Plus, the power of pronouns

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CATEGORY: CONSERVATISM (14 min)


** A Conflict of Visions within Conservatism ([link removed])
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Sometimes you need to take a step back to see the big picture.

Writing in Law & Liberty, James Patterson
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Readers of Intercollegiate Review will recognize the tensions between old guard libertarians and national conservatives who want to use the power of administrative state.

Reading the tea-leaves at an ISI conference.

As Patterson
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And we won’t know how this debate will shake out, he argues, until we know who’s running for president in 2024.

But here’s something that might surprise you: Patterson thinks that “Democrats may need Trump more than Republicans do.”

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CATEGORY: LANGUAGE (4 min)


** A Different Exercise in Power ([link removed])
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Divisions aren’t unique to conservatives, of course: these days they also color our most basic parts of speech.

The editors at The New Criterion have a note on the ongoing war
about pronouns ([link removed]) —which, they argue, was bred in universities but now embroils our whole culture in idiocy.

You might enjoy some of the absurdities they document. But they make a very serious point: “The real prize in the pronoun wars is not correct grammar but the display of power and exertion of control.”

But you’ll need to
click through ([link removed]) to see what expert they bring in on this point. He (ze? They?) is, you might say, a good egg.

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Because our student editors and writers are bravely bringing conservative ideas to their campuses, we’re highlighting their efforts here.

BC Talk Discusses “How Toxic is Masculinity?” ([link removed]) via The Torch

"But Mom, Everyone Has a Snapchat!" ([link removed]) via the Texas Horn
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CATEGORY: HISTORY (3 min)


** Was There a “Divine Plan” to End the Cold War? ([link removed])
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The most unlikely friendships make the greatest stories. Bilbo and Gandalf. Lucy and Aslan. Woody and Buzz Lightyear.

But there was one unlikely friendship that not only made for a great story—it literally changed world history.

That’s the friendship between President Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II.

Shots Fired

John Paul II and Reagan were shot just six weeks apart in the spring of 1981.

Surviving these near-death experiences created a singular bond between them. It’s a bond historians have failed to appreciate—until now.

On June 10, ISI Books published the story of this improbable friendship. Bestselling author Paul Kengor and coauthor Robert Orlando shed new light on the pivotal relationship that ended the Cold War.

We’re running an excerpt of the book for you in the Intercollegiate Review.
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