Dear Reader (Including all of the Democrats not running for president. Let's have lunch),

And then there were 24.

Of course, you normally don't say "And then there were X" when the number increases. You're supposed to say it in such situations as when your softball team has been kidnapped by a Moldovan blood-sport ring. You sit in your dank holding cell beneath the streets of Chisinau, watching as your buddies are taken away in ones and twos to fight to the death with tire irons and shovels for the amusement of the Moldovan illuminati until it's just you and a once-pudgy, urine-soaked accountant who's become a lean, death-dealing gladiator and has decided the only way to survive is to accept that this is the only life he knows. You hear the outer door open and see burly men drag in the bloodied corpses of both your former first baseman and your centerfielder and dump them in the corner. Then one of them comes to the gate of your cell and says "Si apoi au fost doi" — Romanian for "And then there were two." A macabre grin appears on the accountant's face.

Anyway, where was I? Oh, right. There are now 24 ...

May 17 2019

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Bill de Blasio, the Sponge of Woke Platitudes Jonah Goldberg Dear Reader (Including all of the Democrats not running for president. Let's have lunch), And then there were 24. Of course, you normally don't say "And then there were X" when the number increases. You're supposed to say it in such situations as when your softball team has been kidnapped by a Moldovan blood-sport ring. You sit in your dank holding cell beneath the streets of Chisinau, watching as your buddies are taken away in ones and twos to fight to the death with tire irons and shovels for the amusement of the Moldovan illuminati until it's just you and a once-pudgy, urine-soaked accountant who's become a lean, death-dealing gladiator and has decided the only way to survive is to accept that this is the only life he knows. You hear the outer door open and see burly men drag in the bloodied corpses of both your former first baseman and your centerfielder and dump them in the corner. Then one of them comes to the gate of your cell and says "Si apoi au fost doi" — Romanian for "And then there were two." A macabre grin appears on the accountant's face. Anyway, where was I? Oh, right. There are now 24 ... Read More ADVERTISEMENT Top Stories Education Is Socialism's Only Antidote Marion Smith The increasing popularity of socialism in America demands a strong, serious, sustained response from all who cherish our experiment in self-government. The Violence in John Wick 3: Parabellum Is Cathartic and Fun Armond White "John Wick 3: Parabellum" is impudent fun precisely because it exults in all-American freedom from victimhood. Sanders to Propose Moratorium on Public Funding Of Charter Schools Jack Crowe Senator Bernie Sanders will call for a ban on for-profit charter schools and a temporary moratorium on funding for public-charter-school expansion. ADVERTISEMENT What If Trump Has Driven Democrats Sane? Rich Lowry What if Donald Trump hasn't driven Democrats insane, sending them into a spiral of self-defeating radicalism, but instead made them shockingly pragmatic? The 50-Way Abortion Fight Kevin D. Williamson Abortion opponents have so long been focused on Roe that some of us have lost sight of the fact that its being overturned — which seems to me very likely — is not the end of a long fight but the beginning of one. The Judicial Resistance Rescues DACA, Again David French Lawless Barack Obama and Bill Clinton appointees have again blocked Donald Trump's lawful decision to end DACA. The Swedish Lesson: Welfare States Create Moral Hazard Nima Sanandaji Over-utilization also explains why Sweden and other Nordic countries are gradually shifting from social democracy to free-market reforms and slimmed-down government. House Dems Vote Unanimously to Pass 'Equality Act' Jack Crowe House Democrats voted unanimously in favor of expanding the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include "sexual orientation and gender identity" as protected classes. ADVERTISEMENT GIVE THE GIFT OF NR Gift Your Grad! Move that special grad in your life in the right direction. Enter coupon code MYGRAD at checkout to get 60% off all NR gift subscriptions. SEE MY OPTIONS Photo Essays Cannes Film Festival B-52 Stratofortress 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.