On the Road Again

Dear Reader (Including all of the citizens of the World who should take equal pride in Neil Armstrong's accomplishments. Thank you, Belize!),

I'm writing this from the passenger seat of a Winnebago heading East out of Burns, Ore. — which was named after the Scottish poet, Robert Burns, not the chinless wonder from M*A*S*H. Which reminds me, why didn't the "H" in M*A*S*H get an asterisk? That always bothered me.

Burns looks like it's seen better days, but it still appears much nicer than the neighboring "city," Hines, Ore., at least from what we could tell (Burns's taxidermist shops seem much more professional and less like the guy inside would be perfectly happy to stuff and mount a pseudo-intellectual demi-Jewish pundit from the Upper West Side). We stopped in Burns for the coffee, as one does, and to switch drivers. I got us from Bend to Burns and the Fair Jessica will take us into Boise. We didn't plan on only stopping in places that begin with B, but that's just one of the great things about the road: the serendipity of it all.

John McCain, RIP

John McCain is being held in state today and lain to ...

August 31 2018

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On the Road Again Jonah Goldberg Dear Reader (Including all of the citizens of the World who should take equal pride in Neil Armstrong's accomplishments. Thank you, Belize!), I'm writing this from the passenger seat of a Winnebago heading East out of Burns, Ore. — which was named after the Scottish poet, Robert Burns, not the chinless wonder from M*A*S*H. Which reminds me, why didn't the "H" in M*A*S*H get an asterisk? That always bothered me. Burns looks like it's seen better days, but it still appears much nicer than the neighboring "city," Hines, Ore., at least from what we could tell (Burns's taxidermist shops seem much more professional and less like the guy inside would be perfectly happy to stuff and mount a pseudo-intellectual demi-Jewish pundit from the Upper West Side). We stopped in Burns for the coffee, as one does, and to switch drivers. I got us from Bend to Burns and the Fair Jessica will take us into Boise. We didn't plan on only stopping in places that begin with B, but that's just one of the great things about the road: the serendipity of it all. John McCain, RIP John McCain is being held in state today and lain to ... Read More ADVERTISEMENT Top Stories Democrats and Their Big Labor Allies Stick It to Home-Care Workers in Pa. Jack Crowe A pliant state supreme court just rewarded Governor Tom Wolf's massive executive overreach, handing the governor and his Big Labor allies a win. Ordinary Pennsylvanians will pay the price. Syria: Five Years Later Will Ruger and Reid Smith The participation of Congress in deciding whether to go to war is a crucial part of formulating our nation's military policy. Trump Planning 'Major Rally' for Ted Cruz Mairead McArdle The president is planning to campaign for his one-time presidential-primary rival this fall. ADVERTISEMENT Racial Widgets Kevin D. Williamson Worrying about who gets into Harvard is not going to do very much for black Americans corporately, and the Asian-American plaintiffs have a convincing case on simple justice grounds. They should not be discriminated against in order to pursue someone else's social ends. Off The Shelf: Seasons Change Michael Brendan Dougherty Some observations about the Russian Revolution, and about Sean McMeekin's new revisionist history of it. What We Can Learn about Partisanship from John McCain Katherine Timpf By refusing to let politics dictate who his friends were, John McCain set a powerful example we'd all do well to follow. Common-Ground Movies Armond White Support the Girls is a movie about realistic black women getting by in the real world, without serving a filmmaker's political agenda. Canada Officials React to Trump's NAFTA Remarks: We're 'Not There Yet' Mairead McArdle Canada's foreign minister and prime minister were cautiously optimistic in response to President Trump's explosive off-the-record comments on the NAFTA talks. ADVERTISEMENT JOIN NRPLUS All Our Content. Fewer Ads. Members-Only Privileges. NRPLUS is everything you would associate with a digital magazine subscription, and a whole lot more ─ including up to 90% fewer on-site ads, access to our private Facebook group, full commenting privileges, and invites to our writer/editor conference calls. SAVE 40% TODAY Photo Essays Cartoons of the Day: August 31, 2018 Cartoons of the Day: August 30, 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.