Americans love a winner and they will not tolerate a loser.
Whether or not General George Patton said those exact words, the readers of National Review are certainly proving them true today.
For 67 years, National Review has stood tall in opposing the overreach of a revolutionary Left and the unserious cranks of the far Right. It hasn’t always been easy. But we’ve won more often than we’ve lost, and from the very beginning, our readers, subscribers, and friends have been proving wrong all those who have predicted our imminent demise. Even today, characters such as Donald Trump breathlessly claim that NR is “failing” and just a day or two away from closing up shop.
Well, I’m sorry to break it to the Donald and our many critics, but we’re not going anywhere.
And that’s entirely thanks to you.
This morning, we surpassed $75,000 for the webathon that was initially set to run just a few days. The response from readers like you, however, has been so astounding that we’ve extended it.
You see, NR has never had a single Mr. Monopoly–type who backs us financially. We’re not, like the Washington Post, owned by Jeff Bezos. We’re not, like the Atlantic, owned by Laurene Powell Jobs.
For nearly seven decades, National Review has been kept humming by subscribers, readers, and small-dollar donors. We’re proud of that, and we prefer accountability to our readers over being forced to toe the line of any controlling owner or donor. That independence gives us the freedom to tell the truth as we see it, always; to tell the truth about America and the best way forward for her under a conservative vision that’s pro-citizen and pro-family, even when it’s unpopular or when those on the left or right try to shout us down and shut us up.
Because of you, they’ve never been able to do that. If you think the work we’ve been doing at NR is worth your support, please consider contributing to the National Review webathon — we’ve just increased our goal to $100K! — in any amount: $5, $10, $50, $100, $1,000, or whatever you can.
No amount is too small. We’re conservatives, after all, and we believe that institutions are held together by everyone doing his or her respective part. To all who’ve contributed, to all those who’ve subscribed, to all our readers — thank you.
