What Are We Conserving?
Plus: What Ukraine Is Winning in Kursk
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MONA CHAREN: What Are We Conserving?
WHEN MY FRIEND DAVID FRENCHāNew York Times columnist, pro-life evangelical, and lifelong conservativeāannounced that he would be voting for Kamala Harris, it was like dropping a Porterhouse steak amid a pride of lions. The Dispatchās Jonah Goldberg wrote a rebuttal, asserting, among other things, that āendorsements trigger an instinctual desire to defend them after the fact.ā
Nick Catoggio, also of the Dispatch, noted with his usual percipience that āneutrality between Trump and Harris implies that conserving the constitutional order isnāt an important priority of conservatism. Or at least no more important than, say, fiscal responsibility or restricting abortion is.ā There was much sparring on social media.
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CATHY YOUNG: What Ukraine Is Winning in Kursk
AS UKRAINEāS OPERATIONS in Russiaās Kursk region unfolded earlier this month, the anti-Ukraine cornerāsuch as foreign policy ārealistā John Mearsheimer, echoed by self-styled expert David Sacks on social mediaāconfidently asserted that the incursion was āa foolish ideaā and āa major strategic blunderā which would hasten Ukraineās defeat. Itās too early to claim that the Kursk incursion is a strategic masterstroke, but to call it a calamity defies all evidence.
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Happy Wednesday! The heatwave continues in the Buckeye State, but luckily thereās no shortage of ice cream here in the Queen City.
Trumpās Evangelical Supporters Just Lost Their Best Excuseā¦ Peter Wehner, at The Atlantic, writes: āThe pro-life justification for supporting the former president has now collapsed.ā š
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Congrats, Claseā¦ Who tied the Guardians record for saves today.
A1C Dylan Bautistaā¦ From Heartache to Heritage (Ben Waterloo, GCV+F)
Doug Sosnik on Harris v. Trumpā¦ After the Convention and Before the Debate, a Conversation with Bill Kristol.
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JD Vance losing it in Erie Countyā¦ Telling an audience that really, Kamala Harris wants his job.
This summer, MrBeast finally encountered something he canāt optimize his way out ofā¦ public opinion. (Garbage Day)
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