National Review Magazine July 31, 2017, Issue

IN THE July 31, 2017, ISSUE

A Game for Our Time

By David French

The eerily contemporary morality of Game of Thrones.

Political Idols

By David Harsanyi

On the Road

By Ross Douthat

Poetry

By Jennifer Reeser

Restoration of the Village

By James Matthew Wilson

Articles

Politics & Policy

The Pocketbook Party

By Dan McLaughlin

Republicans should focus on the cost of living.

Economy & Business

A Wage-Growth Conundrum

By Robert VerBruggen

Even in a recovery, workers aren’t gaining much, and no one knows why.

Politics & Policy

Republicans Adrift

By Ramesh Ponnuru

Power without accomplishments.

White House

Bannon’s Bracket

By Reihan Salam

In defense of the White House strategist’s call for a higher top tax rate.

Politics & Policy

The Sanders Scandal

By Kevin D. Williamson

Are Bernie and his wife guilty of fraud and corruption?

National Security & Defense

‘Up!’

By Ian Tuttle

Imagining battle in a Sherman tank.

Features

Film & TV

A Game for Our Time

By David French

The eerily contemporary morality of Game of Thrones.

Science & Tech

The Tech Amnesty

By Jeremy Carl

Silicon Valley leaders favor mass immigration, for no good reason.

Education

Teaching to the Rest

By Oren Cass

High-school education should meet the needs of all students.

Books, Arts & Manners

Politics & Policy

The Reagan Strategy

By John Fund

Ronald Reagan and the Return of Blue-Collar Conservatism

Books

Two Encounters of a Classic Kind

By Jay Nordlinger

The Challenges of Modernity, from the Pre-Victorians to the Postmodernists, and Essays of Kenneth Minogue

Books

Being Somewhere

By John Fonte

The Populist Revolt and the Future of Politics

Books

The Democratic Cause

By Katherine Howell

Stories from the Long Road to Freedom

Books

Restoration of the Village

By James Matthew Wilson

The Erosion of Midwestern Literary and Historical Regionalism

Film & TV

On the Road

By Ross Douthat

Edgar Wright has finally made an action flick for real.

Sections

Letters

By NR Editors

Mary McCarthy’s Moment Peter Tonguette’s review of Mary McCarthy: The Complete Fiction (July 10) argues that the novelist had large ambitions but “came up short every time.” Yet he never mentions ...

The Week

By NR Editors

‐ Collude with the Russians? Trump’s people can’t even collude with each other. ‐ Away from Washington and the American media environment, President Trump gave a stirring and perceptive speech in ...

The Long View

From the Archives of the Donald J. Trump Presidential Library

By Rob Long

The Collected Diaries of Donald J. Trump, Chapter 8: “The Ascent to Power”

Athwart

Real Men Wear Aprons

By James Lileks

The president’s recent defense of Western civilization wasn’t just a dog whistle to the alt-right. It was a cur clarion!

Poetry

By Jennifer Reeser

FROM LACK OF LOVE, I WILL NOT EVER DIE . . . From lack of love, I will not ever die, so may the stingy, cold, and lordly rage imprisoned with pride inside ...

Happy Warrior

Political Idols

By David Harsanyi

Many of my fellow citizens have not only abandoned God, as I have, but have shelved a bunch of His good ideas as well.

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