Dear Reader (Redacted: Harm to Ongoing Matter),

One of the things I tell new parents is something that was told to me when my daughter still had that new baby smell: "Prepare for long days but short years." No statement more succinctly captures the exhaustion, excitement, and melancholy nostalgia that come with parenthood. I have no doubt whole books have not covered it more eloquently.

This week I had a similar sensation thinking about the two big news stories of the week: The fire at Notre Dame and the release of the Mueller report.

Time may be linear, but our comprehension of it isn't. All around us events are taking place that we do not perceive as events because they are moving at a pace that we really can't comprehend. Imagine if you could make a film of the planet earth from its birth to its demise. If you played the movie fast enough, the formation of mountains would look like terrifying clashes between continents. The breakup of Pangaea might look like a jigsaw puzzle thrown into a hot tub. Playing the film a ...

April 19 2019

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What's So Great about Western Civilization Jonah Goldberg Dear Reader (Redacted: Harm to Ongoing Matter), One of the things I tell new parents is something that was told to me when my daughter still had that new baby smell: "Prepare for long days but short years." No statement more succinctly captures the exhaustion, excitement, and melancholy nostalgia that come with parenthood. I have no doubt whole books have not covered it more eloquently. This week I had a similar sensation thinking about the two big news stories of the week: The fire at Notre Dame and the release of the Mueller report. Time may be linear, but our comprehension of it isn't. All around us events are taking place that we do not perceive as events because they are moving at a pace that we really can't comprehend. Imagine if you could make a film of the planet earth from its birth to its demise. If you played the movie fast enough, the formation of mountains would look like terrifying clashes between continents. The breakup of Pangaea might look like a jigsaw puzzle thrown into a hot tub. Playing the film a ... Read More ADVERTISEMENT Top Stories Off the Shelf: Good Friday Michael Brendan Dougherty We discover, as in all good conversion memoirs, that the author is the object of the story, and it was God who was the subject, in pursuit of his beloved. Carter Page Is Mr. Clean Eric Felten His views on Putin may be those of a Russophilic spaniel. But Carter Page may be the squeaky-cleanest man in America. House Majority Leader Says Impeachment 'Not Worthwhile at This Point' Mairead McArdle Said Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D., Md.): "Very frankly, there is an election in 18 months and the American people will make a judgment." ADVERTISEMENT Tawdriness Is Not a High Crime Kyle Smith The 2020 election, not impeachment, is the appropriate place to litigate Mueller's findings. The Problem with the Mueller Report The Editors We have never been fans of special-counsel investigations, which often lack proportion and take up politically charged questions best left to politically accountable bodies. Nothing about the Mueller probe changes our view. Enjoy the Silence Kevin D. Williamson Today there is silence, if you want it, and time to think, to pray, to try to understand, and to try as best we can to do that heroic and impossible thing that we are commanded to do: to love our enemies — and maybe come to understand that they are not our enemies at all. Sorry, Democrats, but Your Stars Are Socialists Rich Lowry Establishment Democrats aren't the life of the party; the crusading purity of Bernie Sanders and the outrageousness of freshman Democrats hold the attention. Mueller Report Details Trump's Attempts to Influence Probe Jack Crowe Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report details ten 'incidents' in which President Trump sought to curtail or otherwise affect the probe. 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 New York Auto Show 1906 San Francisco Earthquake 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.