Morning Jolt: Trump’s Words Don’t Mean Much Anymore

Take a moment today to tell someone you appreciate them — you never know when the chance to do it will be taken away from you. National Review lost Mike Potemra a few days ago. For a lot of my pieces over the years, I would turn in eh-okay-I-guess text, and Mike would reorganize it, trim it, polish it, and make it ten times better. He was sending back edits just a few weeks ago — maddening for someone like that to be gone so suddenly, without warning.

A slew of my colleagues are offering remembrances and fuller portraits of the greatly-missed Mike: Rich Lowry, Nat Brown, Kathryn Lopez, Andrew Stuttaford, Jay Nordlinger.

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May 23 2018

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Trump's Words Don't Mean Much Anymore Jim Geraghty Take a moment today to tell someone you appreciate them — you never know when the chance to do it will be taken away from you. National Review lost Mike Potemra a few days ago. For a lot of my pieces over the years, I would turn in eh-okay-I-guess text, and Mike would reorganize it, trim it, polish it, and make it ten times better. He was sending back edits just a few weeks ago — maddening for someone like that to be gone so suddenly, without warning. A slew of my colleagues are offering remembrances and fuller portraits of the greatly-missed Mike: Rich Lowry, Nat Brown, Kathryn Lopez, Andrew Stuttaford, Jay Nordlinger. The Consequences of ... Read More Top Stories The Collapse of the Collusion Narrative Conrad Black The early righteousness of the anti-Trump lynch-mob has been... The Real Origination Story of the Trump-Russia Investigation Andrew C. McCarthy The Real Origination Story of the Trump-Russia Investigation NFL Owners Consider Penalizing Players Who Kneel for National Anthem Jack Crowe Though no consensus has been reached, owners are considering levying a 15-yard penalty for players who protest during the anthem. ADVERTISEMENT Yes, a Reasonable Prosecutor Would Have Ordered an Investigation of the Trump Campaign David French The Mueller investigation should be allowed to reach its natural conclusion, as should the DOJ's investigation of the FBI's... Junot Díaz: Condemn the Writer, Not the Writing Christian Alejandro Gonzalez Let they who are without sin be our writers, and we will be left without... The Glorious Mike Potemra Jay Nordlinger Notes on a friend, the late literary editor of National Review, a unique person in... A Long-Simmering Revolt Jim Geraghty A comprehensive and insightful new book reveals the roots of white, working-class support for President... Manafort Will Ask Judge to Suppress Evidence Seized by FBI Jack Crowe Manafort will allege that the evidence was seized in violation of the Constitution's ban on unreasonable search and seizure. ADVERTISEMENT What NR is Reading Chance or the Dance? A Critique of Modern Secularism Thomas Howard "If I could have everyone read just ten books, this would be one of them!" — Peter Kreeft, Ph.D., Boston College LEARN MORE Photo Essays Cartoons of the Day: May 23, 2018 Cartoons of the Day: May 22, 2018 ADVERTISEMENT 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.