Morning Jolt: The Book Comey Wanted to Write

Making the click-through worthwhile: the book James Comey had wanted to write, Facebook starts to feel useless to some writers, an infamous D.C. city councilman manages to make everything worse, and Hillary Clinton's campaign finds its wish granted.

What Did James Comey's First Draft of A Higher Loyalty Look Like?

My lengthy review of A Higher Loyalty is up on NRO this morning. I found myself with a different reaction than I expected, and a different focus from most early reviews. (Let's face it, today most people perceive Comey through the lens of President Trump. If you like Trump, you probably hate Comey; if you hate Trump, you probably like his criticism of Trump but might still blame him for the outcome of the 2016 election.)

Here's the thing: if you're a pro-Clinton, pro-Democrat partisan hack, you don't mention the unprecedented nature of Clinton's pardon of Marc Rich, and the criticism from the New York Times. If you're a pro-Clinton, pro-Democrat partisan hack, you don't lay out the potential threat ...

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The Book Comey Wanted to Write Jim Geraghty Making the click-through worthwhile: the book James Comey had wanted to write, Facebook starts to feel useless to some writers, an infamous D.C. city councilman manages to make everything worse, and Hillary Clinton's campaign finds its wish granted. What Did James Comey's First Draft of A Higher Loyalty Look Like? My lengthy review of A Higher Loyalty is up on NRO this morning. I found myself with a different reaction than I expected, and a different focus from most early reviews. (Let's face it, today most people perceive Comey through the lens of President Trump. If you like Trump, you probably hate Comey; if you hate Trump, you probably like his criticism of Trump but might still blame him for the outcome of the 2016 election.) Here's the thing: if you're a pro-Clinton, pro-Democrat partisan hack, you don't mention the unprecedented nature of Clinton's pardon of Marc Rich, and the criticism from the New York Times. If you're a pro-Clinton, pro-Democrat partisan hack, you don't lay out the potential threat ... Read More Top Stories Anti-Semitism, This Time in Its Islamist Variant, Plagues France Again Qanta A. Ahmed Too few Westerners appreciate that the political ideology that is Islamism is an imposter of the religion that is... Godard Mon Amour Recalls Cinema's Passionate Political Past Armond White Godard Mon Amour Recalls Cinema's Passionate Political Past ADVERTISEMENT America Is Not As Intolerant As We Make It Out to Be Jonah Goldberg By any objective standard, the U.S. is not the most racist or sexist country in the world. In fact, we've made great... The Real Case of Collusion Michael Barone As Mueller's investigation winds down, evidence is building that the Obama administration colluded to help elect Hillary... No, Conservatives Shouldn't Try to Punish Radical Professors for Offensive Speech David French The proper response of a free people to trolls is indifference, which denies them the attention they... The Rush to Condemn Jordan Peterson as Racist Clara Fox Critics of the Canadian professor have been quick to cry... ADVERTISEMENT What NR is Reading On Grand Strategy John Lewis Gaddis "The best education in grand strategy available in a single volume . . . a book that should be read by every American leader or would-be leader." — John Nagl, author of Knife Fights: A Memoir of Modern War in Theory and Practice, Wall Street Journal LEARN MORE Photo Essays Cartoons of the Day: April 20, 2018 Cartoons of the Day: April 19, 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.