NR Daily: The Medium Is Not the Message

Everyone complains about social media, but our lives would be much poorer without them.

July 24 2018

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The Medium Is Not the Message J. J. McCullough By one standard, social media is clearly our collective tyrant. We all understand ourselves to be ruled by it, and endless columns are churned out decrying this grim reality. Read More ADVERTISEMENT Top Stories The Middle East Is Capitalism's Next Frontier Nima Sanandaji The part of the world today known for endless conflict might also be the once and future home of free markets. Democrats in Four States File a Misguided Lawsuit against the Tax-Reform Law Brian Riedl Officials of four blue states file a misguided tax-related lawsuit that would divert $650 billion to the super-rich. Waiter Admits to Racism Hoax after Incident Goes Viral Jack Crowe A Texas waiter whose story of racial abuse went viral has admitted he made the entire incident up. ADVERTISEMENT Dartmouth Business School to Evaluate Applicants Based on 'Niceness' Katherine Timpf Dartmouth's business school has announced that it will judge its applicants partially on their "niceness." How can they really evaluate that? Students will write essays swearing that they're nice. Santa Barbara Authorizes Jail Time for Handing Out Straws Katherine Timpf The city of Santa Barbara has passed an ordinance that will allow restaurant employees to be punished with up to six months of jail time or a $1,000 fine for giving plastic straws to their customers. The Greatest Hysteria in American History Dennis Prager The Democrats create a false narrative on Russia. Russianism Victor Davis Hanson Russianism is a psychological malady in which furor at Donald Trump's election victory and presidency — and the ensuing depression resulting from the inability to abort it — finds release through fixation on Russia. Appeals Court Affirms Constitutional Right to Openly Carry Guns in Public Jack Crowe The ruling comes just one week after the same court struck down a California ban on high-capacity magazines as unconstitutional. ADVERTISEMENT JOIN NRPLUS All Our Content. Fewer Ads. Members-Only Privileges. NRPLUS is everything you would associate with a digital magazine subscription, and a whole lot more ─ including up to 90% fewer on-site ads, access to our private Facebook group, full commenting privileges, and invites to our writer/editor conference calls. SAVE 40% TODAY Photo Essays Cartoons of the Day: July 24, 2018 Deadly Wildfires in Greece ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 19 West 44th Street, Suite 1701, New York, NY, 10036, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.