NR Daily: Radicalizing Youth via the Movies

Our youth are fair game in the culture wars. The bright-faced young actors portraying 1990s AIDS activists in the new French film BPM (Beats Per Minute) have one particular thing in common with the nubile actresses in the new 1960s-set American indie film Novitiate: Both movies represent cultural history transmogrified into modern archetypes as young people learn about new social phenomena. BPM is about a generation's response to the deadly AIDS crisis and Novitiate shows women contemplating spiritual choice while reacting to religious orthodoxy after the changes presented by Vatican II ...

October 30 2017

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Radicalizing Youth via the Movies Armond White Our youth are fair game in the culture wars. The bright-faced young actors portraying 1990s AIDS activists in the new French film BPM (Beats Per Minute) have one particular thing in common with the nubile actresses in the new 1960s-set American indie film Novitiate: Both movies represent cultural history transmogrified into... READ MORE On Jeff Flake, and Looking Beyond Politics for a Better Politics Kathryn Jean Lopez 'Crème de la crème of Washington, D.C., insiderdom." That's how someone in a newspaper column described Kate O'Beirne, the Washington editor of National Review and panelist on CNN's Capital... When libertarian juices flow, &c. Jay Nordlinger Writing about dictatorships, I have often noticed the overkill. ("Kill" is usually the right word, when it comes to dictatorships.) I should explain what I mean. When the chavista regime in... ADVERTISEMENT An Earthquake That Shouldn't Shake Trump Jonathan S. Tobin In any normal administration, the announcement of an indictment of the man who had managed the election campaign of the president would be a political earthquake. That is how the mainstream... The Manafort Indictment: Not Much There, and a Boon for Trump Andrew C. McCarthy The Paul Manafort indictment is much ado about nothing . . . except as a vehicle to squeeze Manafort, which is special counsel Robert Mueller's objective — as we have been arguing for three... A Guide to Understanding the Manafort Indictment David French For once, the Twitter speculation was mainly correct. When news broke Friday night that Special Counsel Robert Mueller had obtained an indictment, the smart money pegged former Trump campaign... Hollywood Bullies Try and Fail to Play Victim Kyle Smith 'Actor Kevin Spacey declares he lives life as a gay man," blared a Reuters Tweet early Monday morning. Wait — really? Kevin freaking Spacey is gay? I need a moment. Next you'll be telling me... ADVERTISEMENT What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848 Daniel Walker Howe "What Daniel Walker Howe hath wrought is a wonderfully mind-opening interpretation of America on the cusp of modernity and might." - George F. Will, National Review LEARN MORE Defending America Tokyo Motor Show ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 215 Lexington Ave., New York, NY, 10016, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.