Morning Jolt: Politically Motivated Violence Is On the Rise

Making the click-through worthwhile: How a small act of vandalism in Alexandria, Virginia, suggests we're likely to see more politically motivated violence, not less; America's gun owners send a message with their wallets; and a horrific act in Toronto that technically wasn't formal terrorism but is starting to feel indistinguishable from it.

Politics, the Drug That Justifies the Urge to Hurt Other People

Associated Press, April 21: Protester faces charges for vandalism at NRA lobbyist's home.

Back in 2003, Chris Hedges wrote a book entitled War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning. (You can probably get the gist of his perspective from his 2008 book, American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America.) Still, there's a lot of truth in the title. Think of all the martial metaphors we use to describe the ups and downs of life: We're in a battle, we're charging forward, we're crusading for a cause, we're chasing a goal, we're fighting for our ...

April 24 2018

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Politically Motivated Violence Is On the Rise Jim Geraghty Making the click-through worthwhile: How a small act of vandalism in Alexandria, Virginia, suggests we're likely to see more politically motivated violence, not less; America's gun owners send a message with their wallets; and a horrific act in Toronto that technically wasn't formal terrorism but is starting to feel indistinguishable from it. Politics, the Drug That Justifies the Urge to Hurt Other People Associated Press, April 21: Protester faces charges for vandalism at NRA lobbyist's home. Back in 2003, Chris Hedges wrote a book entitled War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning. (You can probably get the gist of his perspective from his 2008 book, American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America.) Still, there's a lot of truth in the title. Think of all the martial metaphors we use to describe the ups and downs of life: We're in a battle, we're charging forward, we're crusading for a cause, we're chasing a goal, we're fighting for our ... Read More Top Stories Russiagate's Epic Fail vs. Watergate's Windfall Deroy Murdock This tale of two investigations is... President Trump, I Feel Your Pain, but Please Don't Fire Anyone Robert N. Driscoll President Trump, I Feel Your Pain, but Please Don't Fire Anyone ADVERTISEMENT America Owes Jeff Sessions and Rod Rosenstein a Debt of Thanks David French The contrast between Obama's DOJ and Trump's is... Canada Is Attacked Again J. J. McCullough It's important to the country's psyche to consider monstrous public violence a distinctly 'American'... Trump and the North Korean Tipping Point Arthur Herman Our foreign policy is rapidly... A Farewell to the WASPs Rich Lowry They believed they were born to rule, but they took the obligation... ADVERTISEMENT What NR is Reading On Grand Strategy John Lewis Gaddis "The best education in grand strategy available in a single volume . . . a book that should be read by every American leader or would-be leader." — John Nagl, author of Knife Fights: A Memoir of Modern War in Theory and Practice, Wall Street Journal LEARN MORE Photo Essays Cartoons of the Day: April 24, 2018 Pension Protests in Nicaragua 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.