Over on the home page, Andy McCarthy has penned a wonderful entreaty urging you to support National Review Institute’s End-of-Year appeal. Here’s a slice of it:
The new reality means our work must tackle policy implications in the crossroads between law enforcement and war-fighting, between liberty and security — such areas as immigration, detention, interrogation, intelligence collection, investigation, and trial of suspected terrorists and their support networks. For example, for years, I’ve been advocating that we move beyond the war-versus-crime debate and fashion a hybrid — a national-security court — that adopts the best of the military and civilian justice systems: protecting the national defense and classified information, enabling the intelligence-gathering that is vital in combating an enemy that strikes in stealth, but ensuring the commitment to due process that Americans rightly demand. The times we are living through demand that we consider new ways of doing things that are rooted in our constitutional ideals. Our enterprise continues to be a powerful platform for conveying that message.
Andy’s is just the latest of several takes on why NRI is vital to the conservative mission, the Buckley Legacy, and the core interests of our readers, with whom our cause has always been mutual: Rick Brookhiser explains the benefits to the conservative movement of NRI’s Regional Fellows Program; Kevin Williamson highlights NRI’s exceptional writer-training effort, better known as the William F. Buckley Fellowship in Political Journalism; Jay Nordlinger explains how important defending and advancing the Buckley Legacy is to NRI’s mission; David French explores NRI’s mission as a conservative institution in our shared culture; Jonah Goldberg looks at the breadth of NRI’s programs; Kathryn Jean Lopez discusses NRI’s focus on the big issues that affect our society; John O’Sullivan shares the inside story of how NRI was born, and how it flourishes.
The End-of-Year appeal seeks to raise $250,000 to support NRI’s array of exceptional programs. Your tax-deductible support is very much needed and appreciated. And from what we have heard (ask your financial advisor, or Uncle Louey the accountant), it could be to your advantage, given the new tax law, to make that charitable donation (and an even bigger one) before the last seconds of 2017 tick-tock into history. Donate here. Or if you prefer to donate by check, make it payable to “National Review Institute” and mail it to NRI at 19 West 44th Street, Suite 1701, New York, NY 10036. Also, should you wish to donate stock or to make a wire transfer: contact Aaron Robinow at 212-849-2806 or email him at Aaron@nrinstitute.org. NRI’s “EIN” number is 13-3649537.