NR Daily: The Islamic State and the Limitations of Cruelty

The Islamic State just lost its capital at Raqqa, and with it the last of the terrorist group's fantasies of establishing a Middle East caliphate. In recent years, ISIS has horrified global audiences with video clips of unspeakable atrocities. What sort of humans could behead, incinerate, drown, torture, and blow up innocent civilians, mock and record such horror, and then narrate their macabre videos for a world audience? How could such pre-modern psychopaths ever be defeated, given that in a matter of months ISIS had managed to overrun vast swathes of Iraq and Syria? The zealotry of the Islamic State in celebrating the unthinkable added to its cult of invincibility ...

October 26 2017

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The Islamic State and the Limitations of Cruelty Victor Davis Hanson The Islamic State just lost its capital at Raqqa, and with it the last of the terrorist group's fantasies of establishing a Middle East caliphate. In recent years, ISIS has horrified global audiences with video clips of unspeakable atrocities. What sort of humans could behead, incinerate, drown, torture, and blow up... READ MORE A School Superintendent Battles Pro-Communists and Pettifoggers William F. Buckley Jr. Editor's Note: As part of our Fall 2017 Webathon, we're sharing some classic pieces by Bill from the early years of National Review. The following piece was first published in our May 23, 1956... George Clooney's Latest Oscar Bait Kyle Smith George Clooney received Academy Award nominations in 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, and 2012. Now he's in a five-year drought, and he would really like another Oscar nomination this year — which... ADVERTISEMENT The Identity-Politics Death Grip Joshua Mitchell Editor's Note: The following piece originally appeared in City Journal. It is reprinted here with permission. Last June, despite being outspent by nearly $10 million, Republican Karen Handel... Jeff Flake and the Republican Resistance Jonathan S. Tobin Jeff Flake's retreat from the Senate while skewering Trump won't advance conservatism. With impeachment a left-wing obsession, Republicans must pick a side. Senator Jeff Flake is clearly a... Blame Monetary Policy for Financial Crises Sean Rushton As the world struggles with "mysterious" long-term financial instability and economic weakness, perhaps it's time to reconsider the policy of fluctuating national currencies, which was... California Is Building the Wrong Wall Mike McCaul Much of the recent debate about immigration in America has centered on President Trump's plan to build a wall to secure our southern border. This physical barrier is meant to protect our... ADVERTISEMENT An Empire on the Edge: How Britain Came to Fight America Nick Bunker "Absorbing and detailed. . . . Bunker's narrative is human and even-handed; and from the Boston harbourside to the salons of London, a complex and epic tale is told with colour and enthusiasm." " - The Sunday Telegraph (London) LEARN MORE Battle of Leyte Gulf 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.