Week in Review: No, the Response to Harvey Doesn’t Refute Texas Conservatism

It's not easy to burn a straw man in the midst of a biblical flood, but some on the Left are frantically trying to light the flame. The target, of course, is Texas conservatism, and the argument is old and tired. Whenever disaster strikes red America, there's always someone standing there ready to say, "What do you think of...

September 03 2017

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No, the Response to Harvey Doesn't Refute Texas Conservatism David French It's not easy to burn a straw man in the midst of a biblical flood, but some on the Left are frantically trying to light the flame. The target, of course, is Texas conservatism, and the argument is old and tired. Whenever disaster strikes red America, there's always someone standing there ready to say, "What do you think of... READ MORE Can a Progressive's 'Inclusive Values' Include Christianity? David French Don't ever forget that, for some folks, "separation of church and state" is a half-measure. It's just a pit stop on the road to de-Christianizing America. It's a temporary means to a much bigger... Linguistic McCarthyism Victor Davis Hanson 'The Bard," William Shakespeare, had a healthy distrust of the sort of mob hysteria typified by our current epidemics of statue-busting and name-changing. In Shakespeare's tragedy Julius... ADVERTISEMENT Arpaio Pardon Shows the Futility of Mueller's Obstruction Investigation Andrew C. McCarthy Where are the calls for obstruction charges? On the matter of President Donald Trump's pardon of Sheriff Joseph Arpaio, just about any bad thing that could be said has been said. This is the... Hollywood's Horrendous Summer Kyle Smith All you need to know about the Hollywood box-office situation is this: Last weekend, sales plummeted to the worst level this century — and this weekend will be even worse. So bare is the... Frat Retreat Ends Early after Students 'Frightened' by a Banana Peel Katherine Timpf A weekend fraternity retreat at the University of Mississippi ended early on Saturday because a student threw his banana peel away in a tree — and some students who saw it got "frightened" that... Antifa Just Showed Its True Colors. Again. David French If 2016 is the year when our political parties failed, inflicting on America arguably its worst presidential choice in our nation's history, then 2017 is when our broader institutions began to... ADVERTISEMENT God's Battalions: The Case for the Crusades Rodney Stark 'God's Battalions launches a frontal assault on the comfortable myths that scholars have popularized about the crusades. The results are startling. His greatest achievement is to make us see the crusaders on their own terms.' - Philip Jenkins, author of The Lost History of Christianity LEARN MORE Burning Man Festival Hurricane Harvey Aftermath ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 215 Lexington Ave., New York, NY, 10016, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.