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As this "news"letter has a certain — hard-earned — reputation for scatological juvenilia and bawdy pandering, you would think that the Pee Tape Renaissance unfolding before our eyes would provide ample column fodder. Also, it's not exactly unfair to accuse its author of exploiting the inexplicably massive popularity of this "news"letter for self-indulgent score-settling and self-promotion. So, it wouldn't surprise me if you thought that the guy who puts the "G" in G-File would dedicate this week's epistle to highlighting and debating David Brooks's column on my forthcoming book. (Fun fact: If every subscriber to the G-File bought a copy of my book in the next ten days, it would almost surely beat James Comey's apparently underwhelming tome on the bestseller lists. Not that I'm hinting or ...

April 13 2018

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Cincinnatus Lays Down the PowerPoint Jonah Goldberg Dear Reader (and friggatriskaidekaphobes everywhere), As this "news"letter has a certain — hard-earned — reputation for scatological juvenilia and bawdy pandering, you would think that the Pee Tape Renaissance unfolding before our eyes would provide ample column fodder. Also, it's not exactly unfair to accuse its author of exploiting the inexplicably massive popularity of this "news"letter for self-indulgent score-settling and self-promotion. So, it wouldn't surprise me if you thought that the guy who puts the "G" in G-File would dedicate this week's epistle to highlighting and debating David Brooks's column on my forthcoming book. (Fun fact: If every subscriber to the G-File bought a copy of my book in the next ten days, it would almost surely beat James Comey's apparently underwhelming tome on the bestseller lists. Not that I'm hinting or ... Read More Top Stories The Last Special Counsel Rich Lowry Even if Trump is fully vindicated, the probe has exacted a significant price, and much of the left considers the Mueller probe a resistance march with subpoena... Tighter Regulation Would Probably Increase Facebook's Profits Jonah Goldberg Tighter Regulation Would Probably Increase Facebook's Profits ADVERTISEMENT Jeannette's Joyful Noise Drowns out the Banality of A Quiet Place Armond White Bruno Dumont's rock-musical passion play is a true original, unlike Krasinski's warmed-over horror... California Is the Model for National Divorce, Not Democratic Domination David French The demographic-inevitability thesis is less credible than... Paul Ryan Follows in the Footsteps of Thomas Reed Michael Barone Like Reed under McKinley, Ryan disagrees with his party's... Trump Urges Us to Reflect on Prisoners and Redemption Gerard Robinson A tough-on-crime president supports opportunity, not just... 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: April 13, 2018 Grand National Festival 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.