Morning Jolt: It's Getting Worse Every Day

Making the click-through worthwhile: Today's just a cavalcade of creeps. Matt Lauer, Garrison Keillor, John Conyers, Al Franken. . .

Bonfire of the Grotesqueries

I hope this newsletter isn't getting boring or redundant, dear readers, and that the coverage and discussion of sexual harassment scandals isn't getting monotonous. It's just that nearly every day, there's some "whoa, did you see this? Can you believe this?" revelation about some previously-respected figure in politics or media or entertainment, one more figure that our society put up on a fairly high pedestal who turns out to be an abominable creep.

The revelations in the articles in Variety and the New York Times about former Today host Matt Lauer are stomach-turning. Many people are focusing on this bizarre detail about Lauer's office, suggesting he had a Bond-villain-like setup to ensure female subordinates ...

November 30 2017

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It's Getting Worse Every Day Jim Geraghty Making the click-through worthwhile: Today's just a cavalcade of creeps. Matt Lauer, Garrison Keillor, John Conyers, Al Franken. . . Bonfire of the Grotesqueries I hope this newsletter isn't getting boring or redundant, dear readers, and that the coverage and discussion of sexual harassment scandals isn't getting monotonous. It's just that nearly every day, there's some "whoa, did you see this? Can you believe this?" revelation about some previously-respected figure in politics or media or entertainment, one more figure that our society put up on a fairly high pedestal who turns out to be an abominable creep. The revelations in the articles in Variety and the New York Times about former Today host Matt Lauer are stomach-turning. Many people are focusing on this bizarre detail about Lauer's office, suggesting he had a Bond-villain-like setup to ensure female subordinates ... READ MORE Remembering Henry Hyde: Hero of the Pro-Life Movement Chuck Donovan Today is the tenth anniversary of the death of the greatest champion the pro-life cause has ever known, Representative Henry J. Hyde of Illinois. It is hard to believe that this physical and... What Would Reagan Think of the GOP's Tax Bills? Ben T. Elliott What Would Reagan Think of the GOP's Tax Bills? ADVERTISEMENT Four Misleading Arguments against the Tax-Reform Bills Brian Riedl The House and Senate tax-reform bills are open to legitimate criticism. The goal of deficit-neutrality is shattered by the $2 trillion price tag over a decade (adjusted for gimmicks). The goal... Down the hatch, &c. Jay Nordlinger Rather than serve a prison sentence, Slobodan Praljak, the Balkan war criminal, drank poison, killing himself — right in the courtroom. A lot of people thought of Goering and Himmler and their... Khatallah's Aquittals on Benhazi Murders Show, Again, Need for New System Andrew C. McCarthy There was never going to be justice for the American war dead of the Benghazi attack. The jihadist strike on the eleventh anniversary of the 9/11 atrocities was too bound up in the politics of... Matt Lauer, Fox News, and How Tribalism Affects the Press Jonah Goldberg The ongoing cascade of sexual-harassment violations is fascinating for all sorts of reasons. But one thing has been nagging at me for a while and Patrick Ruffini put his finger on it this... ADVERTISEMENT Citizen Newt: The Making of a Reagan Conservative Craig Shirley 'An honest and highly talented biographer who is also a man of conviction...In this deeply researched biography, while never glossing over missteps and mistakes, Craig Shirley has given us that honest accounting.' - John R. Coyne Jr., author, Strictly Right: William F. Buckley Jr. and the American Conservative Movement LEARN MORE Russian Military Schools Battle of Berezina ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 19 West 44th Street, Suite 1701, New York, NY, 10036, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.