SOMETIMES, we pick the worst weeks to take our vacations here at The Weekly Standard. August is usually a slow month for politics, but last week presented, a target-rich environment for conservative journalists: There was Al Gore’s op-ed screed in the New York Times, the leak of the Defense Policy Board’s refreshingly honest assessment of Saudi Arabia’s support of terrorism, and last but not least, the arrest of public television blowhard Bill Moyers for drunk driving.

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