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IN THE May 4, 2015, ISSUE

The Rebel Sheriff

In January 2013, a 32-second radio advertisement was broadcast in Milwaukee, and — quite by accident — a political star was born. Hoping to encourage local residents to play a ...

Articles

Politics & Policy

Every Mystery Machine must have its Velma. You’ll remember Velma Dinkley, the grim-faced young fogey of the Scooby-Doo gang: turtleneck and knee socks, orange; pleated skirt and pumps, red; spectacle lenses ...

Politics & Policy

The RFRA Furor

By Ramesh Ponnuru

Nothing better illustrates the sheer irrationality of the national furor over the religious-freedom law passed by Indiana than the absence of a national furor over the religious-freedom law passed by ...

Politics & Policy

Obama’s Iran Capitulation

By Mario Loyola

During the 1970s, Americans hotly debated whether we should approach the Soviet Union in the spirit of “détente” or confront it and, if possible, roll it back, but virtually everyone ...

Politics & Policy

The Even-Steven Temptation

By Jay Nordlinger

When I was growing up, the worst thing you could be was a racist. (And racism was often defined with grotesque, malicious looseness.) The second-worst thing you could be, probably, ...

Features

Politics & Policy

The Rebel Sheriff

By Charles C. W. Cooke

In January 2013, a 32-second radio advertisement was broadcast in Milwaukee, and — quite by accident — a political star was born. Hoping to encourage local residents to play a ...

Politics & Policy

John Doe’s Tyranny

By David French

‘They came with a battering ram.” Cindy Archer, one of the lead architects of Wisconsin’s Act 10 — also called the “Wisconsin Budget Repair Bill,” it limited public-employee benefits and altered ...

Politics & Policy

Fear Not the Robot

By Danny Crichton

Every few years, we experience a wave of concern over the rise of robots and its effect on jobs. Automation, we hear, will rid the economy of human labor, replacing ...

Politics & Policy

Drydock Time

By Jerry Hendrix

A battle of the hawks is raging on Capitol Hill. Defense hawks say the nation’s security will be endangered if the caps imposed under the 2011 Budget Control Act aren’t ...

Books, Arts & Manners

Politics & Policy

Bold Fusion

By John Hood

By the second page of the introduction, I knew I would like this book. American conservatism is “marked by its unorthodoxy and its radicalism,” observes the British-born National Review writer ...

Politics & Policy

Genres without Borders

By Otto Penzler

Everything changed in 1922. Until then, novelists were novelists. End of story. So to speak. Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, and Emily Brontë wrote beautiful, moving narratives that examined the relationships between men ...

Politics & Policy

In the Crucible

By Michael F. Bishop

From 1754 to 1763, Britain and France were locked in a bitter, bloody struggle for control of North America. The conflict, which spread across the globe, could be considered the ...

Politics & Policy

Where the Buck Stopped

By Craig Shirley

Years from now, presidential historians will still be saying a silent “Thank you” to Marty and Annelise Anderson and Kiron Skinner for editing Reagan in His Own Hand, Reagan: A ...

Politics & Policy

Way to Live

By Kathryn Jean Lopez

‘Strength and gentleness go hand in hand.” That’s one of the lessons Dana Perino learned from her grandfather early on, living the ranching life in Wyoming. Her new book is ...

Sections

Politics & Policy

Letters

By NR Staff

Learning from Dorothy Jay Nordlinger’s piece on Dorothy L. Sayers (“Sing It, Dorothy”) in the April 6 issue of National Review spoke to my heart. More than a decade ago I ...

Politics & Policy

The Week

By NR Staff

‐ In the tense negotiations over a nuclear deal with Iran, Obama swore he would make no concessions to America’s most dangerous enemy. Unfortunately for him, Congress held firm. ‐ Farmer’s ...

Athwart

Rand’s Riposte

By James Lileks

Hillary is running for president, a turn of events so shocking you could knock me over with a feather or a dossier of her Senate accomplishments. Expect the press to ...

The Long View

National Security Agency Radio-Frequency Monitoring

By Rob Long

LOCATION: DUNBAR, OHIO FREQUENCY: 287.90 GHz BEGIN EXTRACT [Static.] Male Voice: “Can you hear me, Mrs. Clinton? Nod and wave if you can hear me?” Female Voice: “What’s she doing?” Second Female Voice: “Is she waving? We ...

Politics & Policy

Poetry

By Jennifer Reeser

FOR MARIA SHARAPOVA Harder, harder, harder — slam the ball Down through the claws of those opposing hands. The prince and duchess, present in the stands, Will soon invite you into Anmer Hall. They recognize ...

Happy Warrior

Who Is for Hillary

By Daniel Foster

Below, for posterity, a partial list of the things that happened in the first 24 hours of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign: Clinton’s announcement, the circumstances of which she had nearly ...

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