Dear Reader (Including my guilty doppelgängers),

On my many travels this year (I am writing this quickly from the bar and lounge area at the Fort Worth Hilton), I have made what I believe to be many crucial observations. For instance, have you noticed that, increasingly, most Starbucks only put out the carafe of half-and-half these days, not bothering with whole milk or that semi-translucent bluish saccharine filth known as "skim milk"? This is fine with me, as I only use half-and-half. And, at home, we use heavy cream in our coffee because nutritionally skim milk is sugary garbage water that literally looks and tastes like the liquid that accumulates at the bottom of dumpsters.

But none of that is important right now. I've also noticed that there's a whole lot of crazy out there ...

September 21 2018

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The Zero-Sum Thinking Behind Group Rights Jonah Goldberg Dear Reader (Including my guilty doppelgängers), On my many travels this year (I am writing this quickly from the bar and lounge area at the Fort Worth Hilton), I have made what I believe to be many crucial observations. For instance, have you noticed that, increasingly, most Starbucks only put out the carafe of half-and-half these days, not bothering with whole milk or that semi-translucent bluish saccharine filth known as "skim milk"? This is fine with me, as I only use half-and-half. And, at home, we use heavy cream in our coffee because nutritionally skim milk is sugary garbage water that literally looks and tastes like the liquid that accumulates at the bottom of dumpsters. But none of that is important right now. I've also noticed that there's a whole lot of crazy out there ... Read More ADVERTISEMENT Top Stories Shut Up, They Explained Rich Lowry Democratic senators including Richard Blumenthal and Mazie Hirono are treating Kavanaugh as guilty beyond a doubt, but they have not thoroughly and fairly conducted an investigation of Ford's assault allegation. Censure Dianne Feinstein Michael W. Schwartz If the senators don't take their own institution's procedures seriously, and refuse to stand against so blatant a breach, it's hard to expect the rest of us to do so. Parkland Survivor Regrets Being 'Propped Up as an Expert' by the Media Jack Crowe Cameron Kasky recently left the gun-control group he and fellow survivors founded after the attack, and says he regrets his time in the national spotlight. ADVERTISEMENT Are We on the Verge of Civil War? Victor Davis Hanson The growing divide in America's culture paints a grim picture for her future. Obama Didn't Build That! Deroy Murdock Obama says the current economic boom is his doing, but the statistics say otherwise. Assassination Nation: A Poor Parody of the Salem Witch Trials Armond White The new bio-doc about John Lyden, aka Johnny Rotten, usefully contrasts the media debacle we're now going through with an individual artist of rare intelligence and integrity — a figure whom our current era should idealize. Mild, Mild West Kyle Smith "The Sisters Brothers" fails to deliver either comedy or drama. Yale Study: Twice as Many Undocumented Immigrants as Previously Thought in U.S. Mairead McArdle Even the study's authors admitted to being surprised by their findings. 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: September 21, 2018 Diner En Blanc 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.