Week in Review: 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...

August 27 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 Coach Prays, Ninth Circuit Says No — Blame Supreme Court Conservatives David French The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled this week that a high-school football coach, Joseph Kennedy, had no First Amendment right to kneel and briefly pray at the 50-yard line after a football... The Double Standard in the Progressive War against the Dead Victor Davis Hanson Much of the country has demanded the elimination of references to, and images of, people of the past — from Christopher Columbus to Robert E. Lee — who do not meet our evolving standards of... ADVERTISEMENT Affirmative Action Has Failed. It Never Had a Chance to Succeed David French This morning the New York Times published an extraordinary, data-rich article examining the outcome of diversity efforts at colleges and universities from coast to coast. The results, quite... Trump's Evil Empire Rich Lowry For many Republicans, what matters most about Donald Trump is that he's demonstrated resolve against the enemy —  not the Islamic State or the Taliban, but the media. The media has become for... Trump Can't Win a War on McConnell Jonathan S. Tobin If you believe the New York Times, President Donald Trump hasn't spoken to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in weeks, and their last phone call was an angry exchange that "quickly devolved... Professor's Facebook Rant: 'All Republicans' are 'Racist' and 'Scum' Katherine Timpf A Clemson University professor who claims to specialize in online decision-making went on a rant on his Facebook page, calling "all Republicans" "racist" and "scum." In a series of posts... ADVERTISEMENT God's Battalions: The Case for the Crusades Rodney Stark 'God's Battalions launches a frontal assault on the comfortable myths that scholars have popularized about the crusades. The results are startling. His greatest achievement is to make us see the crusaders on their own terms.' - Philip Jenkins, author of The Lost History of Christianity LEARN MORE Photos of the Week Top Shots ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 215 Lexington Ave., New York, NY, 10016, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.