NR Daily: Those Who Don’t Fight Evil Fight Statues

All my life I have known this rule about people: Those who don't fight the greatest evils will fight lesser evils or make-believe evils. This happens to be the morally defining characteristic of the Left. During the Cold War, many liberals and nearly all conservatives fought Communism, but the Left fought anti-Communism. The Left opposed American military buildups and regarded the Cold War between America and the Soviet Union as nothing more than two scorpions in a bottle fighting to the death. They loathed Nixon and Reagan, not Brezhnev. They regarded with contempt Reagan's labeling of the Soviet Union as an "evil empire ...

August 29 2017

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Those Who Don't Fight Evil Fight Statues Dennis Prager All my life I have known this rule about people: Those who don't fight the greatest evils will fight lesser evils or make-believe evils. This happens to be the morally defining characteristic of the Left. During the Cold War, many liberals and nearly all conservatives fought Communism, but the Left fought anti-Communism.... READ MORE Catholic School Removes Jesus, Mary Statues Because They're 'Alienating' to Non-Catholics Katherine Timpf The San Domenico School, the first Catholic school in California, has removed all but 18 of its 180 religious statues in an effort to be more "inclusive" and "forward looking." Several... Maestrissimo, Part II Jay Nordlinger Editor's Note: In the August 14 issue of National Review, we had a review by Jay Nordlinger of Harvey Sachs's Toscanini: Musician of Conscience. This week, in his Impromptus, Mr. Nordlinger is... ADVERTISEMENT The Joe Arpaio Pardon Won't Destroy Democracy Jonathan S. Tobin If the best thing you can say for a presidential action is that it is no worse than things previous presidents have done that you condemned, perhaps it would be better not to have done it at... Trump's Unmerited, Unnecessary, Impulsive Pardon of Sheriff Arpaio Andrew C. McCarthy As our Monday editorial explains, there are several problems with President Trump's highly objectionable pardon of former sheriff Joseph Arpaio. I want to address a couple of them in more depth... Forcing Transgender Ideology on Kindergartens Alexandra DeSanctis Parental rights are under fire once again, this time at a Sacramento-area charter school. A kindergarten teacher at Rocklin Academy Gateway recently staged a "transition ceremony" for a... From Black Annie to White Daimio Robert VerBruggen So do fictional characters have races, or not? I hope we settle that question soon, because I'm getting sick of hearing about it every year or two. The current controversy centers on the... 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 Burning Man Festival Hurricane Harvey ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 215 Lexington Ave., New York, NY, 10016, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.