NRO Digest: In college sports, false idols die hard

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NRO Digest

July 24, 2012

Today on National Review Online . . .

RICH LOWRY: In college sports, false idols die hard. Penn State's Shame.

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: While we haggle over transcripts and tax returns, the real issues are ignored. Selective Transparency.

ROBERT COSTA: Many Granite Staters know the presidential candidate on a first-name basis. The Battle for Romney's Backyard.

DAVID FRENCH: Transparency for thee, secrecy for me. Obama's Sunshine Policy.

DANIEL PIPES: Better domination by greedy soldiers than by Islamist ideologues. Sixty Years of Egyptian Misery.

THOMAS SOWELL: Putting gun-control propaganda ahead of the facts. The Colorado Shooting and the Media.

MONA CHAREN: We need a new system of care for the mentally ill. Missing the Point about Aurora.

DENNIS PRAGER: Why ABC tried to blame the Tea Party for Aurora. Explaining Brian Ross's Mistake.

INTERVIEW: Dennis Prager's love letter and rallying cry to freedom. Keeping the U.S. the Best.

IMPROMPTUS: Jay Nordlinger on demonization, a great Cuban, the charms of Dallas, and more. The Tea Party as target, &c.

DANIEL PIPES: ThinkProgress, as so many others have, were eager to paint another terrorist as having conservative leanings. The Left Distorts Breivik's Mental World.

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Stockton's sickness will only spread. Is Fresno Next?

VERONIQUE DE RUGY: What happens when a country becomes a tax hell? Consequences of High Taxes: French Edition.

JONAH GOLDBERG: How to read the politics of The Dark Knight Rises? Of Angels and Bats.

PETER KIRSANOW AND CARISSA MULDER: The president's administration engages in more favoritism. Obamacare, Cronyism, and Discrimination.

PATRICK BRENNAN: A new study shows how teachers can be incentivized, but via risk aversion, not reward. How to Make Merit Pay Work.

BETWEEN THE COVERS: John J. Miller talks to Brad Thor about his new book. Black List.