National Review

Books

Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses Shoots Up Amazon Best-Seller List in Wake of Attack

By Diana Glebova 3:56 PM

Iran’s supreme leader in 1989 issued a fatwa against Rushdie over the contents of this novel.

NR PLUS Politics & Policy

Source Backs Bari Weiss Account That New York Times Wanted to Run Tim Scott Op-Ed by Schumer

By Nate Hochman 12:49 PM

A senior editor even provided the email address of a Schumer rep, NR is told.

NR PLUS White House

Why the Public Is Skeptical of Garland’s Mar-a-Lago Story

By John Yoo & Robert J. Delahunty 12:43 PM

There are at least four legitimate reasons Americans think something crassly political has just transpired.

Law & the Courts

Suspect in Salman Rushdie Stabbing Charged with Attempted Murder, Assault

By Diana Glebova 12:41 PM

A review of the suspect’s social-media accounts indicates sympathy for Iran’s Revolutionary Guards.

White House

Tulsi Gabbard Blasts FBI Raid on Mar-a-Lago, Says It ‘Changed the Country That We Grew Up In’

By Diana Glebova 12:32 PM

‘You are not allowed to disagree with the FBI. That is the new message.’

Trump’s Explanation of Document Declassification Doesn’t Pass the Smell Test

By Philip Klein 11:45 AM

Questioning FBI actions does not require taking everything Trump says at face value.

Capital Matters

Electric Vehicles, Greenflation, and Competition

By Andrew Stuttaford 7:37 AM

There has often been more than a touch of magical thinking running through the way that electric vehicles are talked about.

NR PLUS Woke Culture

The Madness of the Modern Left

By Itxu Díaz 6:30 AM

Progressives reveal a truth about themselves in a dustup over a European campaign promoting diversity at the beach.

NR PLUS Film & TV

Summering Is a Real Bummer

By Matthew Lickona 6:30 AM

An attempt to capture the ineffable feelings of kids as summer ends falls flat.

NR PLUS Art

Is the British Museum Losing Its Elgin Marbles, by Choice?

By Brian T. Allen 6:30 AM

Murmurs grow loud over surrendering its Parthenon sculptures to the Greeks.

NR PLUS Politics & Policy

America Doesn’t Need a ‘Caesar’

By Jack Butler 6:30 AM

We should look to America’s founding principles, not a fantasy of strongman rule, to answer today’s political challenges.

NR PLUS Law & the Courts

Trump Warrant Furthers Justice Department’s January 6 Investigation

By Andrew C. McCarthy 6:30 AM

Already, we can see that the investigation is far broader than just the mishandling of classified information.

NR PLUS Education

Conservatives Are Right to Be Skeptical of SEL

By Daniel Buck 6:30 AM

SEL now encompasses far more than ‘social emotional learning.’ It’s a Trojan horse for progressive pieties in education.

National Review

A Summer Well Spent

By Jack Wolfsohn August 12, 2022

As I head off to Brown this fall, I will take the myriad lessons I have learned at NR and put them to good use.

World

China Preparing to Move Forces to the Atlantic, Says French Naval Chief

By Jimmy Quinn August 12, 2022

It’s building a fleet of icebreakers for that purpose.