Dear Reader (Including the people who need people),

Okay, bear with me. I think I'm going to write this whole thing as a single run-on sentence and then just add the punctuation later. I'll just grab a fistful of commas, periods, and semicolons and blow them over the page like so much pixie dust or the last grains of coke on the album sleeve of Quadrophenia before Hunter Thompson started his workday. The gang at NRHQ can worry about putting them in the right place later.

As long-time readers know, from time to time I vent my spleen on the misuse of the phrase "begs the question." Every day, someone on TV or radio gets it wrong. And it vexes me. I find it more distracting than when that guy who sat next to me when I took the SAT would absentmindedly tap his No. 2 pencil on his glass eye as he tried to work through the analogy section. I think it's more annoying than the fact that Debbie Wasserman Schultz can't rinse the conditioner out of her hair.

So for the umpteenth time, "begging the question" involves assuming a premise -- usually the premise in dispute ...

February 09 2018

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Politics as the Crow Flies Jonah Goldberg Dear Reader (Including the people who need people), Okay, bear with me. I think I'm going to write this whole thing as a single run-on sentence and then just add the punctuation later. I'll just grab a fistful of commas, periods, and semicolons and blow them over the page like so much pixie dust or the last grains of coke on the album sleeve of Quadrophenia before Hunter Thompson started his workday. The gang at NRHQ can worry about putting them in the right place later. As long-time readers know, from time to time I vent my spleen on the misuse of the phrase "begs the question." Every day, someone on TV or radio gets it wrong. And it vexes me. I find it more distracting than when that guy who sat next to me when I took the SAT would absentmindedly tap his No. 2 pencil on his glass eye as he tried to work through the analogy section. I think it's more annoying than the fact that Debbie Wasserman Schultz can't rinse the conditioner out of her hair. So for the umpteenth time, "begging the question" involves assuming a premise -- usually the premise in dispute ... READ MORE Republicans Begin a Spending Spree Brian Riedl In Washington, empty rhetoric about fiscal responsibility is about to be swept aside by the reality of trillion-dollar deficits. Republican congressional leaders have announced a deal with... Will the Economy Trump the President's Behavior? Jonathan S. Tobin Will the Economy Trump the President's Behavior? ADVERTISEMENT Happiness and Man at Yale Kyle Smith The most popular class at Yale is also being described as the most difficult class at Yale. Yet its professor is lax about checking to see whether assignments have been carried out and... Our Infrastructure Is Not 'Crumbling' David Harsanyi One of the great myths of American politics, no matter who is president and no matter who runs Congress, is that our infrastructure is "crumbling." Former president Barack Obama repeatedly... The Vatican Cedes Authority to the All-Knowing Chinese State Jonah Goldberg 'Vita est lavorum." That's Latin for "Life is a job." I didn't learn that in school or even from a book. I learned that from Father Guido Sarducci. For younger readers, that name may draw... The Anti-Porter Conspiracy Mona Charen I'm having trouble understanding why Rob Porter had to resign his job as White House staff secretary (the person who manages the paper flow in the West Wing). Yes, yes, he was credibly accused... ADVERTISEMENT 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 Military Parades in the USA NBA Players on the Move 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.