Bill Kristol Steps Down As Weekly Standard Editor

Neocon by birth, Bill Kristol has announced his retirement as editor of The Weekly Standard.

He co-founded and beat the war drums at the magazine for 21 years.

In a note published on the magazine’s website, Kristol announced that he would become The Weekly Standard’s editor-at-large, “continuing to write weekly editorials and contribute to the website.” Steve Hayes and Richard Starr would take over the day-to-day operations of the website, Kristol wrote.

 -RW