Morning Jolt: The World Is Getting Better. It’s Just That No One Tells You About It.

A special Morning Jolt today, as I try to run through a long but by no means complete list of good news from the past year that was astoundingly under-reported and discussed, particularly when compared to presidential tweets, discussions of which pop culture offerings weren't woke enough, glowing profiles of the eighth or ninth-most popular Democratic presidential candidate, and so on . . .

We’ve Made Some Breathtaking Advances

You will be stunned when you realize how many dramatic breakthroughs have been made against some of the most common and deadly diseases and ailments out there.

One: A new blood test could detect breast cancer five years before other clinical signs manifest. This could be available to patients in four to five years. Separately, a new treatment for early-stage breast cancer could wipe out a growth in just one treatment.

Two: A new  ...

December 05 2019

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The World Is Getting Better. It's Just That No One Tells You About It. Jim Geraghty A special Morning Jolt today, as I try to run through a long but by no means complete list of good news from the past year that was astoundingly under-reported and discussed, particularly when compared to presidential tweets, discussions of which pop culture offerings weren't woke enough, glowing profiles of the eighth or ninth-most popular Democratic presidential candidate, and so on . . . We’ve Made Some Breathtaking Advances You will be stunned when you realize how many dramatic breakthroughs have been made against some of the most common and deadly diseases and ailments out there. One: A new blood test could detect breast cancer five years before other clinical signs manifest. This could be available to patients in four to five years. Separately, a new treatment for early-stage breast cancer could wipe out a growth in just one treatment. Two: A new  ... Read More ADVERTISEMENT Top Stories The Second Coming — and Betrayal — of E.T. Armond White Is nothing in our culture sacred, not even E.T.? Will anything ever make Steven Spielberg great again? Common Ground on the Common Good Ramesh Ponnuru Conservatives should be able to find it. Cory Booker to Introduce Bill Banning Race-Based Hair Discrimination Mairead McArdle Democratic presidential candidate Senator Cory Booker will introduce a bill on Thursday prohibiting race-based hair discrimination ADVERTISEMENT Trump Is Incidental to the Culture War Michael Brendan Dougherty President Trump dominates the news, but our politics are driven by fears of one another, not of him. Presidential Misconduct: Some Historical Perspective David Harsanyi Once Gerhardt argued that Trump's conduct was "worse than the misconduct of any prior president," we no longer had any intellectual obligation to take him seriously on the topic. Red-State Death, Blue-State Health? Mona Charen New York Times columnist Paul Krugman uses 'deaths of despair' as a partisan bludgeon. Trump's Commonsensical Food-Stamp Rule The Editors The economy is in a good place, making now a good time to get those on welfare into the labor market by enforcing work requirements and time limits. Rep. Duncan Hunter Shows no Signs of Resigning Despite Pleading Guilty to Campaign Finance... Zachary Evans Hunter had long criticized the investigation against him as a "witch hunt," but announced on Sunday he would change his stance and plead guilty. ADVERTISEMENT What NR Is Reading The Case for Nationalism: How It Made Us Powerful, United, and Free Rich Lowry Makes an original and compelling case for nationalism . . . A fascinating, erudite—and much-needed—defense of a hallowed idea unfairly under current attack. — Victor Davis Hanson LEARN MORE Photo Essays Photographing Custer Top Shots 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.