The Magic 8 Ball having been questioned — “Will you, the reader of this Corner post, make a tax-deductible donation to support National Review Institute’s emerging Center for Unalienable Rights?” — and shaken, while we awaited with great anticipation, it has returned the answer: Yes. Evidence is above.

That’s the same answer we got when we asked “Is it important to launch the center?” We all know that those vital, Creator-endowed rights — free speech, free worship, open debate, tolerance, due process, and more (the right to own a gun!) — are under relentless attack by the Left, and that conservatism needs more focused and dedicated efforts to counterattack and to defend the . . . unalienable.

Hence the center, which NRI fellow David French, a champion of liberty (listen to his new weekly podcast, The Liberty Files) will lead. Via this brief webathon, NRI is seeking to raise $100,000 to support the center’s launch — and a very generous supporter has agreed to match any funds donated between now and the campaign’s end (July 31) dollar for dollar, up to a hundred grand. Wow.

So please, the cause of liberty needs your help, the center will be an excellent way to stand by and for our rights, and, after all, the Magic 8 Ball has ruled (If we lose this effort, can you imagine how liberals would dictate the Ball’s answers?!). So please give generously. Again, you can make that important tax-deductible donation here.