Dear Reader (Particularly you Kentuckians, who know how to appreciate the life-giving glory that is our sun in all its radiant fulgor),

So as Bill Clinton said to the intern the next morning when she asked him, "What's my name?": I got nothing.

It feels like pretty much everything that can be said about the DACA "deal" has been said already, though it hasn't been said by everybody quite yet.

But here's something that you haven't heard much, certainly not from me: President Trump has had a pretty good few weeks. This is certainly true when grading on a curve based on his previous weeks' performance. But that's a bit like plotting the high points of a dead-cat bounce. No, he's actually had a legitimately good week or two.

You see, for presidents — and other carbon-based life forms — what counts as a "success" isn't always what you do, but what you avoid.

(I learned this lesson as a young man after I was ...

September 15 2017

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Trump's Triangulation Jonah Goldberg Dear Reader (Particularly you Kentuckians, who know how to appreciate the life-giving glory that is our sun in all its radiant fulgor), So as Bill Clinton said to the intern the next morning when she asked him, "What's my name?": I got nothing. It feels like pretty much everything that can be said about the DACA "deal" has been said already, though it hasn't been said by everybody quite yet. But here's something that you haven't heard much, certainly not from me: President Trump has had a pretty good few weeks. This is certainly true when grading on a curve based on his previous weeks' performance. But that's a bit like plotting the high points of a dead-cat bounce. No, he's actually had a legitimately good week or two. You see, for presidents — and other carbon-based life forms — what counts as a "success" isn't always what you do, but what you avoid. (I learned this lesson as a young man after I was ... READ MORE The Comforting Thing about Hearing Speech You Find Offensive Katherine Timpf Ben Shapiro is set to speak at University of California–Berkeley Thursday night, and the school is offering counseling sessions to help panicked students deal with their distress. "We are... Hillary's Shallowness on Abortion Alexandra DeSanctis Hillary's Shallowness on Abortion ADVERTISEMENT Do Conservatives Take Rape Seriously? Mona Charen Have conservatives forsaken rape victims? That's one of the more challenging questions posed following the furor over Education Secretary Betsy DeVos's announcement that her department will... Old-Guard Democrats Refuse to Leave the Stage Myra Adams 'How can we miss you if you don't go away?" That is the question Democrats concerned about bringing their party back from the wilderness should be asking this week, as their top three "stage... Is 'The Star-Spangled Banner' Racist? Walter Olson By now you've probably heard the claim that America's national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner," is an expression of racial hostility toward African Americans and should be either retired or... House Republicans' Frustrations May Doom Their Majority Michael Barone The Founding Fathers didn't expect that serving in Congress would be a lifetime career. And for a century, it mostly wasn't. The first election in which more than half the incumbent members of... ADVERTISEMENT The Tyranny of Guilt: An Essay on Western Masochism Pascal Bruckner 'When it comes to the sweaty metabolism of guilt, Bruckner is perhaps the most accomplished anatomist since Nietzsche. (He is also, like Nietzsche, an extraordinary stylist, commanding a sinewy, memorably epigrammatic prose.) . . . Ferociously intelligent, passionately argued, stylistically brilliant.' - Roger Kimball, National Review LEARN MORE Cassini's Grand Finale Top Shots ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 215 Lexington Ave., New York, NY, 10016, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.