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How to Be a One-Hit Wonder: The Ibram X. Kendi Story

Ibram X. Kendi, the man whose book, How to Be an Antiracist (along with its derivative satellites), was a fixture on the New York Times'...

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The Ignorant Pundits Hitting Hegseth over Steak and Lobster for the Troops

Sailors, Marines, soldiers, and airmen don't deserve creature comforts while fighting America's wars. This is what many high-ranking members...

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U.S. Submariners Score a Torpedo Kill

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced this morning that a U.S. Navy submarine killed an Iranian Moudge-class frigate, the IRIS Dena, in the Indian...

04.03.2026 5

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Winning Fixes Perceptions Better Than Stats

Dan and Jim have complementary pieces discussing Trump’s State of the Union and how it failed to advance the ball when it comes to the economy....

25.02.2026 10

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The Ford Will Accomplish Its Mission with or without Flushing Toilets

With the Ford Strike Group joining the Lincoln Strike Group in the Middle East, month-old news about the USS Gerald R. Ford's toilet issues has...

24.02.2026 8

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‘Farewell to My Trusty Toyota Tundra’

Dogs and automobiles define periods of our lives. Most everything momentous during their tenures involves one or the other and, ideally, both. John...

21.02.2026 10

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Alex Pretti Was More Than Just an Observer

10.02.2026 9

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A Reasonable Climate Change Overview, Courtesy of Reason

10.02.2026 20

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Goodell’s Monroe Doctrine

10.02.2026 10

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A Forgettable Half-Time Show at a Forgettable Super Bowl

09.02.2026 10

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Budweiser’s Brilliant ‘Free Bird’ Ad

09.02.2026 30

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The New York Times Edited and Buried Video of Pretti’s Earlier Confrontation with Federal Agents

30.01.2026 10

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ICE’s Ice Problem

27.01.2026 10

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Fire Matt LaFleur

13.01.2026 30

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America Has a Credit Addiction

13.01.2026 20

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Re: Minnesota’s Damnation

09.01.2026 8

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When America Starts to Get a Little Motion

04.01.2026 30

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Better Abridged Than Dusty

18.11.2025 7

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Tom Sawyer and Mel Selle

17.11.2025 10

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Wedding Bells in New England

03.11.2025 6

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‘No One Drives Forever’

31.07.2025 10

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Weekend Short: Chekhov’s ‘A Dead Body’

Author’s note: “Weekend Short” is a recurring column profiling short stories. Analysis from the readership is encouraged in the comments section....

27.07.2025 10

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What National Review Loves About America

04.07.2025 6

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The Yuppification of Cracker Barrel

01.07.2025 10

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Harvey Milk Is Undeserving of a Ship

06.06.2025 7

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DOGE Meets Its Old Yeller Conclusion

30.05.2025 8

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Terrorists Deserve an Expedited Death Penalty

23.05.2025 10

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O Lord Thou Pluckest

15.05.2025 10

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A Regular Guy Mishandling Classified Information Doesn’t Get the Hegseth Treatment

26.03.2025 8

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Weekend Short: Benjamin Rosenblatt’s ‘Zelig’

23.03.2025 10

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CYA, New York Times

20.03.2025 9

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‘Made in America’ Is the Way to Go

11.03.2025 9

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The First Pipe of Spring

10.03.2025 10

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Elon Musk Is an Essential Trump Employee

08.03.2025 20

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Chinese Spies in Our Military? Straight to Jail

08.03.2025 10

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Lenten Ash

06.03.2025 10

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It Is Time to Be Done with Ukraine

03.03.2025 7

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Time Is Trump’s Enemy

03.03.2025 8

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Kash Patel’s Triumph, as Told by an Alternative New York Times

22.02.2025 10

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Coffee with Grandma: The Podcast

18.02.2025 20

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Curling South of Lambeau

18.02.2025 7

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The Necessary Act of Cross-Checking Rude Canadians

18.02.2025 10

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Living with a Transgender Sailor

01.02.2025 10

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Transgenderism Has No Place in the Ranks

31.01.2025 9

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Weekend Short: Thomas Bailey Aldrich’s ‘Our New Neighbors at Ponkapog’

26.01.2025 10

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God Bless the Christmas Host

Hosting is bloomin’ hard . . . but incredibly rewarding. I didn’t appreciate just how complete the challenge hosting was until we did so this...

30.12.2024 8

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An NR Holiday Reader

I hope your Christmas and/or Hanukkah celebrations are treating you well. Since we're in the doldrums between the first day of Christmas and the...

28.12.2024 7

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