The Federalist Daily Briefing for 04/17/2018

Your daily update of new content from The Federalist Be lovers of freedom and anxious for the fray Is this email not displaying correctly? [View it in your browser](. April 17, 2018 [Blame The Left For The Rise Of Moralizing In America]( By John Daniel Davidson Progressives and social justice warriors today are in the business of moralizing, which isn't the same thing as being moral. [Full article]( [New AP U.S. History Textbook Implies Christians Are Bigots, Reagan A Racist]( By Joy Pullmann It would be very tempting to dismiss this as a fluke, as something that's not happening in your local schools or state, some crazy thing that only affects other people and other people's kids. [Full article]( [How Should White Americans Deal With Their Ancestors?]( By David Marcus In the age of privilege, can white Americans still feel pride about their ancestors? [Full article]( [‘A Quiet Place’ Unravels Our Deepest Fears About Giving Children Life]( By Titus Techera It’s not about individualism, it’s not about rugged heroes or implausible survivors—it’s about a mother, a father, and their children. All the fear stems from our need to protect what we love the most. [Full article]( [The Baby Shortage Downed Toys ‘R’ Us, And It’s Coming For Our Entire Tax Base]( By Glenn T. Stanton What doesn’t happen in the bedroom doesn’t stay in the bedroom. Toys 'R' Us can tell you that. [Full article]( [How ‘Suicide Squad: Hell To Pay’ Turns The Antihero Upside Down]( By Aaron Gleason This little superhero film is a textbook in MacGuffin. It even has an extra featurette discussing the nature of MacGuffins. [Full article]( [No, One-Third of American College Students Aren’t Homeless And Hungry]( By Elizabeth Bauer Media are blowing a problem of hunger on college campuses way out of proportion. Some kids struggle, sure, but there's no real evidence of a crisis. [Full article]( [The Anti-Gun Plotline In ‘Lost In Space’ Is Forced And Ludicrous]( By Ellie Bufkin The anti-gun message is an ill-fitting exception to what is otherwise an apolitical show, and is simply not believable as a plot point. [Full article]( [Law Students Protest Free Speech Talk With Shouts Of ‘F-ck The Law’]( By Ilya Shapiro A protestor’s sign put it, ‘Rule of law = white supremacy, violence against [people of color], violence against immigrants.’ These were law students protesting the rule of law. [Full article]( [The Robinsons Hit Screens Again For An Enjoyable Reboot In ‘Lost In Space’]( By Garrett York A sense of mystery permeates the overall narrative arc of a fresh yet familiar reboot of the campy original 1966 series. [Full article]( [Revisiting Battlestar Galactica: ‘Flesh and Bone’ and ‘Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down’]( By Warren Henry The paranoia that can be spread by Cylon infiltration is played as both deadly serious and as light comedy in two linked episodes. [Full article]( [Lionel Shriver Discusses Writing Novels, Censorship, And Social Media]( By The Federalist Staff Writer and journalist Lionel Shriver discusses her new collection of short stories and what inspired her on this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour. [Full article]( [Comey’s Handling Of Hillary Clinton Shows Us He’s No Hero]( By David Harsanyi The former FBI director James Comey's higher loyalty isn’t to justice or to our institutions. It's to his own self-preservation. [Full article]( [If Even Emo James Comey Can Chill On Impeachment, So Can The Rest of Trump’s Critics]( By Mary Katharine Ham There's a revealing moment in Comey's interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos when he doesn't go all in on anti-Trump hysteria. [Full article]( JAMES COMEY IS WHO WE THOUGHT HE WAS buzz about James Comey’s book for the past week in Washington was that it was going to be profoundly disappointing for people who wanted actual news. Instead, it was referred to as “breezy” “petty” and “score-settling” to me by those who had actually been granted access to this holy grail of tomes. Sometimes it’s good to have your faith rewarded: This is the most Emo Comey production yet, with a theatrical and over-the-top attitude toward telling a story in which the tall G-Man is beset upon all sides by ugly fools who simply do not understand his august moral mission for the country. A simple way of telling that a Washington book is lying is when no one is as virtuous as the author. The likelihood of that ever being true is practically nil. Read more of The Transom by signing up for a [free trial]( today. [follow on Twitter]( | [friend on Facebook]( | [forward to a friend]( Copyright © 2018 The Federalist, All rights reserved. You are receiving this e-mail because you opted in to receive e-mail updates from TheFederalist.com. Our mailing address is: The Federalist 8647 Richmond Highway Suite 618Alexandria, VA 22309 [Add us to your address book](//thefederalist.us7.list-manage.com/vcard?u=4a863c819bceae0e9989e096f&id=cfcb868ceb) [unsubscribe from this list]( | [update subscription preferences]( | [view email in browser](