NRO Digest: Romney shouldn't give in to the demagogues

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NRO Digest

August 9, 2012

Today on National Review Online . . .

FRED THOMPSON: Romney shouldn't give in to the demagogues. Mitt's Tax Returns.

ANDREW M. GROSSMAN AND ROBERT RECTOR: Here's why the Obama administration has illegally overreached again. HSS Can't Waive Workfare.

MICHAEL G. FRANC: Welfare's upside-down incentive: You get more when you work less. 'Keep That Pay Raise, I Can't Afford It.'

JONAH GOLDBERG: The "gaffe" that could have been an important discussion. Culture and Intangible Wealth.

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Using illiberal means to advance liberal ideas is hypocritical and untenable. Who Gets a Pass?

DANIEL FOSTER: We're watching the twilight days of a once-mighty network. This Isn't CNN.

CONRAD BLACK: Taking the Iranian nuclear threat seriously. Israel Confronts Iran.

JOHN S. ROSENBERG: The University of Texas goes to great lengths to disguise the role of race in admissions. Racial Preference in Austin.

CLIFFORD D. MAY: The struggle Jeanne Kirkpatrick fought against totalitarianism's "messianic creeds" continues. Kirkpatrick's War.

MICHAEL BARONE: Sometimes we're more scared of history than destined to repeat it. Illegal Immigrants and Eurocrats.

KATRINA TRINKO: The New York Times assumes social issues are settled generationally. No Need to Be Hush-Hush on Social Issues Around Young Adults.

ANDREW C. McCARTHY: Dana Milbank chooses not to understand the issues at hand with Huma Abedin. My Speech on the Muslim Brotherhood and 'Guilt by Association.'

KATHRYN JEAN LOPEZ: How to untangle the politics of the HHS mandate. The Baltimore Archbishop, Voting, and Intrinsic Evil.