Michael Brendan Dougherty
author of My Father Left Me Ireland due out this spring. Senior Writer, National Review. Founder of The Slurve
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The Mag: Luck's record year
In ESPN The Magazine, Michael Brendan Doughtery writes on Andrew Luck's incredible rookie season and how he has far exceeded expectations.
Michael Brendan Dougherty
Here’s that Andrew Luck story, from that year’s annual Next issue
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Liberty and Slavery Have Always Been Wrapped Up With Each Other
The question of how to work out the relationship between them is fundamental to understanding American history.
Michael Brendan Dougherty
I think this @jbouie column acknowledges the main point I wanted to make in the debates occasioned by the 1619 project. It's good.
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The Case of Roland Fryer | Glenn Loury & John McWhorter [The Glenn Show]
1:12 The sexual harassment charges against Harvard economist Roland Fryer 12:19 Glenn: Fryer is a victim of the flawed Title IX regime 20:46 John: “Roland ha...
Courage and Discretion Go Together
Discussing whether it should be legal for major media companies to enable mob-driven defamation is part of using the Constitution and our voice.
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Michael Brendan Dougherty
I think @DavidAFrench and @politicalmath are both right. But I’m open to some of Shapiro’s ideas as legitimate legal protections we can happily share with our rivals on the left.
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A Slow News Month for Trump
We’re not going to have the time for serious reflection or thought at all if we let Trump have all the attention he covets.
Memories of Maine
The coast of Maine seems fully and productively absorbed not by some national debate or controversy but by its own business.
Michael Brendan Dougherty
Our editor asked me what I loved about America.
I belong to the cult of Maine. Even though I'm "from away."
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‘I respectfully dissent’: Justice Weinberg’s brave rebuttal of the case against Pell
“Having had regard to the whole of the evidence led at trial, and having deliberated long and hard over this matter, I find myself in the position of having genuine doubt as to [Pell’s] guilt.” Those…
Donald Trump Nominates Advocate Of 'Ethnonationalism' For Judgeship | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC
Rachel Maddow shares passages from a law journal article by Donald Trump federal court nominee Steven Menashi in which he argues democratic countries work be...
Their Mothers Chose Donor Sperm. The Doctors Used Their Own.
Scores of children born through artificial insemination have learned from DNA tests that their biological fathers were the doctors who performed the procedure.
Trump Talk About ‘Disloyal’ Jews Isn’t Just Anti-Semitic—It’s Anti-American
Photo Illustration by Kelly Caminero/The Daily Beast/GettyPresident Donald Trump’s latest remark about American Jews – that the 79% of us who support Democrats show “either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty” – isn’t just anti-Semitic....
Indian restaurant ordered to pay €3,000 over refusal to serve Indian customer
Ravi Shukla said he never received notification to appear at WRC and will appeal ruling
The Immigration Pincer Squeezes Trump from the Left and the Right
Immigration problems helped Trump win in 2016. They could defeat him in 2020.
Michael Brendan Dougherty
2019 is nothing like 2015 on immigration and Trump’s re-election effort will suffer for it.
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The Trump Tariff Twist That's Cost U.S. Steel $5.5 Billion
President Donald Trump’s tariffs on foreign steel have sped the decline of some of the U.S. mills he vowed to help.
China's Belt and Road Plan Is Destroying the World
Most Chinese-financed, coal-fired power plants built overseas use low-efficiency, subcritical coal technology, which produces some of the highest emissions of any form of power generation. Thus, China is destroying the environment.
Information operations directed at Hong Kong
We are disclosing a significant state-backed information operation focused on the situation in Hong Kong, specifically the protest movement and their calls for political change.
Peace Road Map for Afghanistan Will Let Taliban Negotiate Women’s Rights
Afghanistan must “be free of fear and abuse” under a final peace deal, says the country’s ambassador to Washington. An agreement between the U.S. and the Taliban, for new talks with Kabul, raises concerns that women may lose rights in future Afghan...
Nova Scotia Donairs hit the big screen!!!
This scene made me homesick for the food you can only get in Halifax!!! I've yet to find one anywhere else that tastes the same as the ones back home. I've t...
Michael Brendan Dougherty
The secret to my youthful attitude is thinking about this scene once a week and smiling.
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JOHN LOCKE AND THE TOLERATION OF CATHOLICS: A NEW MANUSCRIPT | The Historical Journal
JOHN LOCKE AND THE TOLERATION OF CATHOLICS: A NEW MANUSCRIPT - J. C. WALMSLEY, FELIX WALDMANN
It’s Time for Trump to Troll China
President Xi Jinping is conducting his disputes with the U.S. in an ungentlemanly manner. Why shouldn’t our commander-in-chief respond in kind?