Dear Reader (especially those of you feeling unsatisfied by the lack of a Dear Reader gag),

As the Dingo let loose in the petting zoo said, "Where to begin?"

I've had a very rough week. Rough like sharkskin. Rough like the stubble on Michael Moore's once dasypygal buttocks after the Brazilian wax wears off.

(I wonder how many readers I lost with that image alone?)

Where was I? Oh right, rough like the morning after the Georgia special election at the DNC. How would you like to be the guy or gal or non-gender-conforming person who talked all that money out of George Clooney or Barbra Streisand who now has to field phone calls from people peppering their diatribes with "But I read in Salon!" and " . . . but Rachel Maddow said . . . !"

I have no hot takes about all that. Or if my takes were hot, they've now cooled to that of flan left out overnight.

Everything Fades

Indeed, the most remarkable thing about the whole Ossoff–Handel brouhaha is how fast its...

June 23 2017

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Politics Enters the Fast Lane Jonah Goldberg Dear Reader (especially those of you feeling unsatisfied by the lack of a Dear Reader gag), As the Dingo let loose in the petting zoo said, "Where to begin?" I've had a very rough week. Rough like sharkskin. Rough like the stubble on Michael Moore's once dasypygal buttocks after the Brazilian wax wears off. (I wonder how many readers I lost with that image alone?) Where was I? Oh right, rough like the morning after the Georgia special election at the DNC. How would you like to be the guy or gal or non-gender-conforming person who talked all that money out of George Clooney or Barbra Streisand who now has to field phone calls from people peppering their diatribes with "But I read in Salon!" and " . . . but Rachel Maddow said . . . !" I have no hot takes about all that. Or if my takes were hot, they've now cooled to that of flan left out overnight. Everything Fades Indeed, the most remarkable thing about the whole Ossoff–Handel brouhaha is how fast its... READ MORE A Democratic Blind Spot on Culture Rich Lowry How much do Democrats really want to defeat Donald Trump? It's worth asking in the wake of the latest Democratic failure to notch an electoral victory for the resistance, this time in the... A Goat and a Feast Jay Nordlinger A Goat and a Feast ADVERTISEMENT Are Things Getting Better? Jonah Goldberg I do not fear much correction when I say that my columns of the last few years have not been characterized by an overabundance of cheerfulness and optimism. For instance, about a year ago, I... So, You Want a Swiss Health-Care System? Kevin D. Williamson If you're wondering what in Hell is actually going on with U.S. health-care policy, the short version is this: Policymakers in both parties are trying to replicate Swiss policies in a country... Senator Feinstein Thinks It's Acceptable for Violent Mobs to Control Speech  Katherine Timpf During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing earlier this week, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D., Calif.) said that it was okay for universities to cancel controversial speakers over threats of... Anti-Free-Speech Radicals Never Give Up David French In the never-ending battle to preserve free speech, there is always good news and bad news. There are triumphs and setbacks. The struggle for liberty always encounters the will to power, and... ADVERTISEMENT Disney Sand Magic Paris Air Show ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 215 Lexington Ave., New York, NY, 10016, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.