Week in Review: The War on Driving to Come

Editor's Note: The following piece first appeared in the December 18, 2017 issue of National Review. At some point in the future, be it years, decades, or a century hence, the federal government will seek to ban driving. This, I'm afraid, is an inevitability. It is inexorably heading our way. The dot sits now on the...

December 31 2017

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The War on Driving to Come Charles C. W. Cooke Editor's Note: The following piece first appeared in the December 18, 2017 issue of National Review. At some point in the future, be it years, decades, or a century hence, the federal government will seek to ban driving. This, I'm afraid, is an inevitability. It is inexorably heading our way. The dot sits now on the... READ MORE Don't Take the Wrong Lessons from NYC's Murder Drop Heather Mac Donald Cop critics who assiduously ignored the 20 percent increase in the national homicide rate over the previous two years have suddenly become enthusiastic purveyors of crime statistics. Fueling... Time to Give Clinton's Server Technician the Mueller Treatment Andrew C. McCarthy New Year's Eve gets people thinking about resolutions. Alas, when a year passes, a mothballed prosecutor finds himself thinking about the statute of limitations. As 2018 beckons, it has me... ADVERTISEMENT Phantom Thread and Downsizing: American Decadence, at Home and Abroad Armond White The cynical view of human behavior shared by two new movies, Phantom Thread and Downsizing, was to be expected. They represent the culmination of a cultural change that began as the 1980s indie... Can America Survive as a Post-Christian Nation? David French If I had to pick one of the most under-appreciated and under-reported stories of 2017, it would be that a post-Christian America is a more vicious America, and that the triumph of secularists is... The Year of Lost Opportunities Kevin D. Williamson The political year began with a development that I would have called virtually impossible (and, in fact, did) in October of 2016: the inauguration of Donald J. Trump, serial bankrupt, game-show... The Age of Outrage Jonathan Haidt Editor's Note: This piece is an edited version of Jonathan Haidt's Wriston Lecture for the Manhattan Institute, delivered on November 15. It originally appeared at City Journal. What is... ADVERTISEMENT Ten Restaurants That Changed America Paul Freedman 'Impeccable . . . . The culinary and cultural journey Mr. Freedman has taken us on demonstrates the abiding qualities in our society ― its openness to new sources and sourcing, its diversity, its restlessness with the same old thing, its capacity for reinvention and assimilation ― all of which bode well for the future of America's restaurants and its cuisine.' — Martin Rubin, Washington Times LEARN MORE Best of 2017: Space Shots 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.