The Neoconservatives Are Attacking Trump Nominees Again

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The Neoconservatives Are Attacking Trump Nominees Again

The smear job on Jeremy Carl is symptomatic of a broader rhetorical dysfunction.

There is a particular tic in American public discourse in which openly made articulations of mainstream sentiments are breathlessly reported as “gotchas.” To take a very old but exemplary instance, Kevin Williamson was fired from...