Of all the speeches at this month’s National Conservatism Conference, Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley’s call for men to abandon video games and pornography for work and family has drawn the most attention.

The Washington Post, NPR, and Axios all followed up with stories questioning Hawley’s premise: that through policy choices and cultural messages, the Left has devalued men and weakened the nation.

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