Morning Jolt: Some Asiri-ously Good News

Making the click-through worthwhile: An infamously demagogic gun-control advocate enters his 16th minute of fame, the U.S. military scratches another name off its list and the world becomes a little bit safer, Russia's hackers start expanding their reach into American politics, and a good man in a tough spot offers a suggestion on how to help others when they need it most.

Hogg Wild

If your perspective on 18-year-old former Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student and gun-control activist David Hogg is, "Why won't he just go off and live a normal 18-year-old's life, instead of becoming the insufferable permanent face of a movement aiming to repeal a part of the Bill of Rights?" then you probably shouldn't flip out about the lengthy and mostly glowing profile of him in New York magazine. This is because Hogg very much wants conservatives and gun owners to flip out about him. Hogg's role in what the piece acknowledges as "the celebrity-activist vortex" is primarily fueled by that outrage ...

August 21 2018

VISIT NATIONALREVIEW.COM

Some Asiri-ously Good News Jim Geraghty Making the click-through worthwhile: An infamously demagogic gun-control advocate enters his 16th minute of fame, the U.S. military scratches another name off its list and the world becomes a little bit safer, Russia's hackers start expanding their reach into American politics, and a good man in a tough spot offers a suggestion on how to help others when they need it most. Hogg Wild If your perspective on 18-year-old former Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student and gun-control activist David Hogg is, "Why won't he just go off and live a normal 18-year-old's life, instead of becoming the insufferable permanent face of a movement aiming to repeal a part of the Bill of Rights?" then you probably shouldn't flip out about the lengthy and mostly glowing profile of him in New York magazine. This is because Hogg very much wants conservatives and gun owners to flip out about him. Hogg's role in what the piece acknowledges as "the celebrity-activist vortex" is primarily fueled by that outrage ... Read More ADVERTISEMENT Top Stories No, Purdue's Dorm Rooms Are Not Like Prisons Katherine Timpf Comparing Purdue's temporary student housing to prison is a slap in the face to anyone who is actually incarcerated. John Brennan Shows How to Lose to Trump in One Easy Step Rich Lowry Trump is happy for a war with the most unhinged representative of the intelligence community. Protesters Topple UNC 'Silent Sam' Confederate Memorial Mairead McArdle Close to 250 students knocked down the statue of "Silent Sam," erected by the Daughters of the Confederacy. ADVERTISEMENT Dropout Crisis: Rewarding Colleges for Cooking the Books Won't Solve It Frederick M. Hess and Cody Christensen Ensure that performance-based funding rewards good colleges rather than those that know how to game the system. Context Is Key in Evaluating Nordic 'Socialism' Ben Shapiro In short, many of the ideas that make Nordic social democracies effective operate in a different context than that of the United States. To take those ideas out of their context and plop them down in the United States would be, in many cases, to ignore just why they worked in the first place. Explaining the Left: Part II Dennis Prager "America . . . was never that great," he announced. In one sentence, Gov. Cuomo revealed the Left's true view of America. The Resistance Shows Its Anti-Christian Bias Jonathan S. Tobin The NY Times is claiming that the Trump administration is not to be trusted when it defends religious freedom. The reason? Most Christians, the editorial suggests, are religious bigots who oppose freedom for others. Trump Says Democrats 'Don't Mind Crime,' Promises to Support ICE Mairead McArdle President Trump lambasted Democrats Monday for opposing his immigration agenda. 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: August 21, 2018 Cartoons of the Day: August 20, 2018 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.