David French

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  Mar 11, 2015

  Congratulations University of Oklahoma: In Your Outrage You Just Violated the Law

  This week several University of Oklahoma frat boys were caught on tape singing a vile, racist song. The video triggered a tidal wave of outrage on and off campus. A top football recruit "de-committed" to OU and committed to Alabama, the national fraternity expelled the local OU chapter, and students, coaches, professors, and administrators marched in protest.

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  Mar 4, 2015

  Our Military Must Do More to Teach About the True Nature of the Enemy

  Late last week The New York Times ran an essay by a Marine infantry officer, Timothy Kudo, based on Mr. Kudo's experience giving orders to kill men in Afghanistan. He didn't pull the trigger, but he gave the orders — often viewing the action on grainy screens.

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  Feb 27, 2015

  'Macho Christianity' Isn't the Problem, Gimmick Christianity Is

  Pastors are people, and people are sinful. When pastors become celebrities, they are subject to the same temptations as all celebrities. That's no excuse.

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  Feb 20, 2015

  Why People Carry Guns: A Response to David Frum

  In the remote chance that an otherwise-thoughtful person was actually arguing that the people who most want to exercise a constitutional right are the "very last people on earth" who should be allowed to exercise that right, I thought I'd take a moment to explain why a person carries.

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  Feb 12, 2015

  It's Hard to Imagine Anything More Vile and Un-American Than Murdering Muslims for Their Faith

  Like everyone else at NRO, I'm disgusted by the horrific murders of three young Muslims in North Carolina.

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  Feb 6, 2015

  Brian Williams and the Tyranny of Ego

  Like so many others, I find it impossible to believe Brian Williams simply "made a mistake." At the risk of indulging in armchair pop psychology, I'd say it's far more likely that a titanic ego collided with reality, and reality lost.

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  Feb 4, 2015

  The Persecution of Gordon College

  In the new climate of liberal intolerance, conservative Christians can't even find refuge by agreeing with Elizabeth Warren. Just ask Michael Lindsay, president of Gordon College.

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  Jan 30, 2015

  American Sniper and the Far Left's Culture-War Losing Streak

  American Sniper isn't just a hit, it's on its way to a colossal box-office return. It's already the tenth-highest grossing movie of 2014 and is well on its way to the top three — this despite a furious backlash from the Left, with rhetoric that routinely borders on the hysterical.

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  Jan 23, 2015

  Late-Term Abortion Ban: Political Courage Isn't Even Real Courage

  And yet our "leaders" can't quite seem to muster up even that level of faux backbone. The House bailed on a late-term abortion ban? Really?

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  Jan 20, 2015

  American Sniper Has Created a Cultural Moment: Here's Why

  First — and most important — it's a phenomenal movie. America is awash in "message movies," left and on the right. While there are some people who'll attend movies just to make a statement, most of us want to see good movies, with the right statement merely an optional bonus. American Sniper is better than good.