Dear Reader (Including Steve Bannon, who now has more time on his hands),

Normally, when I'm out of town, and I can only follow the news or check in on Twitter intermittently, I feel like the security guard at a sewage-treatment plant doing his morning rounds amidst the vats and pools: Same sh*t, different day.

But this week feels different. The fecal content is higher. The curlicues of shimmering methane distorting the air above Washington seem thicker.

Taking this metaphor beyond all good sense and taste, when I look at the gauges and dials in the control room, all the needles are in the red, and the sewage-outflow pipes are all pointed at the industrial turbines.

I feel like I'm Jack Lemon in a SyFy rip-off of The China Syndrome:

From the writers of Sharknado 7: The Sharkenating, SyFy brings you: Sh*t Show.

"My God. That's not coolant water . . . that's not water at all!"

In other words, it feels like this is the moment when Trumpism hits the fan.

Dead Presidency Walking?

Of course, ...

August 18 2017

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The 'Last Straw'? Jonah Goldberg Dear Reader (Including Steve Bannon, who now has more time on his hands), Normally, when I'm out of town, and I can only follow the news or check in on Twitter intermittently, I feel like the security guard at a sewage-treatment plant doing his morning rounds amidst the vats and pools: Same sh*t, different day. But this week feels different. The fecal content is higher. The curlicues of shimmering methane distorting the air above Washington seem thicker. Taking this metaphor beyond all good sense and taste, when I look at the gauges and dials in the control room, all the needles are in the red, and the sewage-outflow pipes are all pointed at the industrial turbines. I feel like I'm Jack Lemon in a SyFy rip-off of The China Syndrome: From the writers of Sharknado 7: The Sharkenating, SyFy brings you: Sh*t Show. "My God. That's not coolant water . . . that's not water at all!" In other words, it feels like this is the moment when Trumpism hits the fan. Dead Presidency Walking? Of course, ... READ MORE Why Should Anyone Care What Mick Jagger Has to Say about Brexit? Kyle Smith Existence: deep stuff for deep minds. Neil Diamond plunged into its essence this way, in 1971's "I Am, I Said": "I am," I said To no one there And no one heard at all Not even the... A New Political Party Aims to Stop Brexit Jeff Cimmino A New Political Party Aims to Stop Brexit ADVERTISEMENT Rebuilding the Public Square after Charlottesville Fred Bauer The riots and violence in Charlottesville accentuate, like the tired chorus of a far-too-long song, the dangerous effects of racism, bigotry, and misrule by mobs. Whatever "white nationalists"... Universities Can Learn from Conservatives' Love of Humanities Elliot Kaufman Don't blame discrimination, writes Damon Linker, for the dearth of conservatives in the humanities. Though discrimination exists, I think he's right. The real issue is that conservatives and the... The Alt-Right's Is Bad — And So Is 'Antifa' Jonah Goldberg Fighting Nazis is a good thing, but fighting Nazis doesn't necessarily make you or your cause good. By my lights this is simply an obvious fact. The greatest Nazi-killer of the 20th century... Bannon's Ouster, the Latest Episode in a Show about Nothing Michael Brendan Dougherty There's a mismatch between the political press and the White House it is intended to cover. Political scribblers like myself are primed to greet the news of Steve Bannon getting bounced from the... ADVERTISEMENT How the West Won: The Neglected Story of the Triumph of Modernity Rodney Stark 'Exposes gaping holes in the prevailing narrative...Demolishes several widespread mythologies about the West's development...Stark is happy to engage in the deeply politically incorrect exercise of comparing developments in the West to that of other civilizations.' - Samuel Gregg, Crisis Magazine LEARN MORE Photos of the Week Voyager 2 ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 215 Lexington Ave., New York, NY, 10016, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.