Live Action finds a Planned Parenthood worker encouraging a woman to have a late-term abortion because she wants a boy, not a girl. This latest video, one in an investigative series, comes from Austin, Texas, and launches a protectourgirls.com website.
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Understanding the Mind of Modern Atheists
‘Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away” (Matthew 24:35). Anthony DeStefano uses this Bible quote toward the end of his new book Inside the Atheist Mind: Unmasking the Religion of Those Who Say There Is No God, pointing to the resiliency and truth of Christianity. “You can hide it, ...
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Is Demography Still Destiny in U.S. Politics?
I look at some trends over at Bloomberg View.
Bonus content: Answering readers on Social Security.
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How the Constitution Limits State Taxes
Must a company have a physical presence in a state for that state to require it to collect taxes? The Supreme Court is considering that question, which has grown more important as online sales have taken off. The Competitive Enterprise Institute has submitted an excellent brief arguing that the answer is yes, at ...
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Off the Shelf: Suicide of the West
Editor’s Note: Every week, Michael Brendan Dougherty writes an “Off the Shelf” column sharing casual observations on the books he's reading and the passing scene.
Before social media, Jonah Goldberg would respond to obstreperous emails from a much younger version of me with a characteristically light ...
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Media Outlets Ignore Key Data in New Abortion-Attitudes Survey
A new poll on abortion attitudes by the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) has received a considerable amount of media coverage this week. Interestingly, the survey asks not only about attitudes toward legal abortion but also asks respondents to self-report whether or not their attitudes toward abortion ...
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A Marquette Professor Fights for His Speech Rights
‘Written perhaps by the ghost of Orwell.”
That is how Wisconsin supreme-court justice Michael Gableman described the Marquette University Faculty Hearing Committee (FHC) report that led to the 2015 termination of tenured professor John McAdams.
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Yesterday the court ...
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Facebook Changes Are Far from Straightforward
Facebook's critics often seem to suggest that there are easy and straightforward solutions to the tech giant's challenges.
For example, it is often argued that Facebook should simply label political and issue ads and show who paid for them. This sounds easy, but it faces a perennial challenge in regulating ...
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The Scholarship/Activism Balance — A Rejoinder
The Martin Center recently published an article by sociology professor Fabio Rojas, in which he argued that professors should maintain the right balance between their teaching and scholarship on the one hand, and activism on the other. In today's article, the Center's Jay Schalin pushes back somewhat.
Schalin ...
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Comey’s Handling of Hillary Clinton Shows Us That He’s No Hero
After being pressed by former top Bill Clinton political aide George Stephanopoulos on ABC News, James Comey admitted that he had “screwed up a couple of things.”
The former FBI director wasn’t talking about his failure to notify then–president-elect Donald Trump that unsubstantiated rumors paid for by ...
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We Happy Few: The NR 2018 Spring Webathon Needs Your Participation
Here, grab my hand and I’ll yank you up atop the ramparts with us so you can join the fight against the enemies of all we hold dear. Of course, we’ll need some ammunition: Can you spare some? National Review’s fight is your fight: It’s a grim one without the participation of a full complement of that band ...
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