristol, former chief of staff to Vice President Dan Quayle, and Fred Barnes, former White House correspondent and senior editor for The New Republic, the 60,000-unaudited-circulation title intends to be the thinking person's journal of conservative opinion.

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