NR Daily: Deus Ex Merkelna

Later this week, Germans are very likely to reelect Angela Merkel as chancellor. Mainstream pundits will take a strong Merkel victory, add it to the one for Emmanuel Macron in France earlier this year, and tell us a story: After the shocks of Brexit and Donald Trump, populism is in retreat. Maybe it was just an Anglo-American phenomenon. But on Continental Europe, things are going better. Europe's economy is growing, and the grand visions of liberal internationalism can proceed again. Now is the time to make sure the dragon is really dead. The editorial writers have already written up an agenda for Angela Merkel and how she will reform the eurozone and the European Union ...

September 19 2017

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Deus Ex Merkelna Michael Brendan Dougherty Later this week, Germans are very likely to reelect Angela Merkel as chancellor. Mainstream pundits will take a strong Merkel victory, add it to the one for Emmanuel Macron in France earlier this year, and tell us a story: After the shocks of Brexit and Donald Trump, populism is in retreat. Maybe it was just an... READ MORE Democrats and Plutocrats Reihan Salam Editor's Note: This piece appears in the October 2, 2017 issue of National Review. The Democratic party faces a dilemma. Since its inception, the party has defined itself as the champion of... Pop Culture's Acceptable and Unacceptable Lies Jonathan S. Tobin Liberals think the Emmy Awards "normalized" Sean Spicer's lying for Trump, but they forget how their echo chamber aided Barack Obama's Iran Deal deceptions. In the partisan culture wars, no... ADVERTISEMENT Rabbis Increasingly Talk about Politics Dennis Prager Tomorrow night is Rosh Hashana, one of the two High HoIy Days, or "Days of Awe," as they are called in Hebrew. The other High Holy Day, nine days later, is Yom Kippur, the Day of... Reflections on the Final Solution to the Latin Mass William F. Buckley Jr. Editor's Note: This article was originally published in Commonweal on November 10, 1967, and is republished here by permission of the Buckley Estate. In January of this year my sister died,... Why John Kasich Is Fighting the New Health-Care Bill Jason Hart If Republicans measured politicians' success by how many people they added to the welfare rolls, Ohio governor John Kasich would be the envy of his peers. When Kasich took office in 2011,... Jann Wenner – Man of the Past Kevin D. Williamson What to make of the career of Jann Wenner, who is selling the magazine he founded, Rolling Stone, capping a remarkable career in publishing? In the Age of Trump, we are instructed to admire... ADVERTISEMENT The Enemy at the Gate: Habsburgs, Ottomans, and the Battle for Europe Andrew Wheatcroft "Offers a riveting account of the slow, methodical Ottoman approach to Vienna….[A] masterful account of the siege and battle.." - Victor Davis Hanson, First Things LEARN MORE Emmy Awards Red Carpet Cassini's Grand Finale ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 215 Lexington Ave., New York, NY, 10016, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.