Morning Jolt: Yes We Kanye

Kanye West is unpredictable and not terribly coherent and has generated his share of infamous and insufferably narcissistic behavior — "Bush doesn't care about black people" and "Imma let you finish" come to mind. Color me skeptical that it's a consequential victory for the Right now that West is declaring that President Trump is his "brother" and that they share "dragon energy," or that he's choosing to wear a "Make America Great Again" hat. It's entirely possible that a month from now, West will fall in love with Bernie Sanders or something.

But there is something hysterical and thrilling in all this. We're watching liberal fans of Kanye West flip out in response to his latest surprise move, and Kim Kardashian defend his right to be a "free thinker," and perhaps most of all, fellow performer Chance the Rapper declaring simply, "Black people don't have to be Democrats." That statement shouldn't be the least bit controversial, and there are quite a few left-of-center African-Americans who think that the ethnic group's steadfast loyalty to ...

April 26 2018

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Yes We Kanye Jim Geraghty Kanye West is unpredictable and not terribly coherent and has generated his share of infamous and insufferably narcissistic behavior — "Bush doesn't care about black people" and "Imma let you finish" come to mind. Color me skeptical that it's a consequential victory for the Right now that West is declaring that President Trump is his "brother" and that they share "dragon energy," or that he's choosing to wear a "Make America Great Again" hat. It's entirely possible that a month from now, West will fall in love with Bernie Sanders or something. But there is something hysterical and thrilling in all this. We're watching liberal fans of Kanye West flip out in response to his latest surprise move, and Kim Kardashian defend his right to be a "free thinker," and perhaps most of all, fellow performer Chance the Rapper declaring simply, "Black people don't have to be Democrats." That statement shouldn't be the least bit controversial, and there are quite a few left-of-center African-Americans who think that the ethnic group's steadfast loyalty to ... Read More Top Stories Columbia 1968: Another Untold Story Nicholas Frankovich Student protests shut the campus down 50 years ago, as nationwide the New Left displaced the Old Left and ditched working-class... Only the Strident Survive Heather Wilhelm Only the Strident Survive ADVERTISEMENT The Double Standards of the Mueller Investigation Victor Davis Hanson The more Mueller searches for hypothetical lawbreaking, the more he ignores the actual... Talking Past Each Other on Gun Control Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. For all the coverage and discussion sparked by the Parkland shooting, the two sides of the debate have retreated to their respective... Paul Krugman's All-Renewable Delusion Robert Bryce Krugman completely ignores wind energy's massive footprint and the growing backlash against the wind... Gorsuch Was Wrong to Rescue a Felonious Alien Quin Hillyer Who will decide which laws are too vaguely worded to be constitutional? By that standard, the courts could invalidate a vast number of... 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 Avengers: Infinity War Premiere Cartoons of the Day: April 25, 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.