Morning Jolt: Same Ol' Plame

Making the click-through worthwhile: The mask slips from Valerie Plame, the media continues to treat unhinged political voices quite seriously, a cynical prediction on the health care debate, and a long-lost pop culture podcast returns!

Don't Lay the Plame on Me.

If Valerie Plame always had a certain interest in anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, it would explain a few things, wouldn't it?

Thursday's controversy began with former CIA employee Plame tweeting out a link to an article headlined, "America's Jews Are Driving America's Wars." The article's sub-headline asked, "Shouldn't they recuse themselves when dealing with the Middle East?" (Got that? If you are a particular religion, you should not deal with Middle East policy at all, because your religion will automatically skew your judgment. Good thing Christianity and Islam don't have any ties to the Middle East, right? I guess the author would prefer that U.S. foreign policy in the region was managed by Scientologists.)

The article -- which I won't link to, go find it yourself -- was pretty explicit in the insistence that Jews couldn't be trusted to work on ...

September 22 2017

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Same Ol' Plame Jim Geraghty Making the click-through worthwhile: The mask slips from Valerie Plame, the media continues to treat unhinged political voices quite seriously, a cynical prediction on the health care debate, and a long-lost pop culture podcast returns! Don't Lay the Plame on Me. If Valerie Plame always had a certain interest in anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, it would explain a few things, wouldn't it? Thursday's controversy began with former CIA employee Plame tweeting out a link to an article headlined, "America's Jews Are Driving America's Wars." The article's sub-headline asked, "Shouldn't they recuse themselves when dealing with the Middle East?" (Got that? If you are a particular religion, you should not deal with Middle East policy at all, because your religion will automatically skew your judgment. Good thing Christianity and Islam don't have any ties to the Middle East, right? I guess the author would prefer that U.S. foreign policy in the region was managed by Scientologists.) The article -- which I won't link to, go find it yourself -- was pretty explicit in the insistence that Jews couldn't be trusted to work on ... READ MORE Don't Fall for Jimmy Kimmel's Cheap Zero-Sum Emotionalism David Harsanyi In recent months, late-night talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel has taken to scaremongering his audience with well-worn Democratic-party talking points regarding health-care-insurance policy. Between... Leaked Refugee Report Suffers Significant Flaws Steven Camarota Leaked Refugee Report Suffers Significant Flaws ADVERTISEMENT Lessons in Hope: Learning from the Life of Pope John Paul II NR Interview Lessons in Hope: My Unexpected Life with St. John Paul II isn't a book George Weigel ever expected to write. But Weigel is also "someone who never expected to become a papal biographer," either.... Michigan Tolerates Faith-Based Adoption Agencies, the ACLU Sues Margot Cleveland Yesterday the American Civil Liberties Union filed suit in federal court against the State of Michigan on behalf of two homosexual couples, challenging Michigan's law that allows child-placement... Black Critics Shake Their Heads at Ta-Nehisi Coates Kyle Smith When it comes to essays about Ta-Nehisi Coates, you can almost guess the race of the writer from the tone of the piece. If the words ring with a sort of rapturous adulation, as though the writer... Washington Wealth and the American Desert? Not Yet, But It's on the Horizon Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry Editor's Note: In a series of columns, Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, a Paris-based conservative and fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, writes on an alarming trend that he calls the... ADVERTISEMENT The Immortal in You: How Human Nature Is More Than Science Can Say Michael Augros 'Far and away the best book I have ever read about the nature of mankind...On a scale of 1 to 10, I have to give it a 12. ' - Peter Kreeft, Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy, Boston College; author of Summa of the Summa LEARN MORE Top Shots Hurricane Maria's Path ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 215 Lexington Ave., New York, NY, 10016, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.