National Review: Conservative News, Opinion, Politics, Policy, & Current Events

In the May 30 Issue

On the Baltic Frontier

By ANDREW STUTTAFORD

NR PLUS Politics & Policy

Harnessing the Spirit of Thomas Sowell

By Kevin D. Williamson

At the Old Parkland Conference in Dallas, an astounding lineup of conservative intellectuals considers the big questions and issues facing America.

NR PLUS Law & the Courts

Pro-Life, Post-Roe

By Alexandra DeSanctis

From the Court to the states.

U.S.

Police Release New Details on Buffalo Mass-Shooting Suspect

By Caroline Downey

An 18-year-old white nationalist allegedly stormed a supermarket in an African-American neighborhood in the city, killing ten people and wounding three others.

11h

NBC’s Chuck Todd: ‘Democrats Are in Some Serious Trouble’ for Midterms

13h

Police Release New Details on Buffalo Mass-Shooting Suspect

17h

Michael Shellenberger’s Mission to Restore Sanity to California by Defeating Newsom

Elections

Throwing Away Pennsylvania

By The Editors

Republicans have created a mess in this important and winnable state.

Leef: A Leftist Writer Discovers Thomas Sowell

Smith: The Wit and Wisdom of Thomas Sowell

NR PLUS Politics & Policy

Liberals Finally Admit That California Is Shrinking but Still Don’t Accept Blame

By Will Swaim

What’s missing from an attempted explanation of California’s woes.

NR PLUS Politics & Policy

Michael Shellenberger’s Mission to Restore Sanity to California by Defeating Newsom

By Brittany Bernstein

By focusing relentlessly on common-sense solutions to the problem of homelessness, Shellenberger hopes to unite Californians.

NR PLUS Science & Tech

Yet Another Anti-Conservative Study Was Fake News

By Andrew Follett

Virtually all social-science hypotheses that attempt to find dark psychological reasons for conservatism haven’t held up at all under peer review.

Media

NBC’s Chuck Todd: ‘Democrats Are in Some Serious Trouble’ for Midterms

By Caroline Downey

Citing a new poll, the Meet the Press host warned that disaster looms for Democrats in November.

NR PLUS Politics & Policy

The Dobbs Leak Has Backfired on Democrats

By Arjun Singh

Progressives, observing the party in control of Congress and the White House, have turned on their own side.

Culture

Margaret Atwood Profoundly Embarrasses Herself in the Atlantic

By Charles C. W. Cooke

One assumes the editors wanted the byline ‘Margaret Atwood’ so much that they were prepared to let the author beclown herself to obtain it.

NR PLUS Politics & Policy

The Three Pro-Life Movements

By Kevin D. Williamson

Fifty years of activism, another fifty to come.

No, the Conservative Justices Didn’t Lie about Roe v. Wade

By Dan McLaughlin

Dana Milbank Writes the Most Morally Atrocious Column of 2022

By Dan McLaughlin

Clarence Thomas Laments Dobbs Draft Leak: ‘Kind of an Infidelity’

By Zachary Evans

Is It Illegal to Protest Outside a Supreme Court Justice’s Home?

By John McCormack

Russia-Ukraine Conflict

PHOTOS: Russia-Ukraine War

Latest images from the war-torn region.

World

Zelensky Offers to Meet Putin for One-on-One, In-Person Talks

By Arjun Singh

‘I am ready to talk to Putin, but only to him,’ said Zelensky.

World

Zelensky Rejects Macron Pressure to Cede Ukrainian Territory

By Jimmy Quinn

Lloyd Austin also ‘urged an immediate ceasefire’ during a call with his Russian counterpart.

White House

Pop Goes the Presidency

By Matthew Continetti

Biden gets desperate.

White House

Mind-Readers in the Administration?

By Dominic Pino

If the administration has mind-readers on staff, they really shouldn’t be caught by surprise as often as they are.

NR PLUS Capital Matters

Biden’s 5G Camel

By Joel Thayer

The administration’s lack of 5G expertise has led to unforced errors.

The Latest

World

Finland, Sweden, Turkey, and NATO

By Andrew Stuttaford 5:33 PM

Turkey’s objections to Finland and Sweden joining NATO were the first moves in a bargaining process.

Media

NBC’s Chuck Todd: ‘Democrats Are in Some Serious Trouble’ for Midterms

By Caroline Downey 12:45 PM

Citing a new poll, the Meet the Press host warned that disaster looms for Democrats in November.

U.S.

Police Release New Details on Buffalo Mass-Shooting Suspect

By Caroline Downey 11:03 AM

An 18-year-old white nationalist allegedly stormed a supermarket in an African-American neighborhood in the city, killing ten people and wounding three others.

NR PLUS Science & Tech

Yet Another Anti-Conservative Study Was Fake News

By Andrew Follett 6:30 AM

Virtually all social-science hypotheses that attempt to find dark psychological reasons for conservatism haven’t held up at all under peer review.

NR PLUS Politics & Policy

Liberals Finally Admit That California Is Shrinking but Still Don’t Accept Blame

By Will Swaim 6:30 AM

What’s missing from an attempted explanation of California’s woes.

NR PLUS Politics & Policy

Harnessing the Spirit of Thomas Sowell

By Kevin D. Williamson 6:30 AM

At the Old Parkland Conference in Dallas, an astounding lineup of conservative intellectuals considers the big questions and issues facing America.

NR PLUS Education

Free Speech under Fire at Saint Vincent College

By Mike Sabo 6:30 AM

The reaction to a recent conference demonstrates that freedom of speech at America’s institutions of higher education continues to stand on shaky footing.

NR PLUS Politics & Policy

Michael Shellenberger’s Mission to Restore Sanity to California by Defeating Newsom

By Brittany Bernstein 6:30 AM

By focusing relentlessly on common-sense solutions to the problem of homelessness, Shellenberger hopes to unite Californians.

Elections

Throwing Away Pennsylvania

By The Editors 6:30 AM

Republicans have created a mess in this important and winnable state.

U.S.

Ten Killed in Shooting in Buffalo Police Say Was Racially Motivated

By Zachary Evans May 14, 2022

The suspect posted a manifesto online outlining a plan to kill black people, a senior federal law-enforcement official told the New York Times.

Elections

Trump as GOP Kingmaker

By Fred Bauer May 14, 2022

Trump seems more focused on asserting dominance over the GOP than ensuring that Republicans win elections.

NR PLUS Education

George Washington University Should Not Be Renamed

By Ezra Meyer May 14, 2022

A recent call by a GWU student to drop the American Founder’s name from the university is totally wrongheaded.

NR PLUS Law & the Courts

Pro-Life, Post-Roe

By Alexandra DeSanctis

From the Court to the states.

NR PLUS Media

Elon Musk’s Town Square

By Nate Hochman

How Twitter’s new owner could make it a better forum for expression.

NR PLUS Books

Reviling the West

By Peter W. Wood

A review of The War on the West, by Douglas Murray.

NEW PODCASTS

The Editors

Episode 433: Formula Failure

Rich, Charlie, Jim, and Michael discuss the Pennsylvania Senate race, the baby-formula shortage, and Jen Psaki’s replacement.

National Review’s Radio Free California Podcast

Episode 223: Come to California for the Abortions, Stay for the High Cost of Living

Increasingly focused on building his national reputation, Gavin Newsom offers subsidies to companies moving to California from pro-life states.

The McCarthy Report

Episode 171: The ‘Peaceful Demonstrators’ Canard

Andy and Rich discuss how the protests outside of Supreme Court Justices’ homes are blatantly criminal, and consider the upcoming Sussmann trial.

Videos

Biden Claims His Agenda Has ‘Helped Not Hurt’ Effort to Combat Surging Inflation

McConnell Repeats Pledge to Never End Filibuster for ‘Any’ Issue, Including Abortion

Biden Calls ‘MAGA Crowd’ the ‘Most Extreme Political Organization That’s Existed’

Psaki: White House Doesn’t ‘Have a Particular View’ on Whether to Condemn SCOTUS Leak

Biden Claims His Agenda Has ‘Helped Not Hurt’ Effort to Combat Surging Inflation

McConnell Repeats Pledge to Never End Filibuster for ‘Any’ Issue, Including Abortion

Biden Calls ‘MAGA Crowd’ the ‘Most Extreme Political Organization That’s Existed’

Psaki: White House Doesn’t ‘Have a Particular View’ on Whether to Condemn SCOTUS Leak