Dear Reader (Even the Rothschilds, who ruined my birthday),

Niche podcasters such as Sonny Bunch and John Podhoretz worry that kids today are growing up without a common culture. They're balkanizing into a micro-culture archipelago, staring blankly at their Facegrams and Instachats, while streaming TV shows about kids coping with the stress of Facegramming while Instachatting. Or something.

And I have to admit, they have a point. One of the things that does bother me the most about these kids today is the way they say so many foreign words when ordering a cup of coffee. But that's not important right now. Another thing that bothers me about them is their unfamiliarity with the pop-culture canon. I first noticed it years ago when I said, "Now's who being naïve?" to some college kids and they thought that I was making a Simpsons reference, without knowing that The Simpsons was making a Godfather reference. It does make me think that while this is the Golden Age of TV, it's not the Golden Age of ...

March 23 2018

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The Gathering Stormy Jonah Goldberg Dear Reader (Even the Rothschilds, who ruined my birthday), Niche podcasters such as Sonny Bunch and John Podhoretz worry that kids today are growing up without a common culture. They're balkanizing into a micro-culture archipelago, staring blankly at their Facegrams and Instachats, while streaming TV shows about kids coping with the stress of Facegramming while Instachatting. Or something. And I have to admit, they have a point. One of the things that does bother me the most about these kids today is the way they say so many foreign words when ordering a cup of coffee. But that's not important right now. Another thing that bothers me about them is their unfamiliarity with the pop-culture canon. I first noticed it years ago when I said, "Now's who being naïve?" to some college kids and they thought that I was making a Simpsons reference, without knowing that The Simpsons was making a Godfather reference. It does make me think that while this is the Golden Age of TV, it's not the Golden Age of ... Read More Top Stories Gunman Claiming ISIS Connection Kills Three, Takes Hostages in France Mairead McArdle The attack is the latest in a string of terrorist killings that has hit the country over the last few... China Hits Back With Tariffs on 128 U.S. Products Mairead McArdle China Hits Back With Tariffs on 128 U.S. Products ADVERTISEMENT McCain Demands Haspel Clarify Her Role in CIA Interrogation Program Jack Crowe The senator made his request in a letter to President Trump's pick for CIA... VIDEO: David Hogg Delivers Profanity-Ridden Rant Jack Crowe The teenaged gun-control activist cursed gun owners, Republican lawmakers, and the NRA in an interview with The... The Facebook-Cambridge Analytica 'Scandal' Is a Nothingburger David Harsanyi Reports of a 'breach' are... Off the Shelf: The Bastard Son of Versailles Michael Brendan Dougherty A review of the Halik Kochanski's book The Eagle Unbowed: Poland and Poles in the Second World... ADVERTISEMENT What NR is Reading The Holocaust: A New History Laurence Rees "A masterpiece... Rees' best book yet." — Andrew Roberts, author of The Storm of War "This is by far the clearest book ever written about the Holocaust, and also the best at explaining its origins and grotesque mentality, as well as its chaotic development." — Anthony Beevor, author of Stalingrad LEARN MORE Photo Essays Cartoons of the Day: March 23rd, 2018 Cartoons of the Day: March 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.