NR Daily: At Year’s End, Conservatives Are Winning the GOP Civil War

In the days after Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton to become the 45th president of the United States, a number of friends asked me what concerned me the most about a Trump presidency. The answer was comprehensive. I had concerns about Trump's character, his associates, and his policies. Those concerns were well-founded. Our temperamental, impulsive, and inexperienced president began his his first term taking advice from the likes of Steve Bannon and Michael Flynn. His ideologically incoherent campaign had at various times cast doubt on our NATO alliances, advocated withdrawal from Afghanistan, argued that U.S ...

December 22 2017

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At Year's End, Conservatives Are Winning the GOP Civil War David French In the days after Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton to become the 45th president of the United States, a number of friends asked me what concerned me the most about a Trump presidency. The answer was comprehensive. I had concerns about Trump's character, his associates, and his policies. Those concerns were well-founded.... READ MORE When States Hike the Minimum Wage, Women Lose Jobs Patrice Onwuka California its image as a place for adventure, stardom, and innovation. That image is growing dimmer as opportunity and entrepreneurship are stifled by workplace policies that leave vulnerable... Will Republicans Fix 1970s Budget Rules Next? Michael Barone The Republicans have passed their tax bill, without a single Democratic vote, despite low to dismal poll ratings. It's reminiscent of the passage by Democrats, without a single Republican vote,... ADVERTISEMENT Spielberg Rides Politics' Slippery Slope Armond White 'Stop watching the news" is the savvy advice Morrissey sings on his politically oriented, recently released album. He then explains: "Because the news contrives to frighten you / To make you... The GOP's Tax-Reform Parlay Is a Long Shot Jonah Goldberg The Republicans are betting big on a parlay. In gambling, a parlay is a combination bet that pays off only when every part of the wager wins. So if I bet that the Patriots, Cowboys, and... Bright Is a Christmas Blockbuster — on Netflix Kyle Smith 'I'm gonna finish my coffee and go kill the fairy," Will Smith says at the outset of the new movie Bright, and you know you're in for something a little different when the jaded LAPD officer he... The Ten Best Movies of 2017 Kyle Smith It's been a fairly woeful year for movies: Coming up with a list of ten films I unreservedly loved was harder than usual. But there were still five absolutely first-rate blockbusters, a perfect... ADVERTISEMENT The Fleet at Flood Tide: America at Total War in the Pacific, 1944-1945 James D. Hornfischer "A masterful account of the barbaric last year of the Pacific War...The Fleet at Flood Tide is, quite simply, popular and scholarly military history at its best." - Victor Davis Hanson LEARN MORE Photos of the Week Winter is Coming 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.