NR Daily: Parasitic Progressivism at ESPN, Marvel, and the University of Missouri

Consider the state of three longstanding, once (and arguably still) powerful institutions: the University of Missouri, the sports cable channel ESPN, and Marvel Comics. As our former colleague Jillian Kay Melchior detailed earlier this week, the University of Missouri is paying a hefty price for becoming the face of angry leftist protests in 2015. Students claimed the administration was ignoring racial bigotry and more or less took over campus, forcing the resignation of the university system's president and the campus's chancellor ...

August 23 2017

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Parasitic Progressivism at ESPN, Marvel, and the University of Missouri Jim Geraghty Consider the state of three longstanding, once (and arguably still) powerful institutions: the University of Missouri, the sports cable channel ESPN, and Marvel Comics. As our former colleague Jillian Kay Melchior detailed earlier this week, the University of Missouri is paying a hefty price for becoming the face of... READ MORE American Politics Has Become Hyper-Nationalized Philip H. DeVoe Last week, more than 200 Minnesota newspapers published nothing but "Imagine a Day without Local News" — or some variation — on their front pages. In organizing the campaign, the Minnesota... A Look Back at Love Actually: The Sweet and the Bitter Collide Kyle Smith The BBC has released the results of its poll of the greatest film comedies of all time. Some Like It Hot topped the list, followed by Dr. Strangelove, Annie Hall, Groundhog Day, Duck Soup, Life... ADVERTISEMENT The Problem with the 'Otherwise, People Will Die' Argument for Big Government Michael Tanner It has become the go-to policy argument for many liberals and the media: People will die. Repeal Obamacare . . . and people will die. Cut any social-welfare program by so much as $1 . . . and... Trump's Dumb Dance on Immigration Michael Brendan Dougherty Donald Trump needs to put some points on the board, and fast. Health-care reform is dying. Every time the White House announces a new Infrastructure Week, Trump gets bored by mid-morning on the... Trump's Failures on the Easy Stuff Overshadow His Successes on the Hard Stuff Jonathan S. Tobin The last week was the Trump presidency in a nutshell. When faced with a situation that called for him to do one of the many easy things Americans expect of their president, he repeatedly failed.... In Afghanistan, Enough Kevin D. Williamson What is it we are doing in Afghanistan? What do we think we are doing in Afghanistan? All we can say with any confidence is that the former and the latter bear only a theoretical... ADVERTISEMENT Son of the Morning Star: Custer and the Little Bighorn Evan S. Connell "A scintillating book, thoroughly researched and brilliantly constructed." - The Wall Street Journal "Leaves the reader astonished." - The Washington Post LEARN MORE Thailand's Crocodile Farms World's Highest-Paid Actresses ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 215 Lexington Ave., New York, NY, 10016, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.