National Review’s Charles C.W. Cooke is befuddled. In a brief blog post published Thursday, he asks, “How? How did we reach the point at which drag queens in schools became a topic that is routinely debated in domestic American politics? How did drag queens get into schools in the first place? Why does anyone think it’s acceptable—let alone crucial—to keep them there?”
You might say something snapped in Cooke. His realization comes more than three years after NR went full tilt in defense of the liberal vision of autonomy and viewpoint neutrality that first legitimated Drag Queen Story Hour and now threatens to bring it to public schools.