Dear Reader (And victims of wind-noise cancer everywhere),

I'm sitting about a block north of the Trump Hotel on Central Park West smoking a cigar on Thursday afternoon trying to write this "news"letter. If seven-day units of time were people, this one would be wearing a Millard Fillmore mask, slathering itself with salmon viscera and running through the nearby polar-bear enclosure at the Central Park Zoo shouting "Trieste belongs to the Italians!" — which is my way of saying it's been a crazy week.

I wrote my column today on Joe Biden and the effort to un-person him over the fact he has a long history of acting around human beings like a small child at a toy store; Oh, let me see! I just want to touch it! Can I hold that? Oooooo soft!

Now I want to be clear — not in the Scientologist sense, but in the expository sense. I dislike the entire suite of Biden mannerisms and affectations. I do not think he's a bad person, nor do I think he's an idiot despite the many nakedly ridiculous ...

April 05 2019

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Acceptable Bigotries Jonah Goldberg Dear Reader (And victims of wind-noise cancer everywhere), I'm sitting about a block north of the Trump Hotel on Central Park West smoking a cigar on Thursday afternoon trying to write this "news"letter. If seven-day units of time were people, this one would be wearing a Millard Fillmore mask, slathering itself with salmon viscera and running through the nearby polar-bear enclosure at the Central Park Zoo shouting "Trieste belongs to the Italians!" — which is my way of saying it's been a crazy week. I wrote my column today on Joe Biden and the effort to un-person him over the fact he has a long history of acting around human beings like a small child at a toy store; Oh, let me see! I just want to touch it! Can I hold that? Oooooo soft! Now I want to be clear — not in the Scientologist sense, but in the expository sense. I dislike the entire suite of Biden mannerisms and affectations. I do not think he's a bad person, nor do I think he's an idiot despite the many nakedly ridiculous ... Read More ADVERTISEMENT Top Stories Biden and the Problem of Touch Mona Charen Most of us just aren't designed to live the kind of solitary lives that excessive entanglement with technology is encouraging. We are social and also tactile creatures. The Trump Era Should Make Libertarians of Us All David French Democrats' quest for Trump's tax returns once again highlights the distortions in American law. Ocasio-Cortez Pushes 'Agenda of Reparations' at Sharpton Conference Jack Crowe Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called on fellow Democrats to pursue an "agenda of reparations" through a dramatic expansion of the welfare state during her remarks at Al Sharpton's National... ADVERTISEMENT Taxing Unrealized Capital Gains Is a Nutty Idea David L. Bahnsen Wyden may or may not be serious in making this proposal, but it is not a serious proposal. Court: Barr Must Redact Grand-Jury Info from Mueller Report Andrew C. McCarthy Democrats will complain long and loud about this, but I don't see how Barr can be reasonably faulted for following the law. How Theresa May Can Get a Better Brexit Deal — and How Trump Can Help Stephen C. Meyer Prime Minister May can disentangle Britain from this current morass. What the Electoral College Saves Us From Dan McLaughlin The Electoral College is good for the nation, and more democratic than most other systems of electing a national leader. Beto O'Rourke: Trump's Rhetoric Echoes the Third Reich Mairead McArdle Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke compared President Trump's rhetoric to that of Nazi Germany Thursday. 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 30% TODAY Photo Essays Grand National Festival Movie Preview: Peterloo 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.