National Review

No More Drama

D. R. Tucker | Posted 05.29.2012

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I could spend months detailing my differences with John Derbyshire regarding American race relations. However, one of his observations about politics and race is uncomfortably true.

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The Conservative Fantasy History Of Civil Rights

New York Magazine | Posted 05.22.2012

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The civil rights movement, once a controversial left-wing fringe, has grown deeply embedded into the fabric of our national story. This is a salutary ...

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Elizabeth Warren Plagiarism Allegations Debunked

Posted 05.19.2012

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National Review writer Katrina Trinko ended up with egg on her face Friday evening after accusing Democratic senate candidate Elizabeth Warren of plag...

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Racist Ex-National Review Writer Resurfaces With New Column

Posted 05.15.2012

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John Derbyshire, the columnist whose racist writing led to his ejection from National Review, has resurfaced with a new piece unapologetically praisin...

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Romney Woos Conservative Media In Private Meeting

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 05.03.2012

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NEW YORK -- In an effort to reach out to conservative media, presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney and wife Ann met for two hours Wednesday with ...

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National Review Drops Another Racist Contributor

Posted 04.11.2012

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National Review announced that it cut ties with another contributor over racism on Tuesday. The conservative journal let go of University of Illin...

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Conservative Magazine Fires Writer Who Penned Racist Screed

The Huffington Post | Benjamin Hart and Jack Mirkinson | Posted 04.07.2012

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The conservative magazine National Review has fired John Derbyshire, a prominent columnist who provoked outrage Friday with a column published in the ...

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Popular Conservative Columnist Pens Shocking Column About Race

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 04.07.2012

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UPDATE: National Review editor Rich Lowry announced on Saturday that John Derbyshire had been fired in the wake of his column. A writer for the con...

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Message To Young Conservatives: Pursue Journalism

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 02.13.2012

WASHINGTON -- While Republican candidates score points slamming the media from the stump, prominent conservatives, gathered in Washington D.C. for the...

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Ward Connerly's Income Inequality

D. R. Tucker | Posted 03.24.2012

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If it's true that Connerly opposed public-sector affirmative action merely as a way to line his own pockets, then he has to be considered the right's biggest embarrassment since Armstrong Williams.

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In Republican Debates, Ideology Trumps Intelligent Immigration Policy

Fernando Espuelas | Posted 03.24.2012

As last week's "pile-up" showed, it's time to reveal the candidates' proposed solutions for the wrecks they truly are.

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Grumpy Conservatives Survey Post-Iowa Scene

Dan Kennedy | Posted 03.05.2012

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The Pollyanna award goes to Ross Douthat of the New York Times, who thinks caucus-goers did themselves proud last night. "Presented with the weakest presidential field of any major party in a generation," he writes, "they made the best of a bad situation."

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Both Sides Now: Iraq -- End of an Error

HuffPost Radio | Posted 12.18.2011

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If the base can't embrace Mitt's switches and Newt's swagger, is it their fault or voters unhinged by Fox and Obama?

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Premiere Conservative Publication Says No To Gingrich

The Huffington Post | Chris Gentilviso | Posted 12.15.2011

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In recent months, polls have been kind to GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich. Voters appear to be jumping to the side of the former House Speaker,...

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National Review's Jack Fowler: Occupy Is 'Street Theater' Staged By 'a Bunch of Doofuses'

John Stoehr | Posted 02.01.2012

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Instead all the focus being on Washington, the focus in now on Wall Street, which is exactly where the GOP does not want you to focus.

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The Campaign Against the Campaign Against Health

Rupert Russell | Posted 12.10.2011

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This week a few brave politicians stood up to protest the political attacks aimed squarely at women's health.

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Is Obama Like LeBron?

Posted 10.31.2011

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Consider the parallels. Both are remarkably gifted, precocious, African-American men. Both were raised by single mothers. Both had their oversized tal...

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A Decision That Fails Columbia University's Students and Mandate

Bruce Friedrich | Posted 05.25.2011

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Last Thursday I was supposed to engage Columbia debaters on the ethics of using animals for food. Five hours before the event was to commence, I found myself disinvited by the university.

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Words Matter: How Media Can Build Civility or Destroy It

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 05.25.2011

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We can't know at this point what role media provocation may have played in Loughner's decision. Indeed, his actions raise as many questions about our policies on gun ownership and mental illness as they do about our political climate.

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Tpaw and the Campaign 'Autohagiography'

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.25.2011

Now is the time for all presidential candidates to come to the aid of their egos. Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty this week joined Newt Gingri...

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You Are What You Read

George Mitrovich | Posted 05.25.2011

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Of all the bookstore and newsstands I have been blessed to browse none matches the selection of quarterly publications and magazines of substance offered by Paras -- none.

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Mandate Schmandate: The GOP is Drinking Their Own Kool Aid

Brian Ross | Posted 05.25.2011

Kool Aid is the official beverage of the GOP. They've been drinking too much of it if they think that taking the House of Representatives is a mandate...

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Criticism of Federal Courts for Terrorism Trials Once Again Falls Flat

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 05.25.2011

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The military is simply not in a position to conduct the sort of complex criminal investigations that are the FBI's specialty. Soldiers are trained to fight battles in a war zone; the FBI is trained to collect, preserve and analyze evidence in a crime scene.

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New Research Reveals Why People Believe Falsehoods About Obama

Douglas LaBier | Posted 11.17.2011

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Recent research on the psychology behind political smear campaigns indicates that some people believe slurs and falsehoods about a person if they perceive that person as different.

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Once Again, National Review On The Wrong Side Of American Values

Matthew Duss | Posted 05.25.2011

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Historically, on the key questions of American civil rights and equality, the American conservative establishment has almost always been on the wrong side.

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