With Star Trek Weekend a few weekends ago, we relaunched an old NRO feature — the weekend breather, a casual package of cultural pieces and roundups, up at noon Fridays. It’s a magazine within a magazine. Or a webzine within a webzine within a magazine. However you want to say it, here’s what we had this weekend:
DOCUMENTARY: TOM HOOPES: There is no choice but pro-choice. “Lake of Bias” 10/12 12:00 PM
PARENTING (AUDIO!): IT TAKES A PARENT: Betsy Hart talks boys with Christina Hoff Sommers.
WEEK IN REVIEW (AUDIO!): RADIO DERB: John Derbyshire cuts to the heart of the week. “RadioDerb – 10/12”
WHAT’S YOUR PROBLEM (VIDEO!): JONAH GOLDBERG VS. PETER BEINART: What’s wrong with Pamela Anderson?
BOOKS: MYRNA BLYTH: Lynne Cheney grew up confident. “Don’t Fence Her In” 10/12 12:00 PM
MOVIES: PETER SUDERMAN: Michael Clayton is all Clooney. “Curious George” 10/12 12:00 PM
FLASHBACK: WHITTAKER CHAMBERS: Atlas Shrugs turns 50. “Big Sister Is Watching You” 10/12 11:38 AM
PLUS: The Weekend Web Briefing:
Someone listening to Democratic and Republican debates may wonder whether the candidates of the two parties are living in the same country. Michael Barone, New York Times
Sunnis are joining the cause. Victor Davis Hanson, New York Post
I don’t want a living will. Charlotte Allen, Washington Post
How to discuss health-care with a liberal chick. Rush Limbaugh, The Rush Limbaugh Show
Gore has helped the world to worry. Unfortunately, our attention is diverted from where it matters. Bjorn Lomborg, Boston Globe
Meet Lt. Michael Murphy. Gidget Fuentes, Navy Times
Republicans are too gloomy. Bill Kristol, Weekly Standard
Sons are tough on their mothers. David Biello, Scientific American
Get NRO quickly. DIGEST, Friday, P.M.