Morning Jolt: On Preventing War with North Korea

In today's Jolt, making the click-through worth your while: Trump's critics forget how deterrence works, how Google radicalized New York Times columnist David Brooks, and why being an outrage-driven social justice warrior appeals to the lazy.

This is the last Jim-written Morning Jolt until August 21. I will return with either an awesome tale of an ambitious family vacation or just rocking back and forth and murmuring, "we're never taking the kids on a long flight again, we're never taking the kids on a long flight again."

Convenient Amnesia on How Deterrence Works

This morning, President Trump tweeted, "Military solutions are now fully in place, locked and loaded, should North Korea act unwisely. Hopefully Kim Jong Un will find another path!" Unsurprisingly, this is causing Trump critics to freak out.

Begin with the assumption that we do not want to fight a war on the Korean peninsula. If we want to avoid that, we need to deter North Korea from taking any other actions that will be so provocative, they will require ...

August 11 2017

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On Preventing War with North Korea Jim Geraghty In today's Jolt, making the click-through worth your while: Trump's critics forget how deterrence works, how Google radicalized New York Times columnist David Brooks, and why being an outrage-driven social justice warrior appeals to the lazy. This is the last Jim-written Morning Jolt until August 21. I will return with either an awesome tale of an ambitious family vacation or just rocking back and forth and murmuring, "we're never taking the kids on a long flight again, we're never taking the kids on a long flight again." Convenient Amnesia on How Deterrence Works This morning, President Trump tweeted, "Military solutions are now fully in place, locked and loaded, should North Korea act unwisely. Hopefully Kim Jong Un will find another path!" Unsurprisingly, this is causing Trump critics to freak out. Begin with the assumption that we do not want to fight a war on the Korean peninsula. If we want to avoid that, we need to deter North Korea from taking any other actions that will be so provocative, they will require ... READ MORE Minority Religious Groups Suffer in Iran Jeff Cimmino The Iranian government continues to persecute religious minorities, including groups supposedly given special recognition by the country's constitution: Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians.... Polls Don't Measure What You Think They Measure Max Bloom Polls Don't Measure What You Think They Measure ADVERTISEMENT The Francification of America: The American Le Pen and the French-style Realignment Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry Editor's Note: In a series of columns, Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, a Paris-based conservative and Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, will write on an alarming trend, which he calls the... The Right: United by Hate, Love, or Nothing? Jay Nordlinger The other day, I saw a clip on the Internet that made me think, "Where is American conservatism today? What do we stand for?" That is pretty much the bread-and-butter obsession of National... Stifling Diversity to Protect Diversity David Harsanyi Most of the mainstream media refer to the former Google engineer's leaked internal memo as the "anti-diversity memo." The technology website Recode calls it "sexist." And Google fired James... Another Manufactured Diversity Spat Jonah Goldberg In 2005, the Los Angeles Times hired me as a columnist. That was great news (for me). But the best part was when Barbra Streisand canceled her subscription in protest. Her real complaint... ADVERTISEMENT The Golden Pelican: A Novel Gene Helveston 'The timeliness of The Golden Pelican blurs the distinction between fiction and real-time news. Helveston paints a scary scenario with a compelling plot, likable and despicable characters, and the right amount of CIA background information to make it understandable and suspenseful.' - Edward O'Malley LEARN MORE A-10 Thunderbolt II Top Shots ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 215 Lexington Ave., New York, NY, 10016, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.