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- Letters to the Editor March 14, 2026Friday 6 March – Friday 13 MarchQuillette
- A Paradoxical War March 13, 2026The American debate about the campaign against the Islamic Republic of Iran.Jeffrey Herf
- Hearts of Darkness March 13, 2026Laura K. Field’s smart new book takes a critical look at MAGA’s Ivy League intellectuals.George Case
- Letters to the Editor March 14, 2026
- Jay Nordlinger
- ‘True Patriot Love’ May 15, 2025Love of country in the time of Trump.
- WFB & Co. May 12, 2025My time at NR has now come to an end. God bless you all.
- The Conundrum of China Trade May 7, 2025A longstanding question, whose end is nowhere in sight.
- ‘True Patriot Love’ May 15, 2025
Category Archives: Culture
Richard Milhous Trump
The political commentariat has spilled a lot of ink trying to understand what the Trump phenomenon is all about. But no one has come up with a convincing story about why it is that candidate, and then President Trump has … Continue reading
Asides…
One of the favorite progressive hobby horses is to wail about voter turnout, or the lack thereof. And so periodically we are treated to assertions that Republicans systematically suppress the vote, especially of minorities, as an electoral strategy. Needless to … Continue reading
Where’s the Outrage?
In 1996 the GOP candidate for President, Senator Bob Dole of Kansas, used to tick off a laundry list of horribles mostly having to do with charges that President Clinton was sleazy and that a biased liberal press was protecting … Continue reading
Our Core Values
Ex President Barack Obama has emerged to denounce current President Donald Trump’s decision to rescind Obama’s executive order known as DACA. The decision, according to Mr. Obama, did not constitute a “legal requirement”. It was, he opined, “…a political decision, … Continue reading
We settle a dark peace this morning
Members of a mob don white robes and hoods with slits for their eyes. They arm themselves with batons and crowbars, and march by torchlight chanting, “Jews will not replace us” at which point they proceed to wreak physical violence … Continue reading
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The End of the Rule of Law?
On July 31, 2017 U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton ruled that former Sheriff Joe Arpaio was guilty of “flagrantly” disregarding an order by federal District Court Judge G. Murray Snow to halt the immigration round-ups for which he had … Continue reading
The New Barbarians
Toward the end of February 2001 Mohammed Omar, the Taliban’s spiritual leader, ordered the destruction of all the statues in Afghanistan because, he said, they were idolatrous. And so the Taliban went about the systematic destruction of pre-Islamic artwork, which … Continue reading
Death in Charlottesville, Virginia
It has come to this: The President of the United States had to be dragged kicking and screaming into making a statement condemning neo-Nazis in Virginia. This was not a mere abstract exercise. The neo-Nazis in question had staged a … Continue reading
Dateline August 8, 2017—Lenox Massachusetts
The Kemble Inn, located in Lenox, is just a mile or so down the road from Tanglewood. A classic New England Inn, it features spectacular views of the Berkshires and a decent restaurant where a very good Amarone will set … Continue reading
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Trump’s Important Speech in Poland
Stranger things have happened. With storm clouds gathering speed over Russia, China, Iran and North Korea President Trump not only conducted himself like a grown-up, he delivered a speech in Poland that sounded positively Reaganesque. He delivered a much-needed affirmation … Continue reading
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