Morning Jolt: The Editors Make a Compelling Point

On the menu today: The editors of National Review reject one of the arguments put forth defending the president; a preview of this year's winter meeting of the powerful political network that would prefer to not be called "the Koch network" any longer; and a pair of book recommendations.

Once Again, It's Time to Make Almost Everybody Mad by Telling the Truth

Part of life at National Review is being denounced as a spineless lickspittle toady to President Trump and being denounced as an unhinged RINO globalist elitist NeverTrump Hillary-lover, often in the same day and sometimes, it feels, from the same people depending upon their particular mood that day. (I'm fairly certain Joe Walsh passed us during his transition.) The most recent conclusion of the editors, disputing and dispelling the argument that presidents cannot be impeached for any abuse of power unless that abuse took the form of a criminal violation of a statute ...

WITH JIM GERAGHTY January 23 2020 WITH JIM GERAGHTY January 23 2020 The Editors Make a Compelling Point On the menu today: The editors of National Review reject one of the arguments put forth defending the president; a preview of this year's winter meeting of the powerful political network that would prefer to not be called "the Koch network" any longer; and a pair of book recommendations. Once Again, It's Time to Make Almost Everybody Mad by Telling the Truth Part of life at National Review is being denounced as a spineless lickspittle toady to President Trump and being denounced as an unhinged RINO globalist elitist NeverTrump Hillary-lover, often in the same day and sometimes, it feels, from the same people depending upon their particular mood that day. (I'm fairly certain Joe Walsh passed us during his transition.) The most recent conclusion of the editors, disputing and dispelling the argument that presidents cannot be impeached for any abuse of power unless that abuse took the form of a criminal violation of a statute ...   READ MORE

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