NR Daily: The Trump Show

If a boring and exploitive speech can be called a political success, Donald Trump's State of the Union address was it. Maybe you are bewildered by Trump's triumphs. His approval ratings have been abysmal. By the time the tax-reform bill passed, it was one of the most unpopular pieces of legislation in modern history. So how is it that polls showed such a positive response to last night's speech? It is enough to make you feel as if you are turning into Scott Adams, the creator of the comic strip Dilbert, who has made a bizarre sideline in concocting theories as to why Trump is succeeding ...

February 01 2018

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The Trump Show Michael Brendan Dougherty If a boring and exploitive speech can be called a political success, Donald Trump's State of the Union address was it. Maybe you are bewildered by Trump's triumphs. His approval ratings have been abysmal. By the time the tax-reform bill passed, it was one of the most unpopular pieces of legislation in modern history. So... READ MORE Be Cautious, but Take the Nunes Memo Seriously David Harsanyi For more than a year now, half of America has been driven into hysterics on a weekly basis by highly selective, often partisan leaks fed to it in 900-word increments by Democrats using the... Positioning over the Nunes FISA Memo Continues Ahead of Its Release Andrew C. McCarthy It appears very likely that President Trump is going to allow the disclosure, in some form, of the memo on alleged FISA abuse authored by majority staff of the House Intelligence Committee under... ADVERTISEMENT Remembering Frederick Douglass, Champion of American Individualism George Will It was an assertion of hard-won personal sovereignty: Frederick Douglass, born on a Maryland plantation 200 years ago this month, never knew on what February day because history-deprivation was... State of the Union: Imagine CNN for an Hour without Russia Jonathan S. Tobin For an hour and 20 minutes on Tuesday evening, the world stood still for CNN and MSNBC. Despite setting a record for length during the televised era, President Trump gave a fairly normal version... Pursuing the Truth Requires Modesty about Ourselves Mona Charen Early in George W. Bush's first term, I was dining with a friend who didn't agree with my worldview. He challenged my certitude, allowing that he wasn't sure about many issues. "Don't you wonder... What Does the Future Hold for New York City's Columbus Statue? Jennifer C. Braceras It looks like Christopher Columbus can stay put. For now. Earlier this month, New York City's Advisory Commission on City Art, Monuments, and Markers announced that the 76-foot monument to... ADVERTISEMENT Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations Ronen Bergman "Hands down the best book I've read on intelligence, Israel, and, for that matter, the Middle East...this page-turning book is indispensable for understanding Israel's fight for survival, with a revelation on every page.." — Robert Baer, author of See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism LEARN MORE Carnival in Venice Super Blue Blood Moon 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.