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Today — May 17th 2024The Corner | National Review

Harrison Butker Is Right on the Latin Mass

By: Michael Brendan Dougherty · Michael Brendan Dougherty
The TLM is out of favor with the current pope but very much a banner cause for certain young Catholics. 

Kansas City Chiefs place kicker Harrison Butker talks to the media during Super Bowl LVIII Opening Night at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nev., February 5, 2024.
Before yesterdayThe Corner | National Review

Free Labor, Free Men

By: Michael Brendan Dougherty · Michael Brendan Dougherty
Illegal immigration is a way of habitually placing employer relations before, above, or beyond the law. It should offend a free people. 

Migrants cross the border from Mexico to the U.S. side of the Rio Grande, seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, March 20, 2024.

The Bear Swings for the Fences

By: Michael Brendan Dougherty · Michael Brendan Dougherty
The show drives some viewers to the edge but offers big emotional payoffs.

R.I.P. Boy Scouts

By: Michael Brendan Dougherty · Michael Brendan Dougherty
Scouting America, like all other organizations dedicated to progressive values, offers no compelling reason to join or maintain it. 

Trent Torres of Boy Scouts of America Troop 959 salutes after placing an American flag on a gravesite at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in preparation for Memorial Day in Point Loma, San Diego, Calif., May 27, 2023.

Moscow’s War to Compel the West

By: Michael Brendan Dougherty · Michael Brendan Dougherty
The Biden administration should think seriously about its legacy and whether it wants to negotiate for itself or potentially allow Trump to do it. 

Russian president Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with winners of the Leaders of Russia national management competition at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, March 12, 2024.

Do We Win by Losing?

By: Michael Brendan Dougherty · Michael Brendan Dougherty
The primary reason to avoid war with Russia isn’t humiliation but the fear of escalation to avoid humiliation. 

Service members of the 37th Marine Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces ride atop a French AMX-10 RC armored fighting vehicle during military drills at an undisclosed location in southern Ukraine, April 3, 2024.

What’s Your Crank Opinion?

By: Michael Brendan Dougherty · Michael Brendan Dougherty
Why are they constantly trying to replace the petroleum products that go into my car but simultaneously promoting their use as human clothing?

Manhunt and Constitutional Turmoil

By: Michael Brendan Dougherty · Michael Brendan Dougherty
The series, about the search for Abraham Lincoln’s killer, reminds us of how our institutions were able to recover from crisis.

Burgum-mentum

By: Michael Brendan Dougherty · Michael Brendan Dougherty
The North Dakota governor is reportedly ascending Trump’s list of potential running-mate picks.

Answering Mark on Ukraine

By: Michael Brendan Dougherty · Michael Brendan Dougherty
To take on Ukraine as our security and economic dependent would be to add another giant set of debits to our overdrawn account of promises. 

New recruits of the First Da Vinci Wolves Separate Mechanized Battalion, named after Dmytro Kotsiubailo, attend a military exercise in an undisclosed location in central Ukraine, March 12, 2024.

A Clean, Calm Debate between Me and Noah on Ukraine

By: Michael Brendan Dougherty · Michael Brendan Dougherty
Each of our conclusions about Ukraine rests on a series of disagreements about other factors. 

Potential recruits who aspire to join the Third Separate Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces take part in a basic military testing course in Kyiv, Ukraine, March 27, 2024.

A Majority Are for Mass Deportations

By: Michael Brendan Dougherty · Michael Brendan Dougherty
Axios is out with eye-popping results from a poll it ran. 

U.S. Army National Guard soldiers repair a razor wire-laden fence along the bank of the Rio Grande after it was breached by migrants who crossed from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, into El Paso, Texas, April 23, 2024.

Expel, Don’t Arrest

By: Michael Brendan Dougherty · Michael Brendan Dougherty
Student protesters are counting on activists on the disciplinary board to save them. Make sure it can’t happen.

Donald Trump Is a Low-Key Ukraine Hawk

By: Michael Brendan Dougherty · Michael Brendan Dougherty
Take it from someone who has now criticized four presidents in a row for the drift of America’s Ukraine policy. 

Then-resident Donald Trump speaks to reporters after participating in a Thanksgiving video teleconference with members of the armed forces at the White House, November 26, 2020.

Folly, Misdirection, and Mayhem: My Dissent

By: Michael Brendan Dougherty · Michael Brendan Dougherty
The Ukraine bill does very little to change the situation for Ukraine. 

A serviceman of the 12th Special Forces Brigade Azov of the National Guard of Ukraine prepares a shell with an inscription "for Kharkiv" for a howitzer at a position in a front line in Donetsk Region, Ukraine, April 5, 2024.

Rehearsal for Revolution

By: Michael Brendan Dougherty · Michael Brendan Dougherty
People who don’t have strong convictions will begin joining the anti-Israel protests just because it’s a highly adrenalized ‘scene.’ 

Demonstrators protest in solidarity with Pro-Palestinian organizers on the Columbia University campus in New York City, April 18, 2024.

Republican Hawks Plan to Defend Ukraine with Insults

By: Michael Brendan Dougherty · Michael Brendan Dougherty
Republicans who want to pass Ukraine aid should try to rebut the actual arguments made against it. 

Senator J. D. Vance (R., Ohio) walks at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., September 12, 2023.

The Wrecking Ball Comes for East Coast Catholicism

By: Michael Brendan Dougherty · Michael Brendan Dougherty
Baltimore used to be home to more than a quarter million Catholics. Reported Sunday Mass attendance across the diocese is down to just 2,000 parishioners.
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