Dear Reader (Including citizens of all those steel-importing non-countries),

Allow myself to repeat myself, as Austin Powers might say. Well, not myself, but Adam Smith.

"'Trade wars are good' is the 'ass cancer is a blast' of economics." — Adam Smith

— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahNRO) March 2, 2018

Okay, I made that up ("So you really were repeating yourself" — The Couch). But as I pointed out not too long ago, Adam Smith did say in The Wealth of Nations:

People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise ...

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A Conspiracy against the People Jonah Goldberg Dear Reader (Including citizens of all those steel-importing non-countries), Allow myself to repeat myself, as Austin Powers might say. Well, not myself, but Adam Smith. "'Trade wars are good' is the 'ass cancer is a blast' of economics." — Adam Smith — Jonah Goldberg (@JonahNRO) March 2, 2018 Okay, I made that up ("So you really were repeating yourself" — The Couch). But as I pointed out not too long ago, Adam Smith did say in The Wealth of Nations: People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise ... Read More Top Stories Over a Third of Democrats Would Repeal Second Amendment The survey also showed that a majority of Democrats, 82 percent, are in favor of banning semi-automatic... Trump Will Meet With Video-Game Executives to Discuss Violence Trump Will Meet With Video-Game Executives to Discuss Violence ADVERTISEMENT Report: Parkland Shooter Did Not Use High-Capacity Magazines The Parkland shooter did not use magazines larger than 10 rounds, but gun-reform lobbyists are calling on lawmakers to ban higher-capacity magazines after the Valentine's Day tragedy. The... Report: White House Planning Ouster of H.R. McMaster The White House is planning to replace national security adviser H.R. McMaster, five sources confirmed to NBC News on Thursday. EXCLUSIVE: White House is preparing to replace H.R. McMaster as... With Midnighters, Alston and Julius Ramsay Graduate from the Coen Brothers School... Julius Ramsay has an eye for the kind of delicately grueling detail that becomes inevitable once you decide to do a Bad... U.K. School Bans Students from Touching Snow Snow is apparently a dangerous... ADVERTISEMENT What NR is Reading The Earth Is Weeping: The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West Peter Cozzens "The most lucid and reliable history of the Indian Wars in recent memory." — Victor Davis Hanson, author of Carnage and Culture LEARN MORE Photo Essays Cartoons of the Day: March 2nd, 2018 Cartoons of the Day: March 1st, 2018 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.