Dear Jolters, A Maundy Thursday to you all. For some of us suffering without M&Ms and other necessities these last few weeks, the denial is almost over. If Holy Week had a hump day, this is it. As is our custom, National Review will be closed tomorrow, in observance of Good Friday, so the next time a full-fledged Jolt graces your inbox, it will be from Big Jim. Sorely missed in these parts. Of course there is never a good reason to miss him. If you own his books, he can always be there, in the family library. No own? The go visit Amazon and have your credit card handy. Now let's get down to business. Yesterday, Obamacare turned six, and while the White House was declaring victory as it celebrated the brat's birthday, the folks at Freedom Partners were releasing a new report which shows that by the administration's own metrics, Obamacare is failing. There's nothing affordable about the ACA. FP's report comes with this handy video. Watch. Learn. Cry. 
In another speck of non-NRO stuff . . . if you're interested in a truly cockamamie take on Obama's Cuba trip, check out this gushing review of the Emperor's spanking new clothes from Al Jazeera's Patty Culhane. Al Jeesh. Now, here are three recommend NRO items for you to consider today. One: Team Ponnuru, Ramesh and April, have an excellent piece that says conservative reforms are needed badly -- and that they may be the way to resolving the major tensions underlying the GOP. Two: Matthew Hennessy wants to know why Notre Dame is giving a major honor to a pro-abortion politician (literally, it's Joe "Literally" Biden). Wondering about Notre Dame is now in its third decade. Three: Speaker Paul Ryan gives a resigned-to-Trump speech (it deserves a sound effect) that lets more air out of the balloon. Eliana Johnson and Tim Alberta report. No pinch hitter today. But let's take a moment to remember Joe Garagiola, who died yesterday, at the age of 90. To many he was a broadcaster, if not the voice of baseball. Those a little longer in the tooth may have seen him play for the Cardinals, Pirates, Cubs, or Giants. His moment of triumph came in his rookie year, when he got 4 hits in Game 4 of the 1946 World Series. 
R.I.P. Okay, thanks for tolerating me in Jim's absence. Visit NR early and often. Come on an NR cruise. And when the cock crows, don't deny him. Best, Jack Fowler P.S.: Why does this Bugs Bunny video remind me of what Easter must have been like for a certain failed casino owner when he was a little boy?  
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