NR Daily: Freedom Isn’t Free

Editor's Note: As part of National Review Institute's End-of-Year Appeal, NRI fellows are sharing words of wisdom and inspiration. Today, David French explains NRI's mission as a conservative institution in our shared culture. In that spirit, we encourage you to find out more about the Institute's Buckley Legacy Project. Near the end of his career, one of the founders of the so-called New Right, Paul Weyrich, reflected on the modern history of conservative activism ...

December 18 2017

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Freedom Isn't Free David French Editor's Note: As part of National Review Institute's End-of-Year Appeal, NRI fellows are sharing words of wisdom and inspiration. Today, David French explains NRI's mission as a conservative institution in our shared culture. In that spirit, we encourage you to find out more about the Institute's Buckley Legacy... READ MORE A Culture in Need of that Manger Scene Kathryn Jean Lopez Upon news of a Christmas variety show benefiting Planned Parenthood, my National Review colleague Kevin Williamson tweeted: "You're getting the story all wrong . . . It was the grave that was... The ACLU Seeks Abortions for Two More Illegal Immigrant Minors Margot Cleveland This morning, federal district-court judge Tanya S. Chutkan held a hearing in Garza v. Hargan — a case that made headlines two months ago when the ACLU convinced the D.C. Circuit Court of... ADVERTISEMENT How Obama Appeased Iran by Turning a Blind Eye to Hezbollah's Crimes David French Over the weekend Politico's Josh Meyer published a blockbuster report that can't be allowed to disappear into the void of the holiday season. In painstaking detail, it documents claims that the... Trump's New National-Security Strategy Projects Confidence Jerry Hendrix President Trump today unveiled his new National Security Strategy (NSS), exceeding the expectations of the national-security community by producing a remarkably coherent NSS within his first... Trump's Refusal to Embrace the Norms of Presidential Behavior Will Hurt His Party Jay Cost As an opponent of Donald Trump during the Republican primary, and as somebody who voted for a third-party candidate in the general election, I have to say that I am pleasantly surprised by the... A Solid Accomplishment on Taxes The Editors As we hoped, the Republican tax legislation improved as it moved through Congress. Harmful ideas such as eliminating the adoption tax credit were abandoned. Some tax relief for the working poor... ADVERTISEMENT The Fleet at Flood Tide: America at Total War in the Pacific, 1944-1945 James D. Hornfischer "A masterful account of the barbaric last year of the Pacific War...The Fleet at Flood Tide is, quite simply, popular and scholarly military history at its best." - Victor Davis Hanson LEARN MORE Best of 2017: Environment Photos of the Week ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 19 West 44th Street, Suite 1701, New York, NY, 10036, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.