IN THE July 29, 2019, ISSUE
A Herd Has No Mind
Of mob politics and the decline of reasoned discourse.
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Features
Books, Arts & Manners
A Plan to Cut the Murder Rate That Conservatives Should Get Behind
A review of Bleeding Out: The Devastating Consequences of Urban Violence—and a Bold New Plan for Peace in the Streets, by Thomas Abt.
Founders of the Frontier: David McCullough Discovers Ohio’s Puritan Pioneers
A review of The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West, by David McCullough.
Nelson Algren: Chicago’s Bard of the Downtrodden
A review of Never a Lovely So Real: The Life and Work of Nelson Algren,
by Colin Asher.
Sections
Girth Dearth
According to the Left, it is bad to stigmatize the mentally ill, but unless you have the proper opinions on social issues, you have a mental illness.
Third Presidential Debate
Transcript of a debate between President Trump and Marianne Williamson.
Army Base, South of Jerusalem, Friday Night
In the first deep darkness, during lit candles and prayer, I walked alone past the mess hall with my phone.
The Party of Crazy
Should we abolish the private health insurance that 217 million Americans now carry? Yep! says Sandinista Bill de Blasio. Sure! says Bolshie Bernie Sanders.