Facebook's Futile Attempt to Curb Fake News

Jim Geraghty

Making the click-through worthwhile: Why social media companies like Facebook can’t stop “fake news”; Roy Moore’s latest bold gambit to embarrass himself and his supporters; and an unexpected about-face from the Trump team about a former key supporter.

Why Social Media Companies Can’t Stop ‘Fake News’

Right before the holiday, Guy Benson noted that two widely spread viral tweets about the tax reform bill were flat-out false. The first, from actress Jenna Fischer, contended that because of the GOP-supported tax reform, "school teachers can no longer deduct the cost of their classroom supplies on their taxes."

Cut Fischer a little bit of slack; she eventually corrected her assertion and offered a lengthy apology. Her information was outdated; the House version of the bill would indeed have eliminated the $250 deductions that teachers could take for purchasing school supplies for their students. A short time earlier, it was a ...

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A New Paradigm for Counterterrorism

Andrew C. McCarthy

Editor’s Note: As part of National Review Institute’s End-of-Year Appeal, NRI fellows are sharing words of wisdom and inspiration. Today, Andrew C. McCarthy explains how NRI helps develop new...

Mad dogs, flutists, &c.

Jay Nordlinger

Mad dogs, flutists, &c.

Masterpiece Cakeshop: The Slope Is, in Fact, Slippery

Kevin D. Williamson

It started with ferries. Lord Chief Justice Hale considered the question of ferry regulation in De Portibus Maris in 1670. Even if a man owns the land and docks on both sides of a river, and...

The Sexes after Weinstein

Heather Wilhelm

Editor’s Note: The following article appears in the December 31, 2017, issue of National Review. Think back: Do you remember your first boy–girl party? “Perhaps we all have the same memory,”...

Civilization’s ‘Darkest Hour’ Hits the Silver Screen

Victor Davis Hanson

The new film Darkest Hour offers the diplomatic side to the recent action movie Dunkirk. The story unfolds with the drama of British prime minister Winston Churchill’s assuming power during...

We Don’t Need Government to Remind Us that Smoking Kills

George Will

Preaching morality while practicing cupidity can be tricky, but various American governments have done it for years regarding smoking. This mental contortion now has a new chapter. The four...

Snow and Steel: The Battle of the Bulge, 1944-45

Peter Caddick-Adams

"[Caddick-Adams] illuminates the Battle of the Bulge until he has run out of facets. He layers context and connections with an inclusive style. Both the reader who knows nothing or little of this battle and the maven steeped in Bulgeiana will come away...educated and sated. Snow and Steel is a treasure."
- Michael Dolan, Senior Editor, World War II Magazine

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