A note to any conservatives left at National Review magazine.

On page 8 of NR's edition of July 4, 2005 this sentence occurred:

"In Iran, where one of the region's most repressive regimes is in charge, women came out in force to protest gender (Emphasis mine.)discrimination in...BLAH BLAH BLAH"

Either NR is hiring dopes now or the mag's editorial position in favor of legalizing dope is being taken way too seriously.

Here's the definition of the word GENDER:

Pronunciation: 'jen-d&r
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English gendre, from Middle French genre, gendre, from Latin gener-, genus birth, race, kind, gender -- more at KIN

1 a : a subclass within a grammatical class (as noun, pronoun, adjective, or verb) of a language that is partly arbitrary but also partly based on distinguishable characteristics (as shape, social rank, manner of existence, or sex) and that determines agreement with and selection of other words or grammatical forms
b : membership of a word or a grammatical form in such a subclass
c : an inflectional form showing membership in such a subclass

THE WORD YOU NEED TO USE IS SEX!

SEX!SEX!SEX!

National Review used to be Conservativism itself. No more.

Once it could be depended upon for spirited defenses of The Church, free markets, and the English language. I do not know how Holy Mother Church fares in their pages, but if they succumbed to the politicization of "gender" who knows what kind of crap goes on around there.

NR's wholehearted capitulation to chemical castration of the conscience was the last straw for me. I have not subscribed for years.

I do use National Review Online as a resource for conservative opinion, and it is a good one. But, caveat emptor.