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In recent days, I've been getting a lot of grief on Twitter. And I suppose by “recent days” I could have meant "recent years." But specifically, I've been getting grief about my skeptical or critical comments regarding the recent March for Our Lives and the use of kids as political props. I have been critical of such tactics — in print and elsewhere — for more than a quarter century. But that hasn't stopped hordes of people screaming at me that I am "afraid" of this "youth movement" and that I am only speaking up because their moral ...

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The Unwise Crowds Make an Unarmed Return Jonah Goldberg EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is Jonah Goldberg's weekly "news"letter, the G-File. Subscribe here to get the G-File delivered to your inbox on Fridays. Dear Reader (and especially link-clickers), I am on vacation out West, so we are going to re-post a "news" letter I wrote last year. But because the suits at NR are greedy traffic-mongers, I thought I would add a little fresh copy here to encourage those of you who get this via email to click the link. In recent days, I've been getting a lot of grief on Twitter. And I suppose by “recent days” I could have meant "recent years." But specifically, I've been getting grief about my skeptical or critical comments regarding the recent March for Our Lives and the use of kids as political props. I have been critical of such tactics — in print and elsewhere — for more than a quarter century. But that hasn't stopped hordes of people screaming at me that I am "afraid" of this "youth movement" and that I am only speaking up because their moral ... Read More Top Stories Off the Shelf: Deception in Life, Religion, and Politics Michael Brendan Dougherty A review of a book about how the European was created through fraud? And a comment on the latest papal... Ready Player One: Spielberg's Crowd-Pleasing Escapism Armond White Ready Player One: Spielberg's Crowd-Pleasing Escapism ADVERTISEMENT For Black Boys, Family Structure Still Matters W. Bradford Wilcox A new study on economic opportunity has been widely... The Never Trump Delusion Rich Lowry A realistic attitude to Trump would acknowledge both his flaws and how he usefully points the way beyond a tired Reagan... You Can Try to Repeal the Second Amendment, but You Can't Repeal History David Harsanyi Whether repeal of the Second Amendment is feasible or not, historical revisionism is meant to mangle its meaning into... Our Time-Tested Parties Aren't About to Fall Apart Michael Barone They've rebounded from far worse disasters, and they'll almost certainly rebound from 2016 -- and... ADVERTISEMENT What NR is Reading The Holocaust: A New History Laurence Rees "A masterpiece... Rees' best book yet." — Andrew Roberts, author of The Storm of War "This is by far the clearest book ever written about the Holocaust, and also the best at explaining its origins and grotesque mentality, as well as its chaotic development." — Anthony Beevor, author of Stalingrad LEARN MORE Photo Essays Cartoons of the Day: March 30th, 2018 Cartoons of the Day: March 29th, 2018 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.