Dear Reader (Or Listener),

As the reporter assigned the job of writing the article about all of Sidney Blumenthal's friends and supporters told his editor, I'm going to have to keep this short.

I've spent most of every day this week in a studio recording the audiobook version of my dead-tree/pixel book. It has been exhausting — far more exhausting than I remember it being when I did it the last time.

I'm going back into the studio at 9:30, and I still have to perambulate the canines and perform all manner of other rituals.

So I'll be brief and, let's be honest, fairly random, slipshod, sanctimonious, arrogant, and entirely too glib. In other words, I'll be just like the rest of the media, only with infinitely more talking couches — remember, all increases from zero are infinite. ("I was told there'd be no math" — The Couch.)

Let me start with the sanctimony.

Last night, the news broke that the sheriff's ...

February 23 2018

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Courage: The Greatest of Virtues Jonah Goldberg Dear Reader (Or Listener), As the reporter assigned the job of writing the article about all of Sidney Blumenthal's friends and supporters told his editor, I'm going to have to keep this short. I've spent most of every day this week in a studio recording the audiobook version of my dead-tree/pixel book. It has been exhausting — far more exhausting than I remember it being when I did it the last time. I'm going back into the studio at 9:30, and I still have to perambulate the canines and perform all manner of other rituals. So I'll be brief and, let's be honest, fairly random, slipshod, sanctimonious, arrogant, and entirely too glib. In other words, I'll be just like the rest of the media, only with infinitely more talking couches — remember, all increases from zero are infinite. ("I was told there'd be no math" — The Couch.) Let me start with the sanctimony. Last night, the news broke that the sheriff's ... Read More Top Stories Off the Shelf: In the Language of the Oppressor, from Ireland to Ukraine About a year ago, Charles Cooke changed our occasional friendly lunches into recruiting sessions. He asked if I wanted to come write for National Review Online. This change to our routine was... High Fascist Models High Fascist Models ADVERTISEMENT The Gun-Control Debate Could Break America The ugliness of the national discussion about guns is a threat to the ties binding us together as a... An Epidemic of Dishonesty on the Right Is there any act of depravity to which the less respectable right-wing media can't imagine a connection for George... Don't Expect Justice for Syrian War Criminals The slaughter in Syria continues without most of the international community paying much... Steel Tariffs Do Not Advance National Security The false pretenses of Trump's latest protectionist... ADVERTISEMENT What NR is Reading The Earth Is Weeping: The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West Peter Cozzens "The most lucid and reliable history of the Indian Wars in recent memory." — Victor Davis Hanson, author of Carnage and Culture LEARN MORE Photo Essays Cartoons of the Day: February 23rd, 2018 Cartoons of the Day: February 22nd, 2018 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.