Dear Reader (including those of you who can imagine a great Dear Reader gag here),

The New York Times is not widely known as a hotbed of necromancy — the mystical science of communicating with or even raising the dead — but I'm starting to wonder if it is trying to get my late father to come back to earth so he can walk through the Gray Lady's offices and slap the editors with a semi-frozen mackerel.

The Times has been running a series on Communism called "The Red Century." It's really, really weird. At times, it feels like the greatest high-brow trolling effort in recorded history. Some of the headlines read like they were plucked from the reject pile at The Onion. I particularly enjoyed "Why Women Had Better Sex Under Socialism." One wonders what all the women who had to service their prison guards for a crust of bread would think about that. With the exception of one essay by Harvey Klehr, the upshot seems to be an effort to rehabilitate Communism for a certain kind of New York Times liberal who ...

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Red Dawn at the New York Times Jonah Goldberg Dear Reader (including those of you who can imagine a great Dear Reader gag here), The New York Times is not widely known as a hotbed of necromancy — the mystical science of communicating with or even raising the dead — but I'm starting to wonder if it is trying to get my late father to come back to earth so he can walk through the Gray Lady's offices and slap the editors with a semi-frozen mackerel. The Times has been running a series on Communism called "The Red Century." It's really, really weird. At times, it feels like the greatest high-brow trolling effort in recorded history. Some of the headlines read like they were plucked from the reject pile at The Onion. I particularly enjoyed "Why Women Had Better Sex Under Socialism." One wonders what all the women who had to service their prison guards for a crust of bread would think about that. With the exception of one essay by Harvey Klehr, the upshot seems to be an effort to rehabilitate Communism for a certain kind of New York Times liberal who ... READ MORE Our fallen in a twilight struggle, &c. Jay Nordlinger News came on Wednesday that three of our Green Berets were killed in Niger, and two wounded. (For a story, go here.) What were they doing in Niger? They were fighting al-Qaeda — the Jihad, as I... Come and Take Them David Harsanyi Come and Take Them ADVERTISEMENT Politicians and Guns: Follow the Votes, Not the Money Jonah Goldberg An old rule of thumb holds that when someone says it's not about the money, it's really about the money. But there are exceptions to almost every rule. The National Rifle Association is a... In Las Vegas, a Peculiarly American Madness Rears Its Ugly Head Mona Charen All countries have mental illness, but its expression differs dramatically by culture. Historically, in southeast Asia, men whose minds were coming unglued displayed symptoms of wild,... Just the Usual Dread Michael Brendan Dougherty People who like to think and read (and write) about politics often fool ourselves. We become skilled at drawing out the meaning of events — especially if the events themselves signify little or... Berkeley Students Insist They Cannot Take Their In-Class Exam Due to Lack of Privilege Katherine Timpf Students at the University of California, Berkeley demanded that they be excused from an in-class exam in their labor-issues class because they aren't privileged enough to be able to handle it... 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 Top Shots Battle for Raqqa ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 215 Lexington Ave., New York, NY, 10016, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.