IN THE August 24, 2020, ISSUE The Celestial Afterlife of Karl Marx By Kevin D. Williamson Why Marx continues to fascinate would-be revolutionaries.
The Past, Present, and Future of the Conservative Legal Movement The Past, Present, and Future of the Conservative Legal Movement By Carrie Campbell Severino & Frank Scaturro
Barr’s Dilemma: How to Get Politics Out of the Justice Department Barr’s Dilemma: How to Get Politics Out of the Justice Department By Andrew C. McCarthy
The Conservative Embrace of Hungary’s Viktor Orban Is Misguided The Conservative Embrace of Hungary’s Viktor Orban Is Misguided By Dalibor Rohac
Politics & Policy Democrats Might Regret Killing the Filibuster By Luke Thompson The nuclear option would change Congress for the worse.
Law & the Courts The Past, Present, and Future of the Conservative Legal Movement By Carrie Campbell Severino & Frank Scaturro A lot has changed in 15 years, with hopes for more to come.
Law & the Courts The Effects of Obergefell, Five Years Later By John Hirschauer The Supreme Court’s gay-marriage decision undermined traditional notions about the differences between men and women.
Politics & Policy The Celestial Afterlife of Karl Marx By Kevin D. Williamson Why Marx continues to fascinate would-be revolutionaries.
Politics & Policy Barr’s Dilemma: How to Get Politics Out of the Justice Department By Andrew C. McCarthy The Democrats’ case against the attorney general is wildly distorted.
World The Conservative Embrace of Hungary’s Viktor Orban Is Misguided By Dalibor Rohac Authoritarianism and corruption don’t become justifiable just because they are practiced by a nemesis of the Left.
Books The Gods We Worship in a Secular Age By Patrick T. Brown A review of Strange Rites: New Religions for a Godless World, by Tara Isabella Burton.
Books William Tecumseh Sherman: A Warrior in Full By Rich Lowry A review of The Scourge of War: The Life of William Tecumseh Sherman, by Brian Holden Reid.
Books The Costs of Virtue-Signaling By Spencer Case A review of Grandstanding: The Use and Abuse of Moral Talk, by Justin Tosi and Brandon Warmke.
Music A Composer Who Matters By Jay Nordlinger Penderecki had his own vision, all life through, and he was faithful to it, whatever it was at any given time.
Garner the Grammarian It Ain’t a Word! By Bryan A. Garner So if you’ve been saying that certain terms are “not words,” please cease and desist forthwith. What you can say is that it’s a nonword.
Film & TV Dan Stevens: A Not-Quite-Star Worth Watching By Ross Douthat Dan Stevens has become not a movie star, but a genuinely interesting and entertaining movie actor.
The Week The Week By NR Editors In memory of the late Herman Cain, please join us in saying nine Hail Marys, nine Our Fathers, and nine Glory Bes.
Athwart Fear of Fear Itself By James Lileks They can’t say “women” because half of Twitter would send the winged monkeys to attack anyone who said men can’t have cervixes.
The Long View For Immediate Release By Rob Long Ricky Ricardo, popular bandleader at New York’s Tropicana Club, announced today that he is “taking a step back” from his position.
Happy Warrior Zen and the Art of Mask Maintenance By Heather Wilhelm Consider wearing a mask. At the very least you can smuggle out some French fries next time you go out to eat.