NRO Digest: It's a fact: The highest-ranking Dem in Congress is a malicious hack

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NRO Digest

August 7, 2012

Today on National Review Online . . .

RICH LOWRY: "It is a fact": The highest-ranking Dem in Congress is a malicious hack. Scurrilous Harry.

JAY NORDLINGER: Reid's recent rhetoric reveals the other side's real nastiness. Obama-Reid-Pelosi.

MONA CHAREN: Even low-down Harry Reid is living high on the hog -- like most big-name politicians. Who's Afraid of Wealthy Candidates?

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: A slavish regard for the truth is no match for inspired mythography. Obama in Never-Never Land.

DAVID SATTER: Will Russia let Vladimir Putin rule for life? Russia's Choice.

JOHN FUND: Who will win the racial-sensitivity gold medal? Olympic Political Correctness.

ANDREW C. McCARTHY: The Muslim Public Affairs Council is far from moderate. The History of MPAC.

THOMAS SOWELL: What we understand about batting-average statistics but not income-inequality statistics. If Politics Were a Sport.

DANIEL PIPES: States spying on their allies is nothing new. No Surprises: Israel, America, and Spying.

DENNIS PRAGER: The Republican presidential candidate should have taken the chance to stand up for liberty. Mitt Romney, Chick-fil-A, and Ben & Jerry's.

JOHN O'SULLIVAN: Romney was at least half-right in the what-causes-prosperity dispute. Romney, Culture, Politics, and Development.

ROBERT VERBRUGGEN: No, the Wisconsin shooter's taste in music isn't fertile ground for speculation. Nazis and Heavy Metal.

JORDAN LORENCE: Individuals with objections to the HHS mandate have to win protection now. Protecting Conscience Rights.

MICHAEL J. NEW: The science does in fact support pain-capable abortion restrictions. Defending Fetal-Pain Laws.

BETWEEN THE COVERS: John J. Miller talks with Llelwyn Morgan about his new book. The Buddhas of Bamiyan.