Morning Jolt: Roseanne — and Roseanne — Was a Gamble from the Start

Making the click-through worthwhile: Why Roseanne Barr should have realized she was skating on thin ice; liberal billionaire Tom Steyer's comforting delusion; and what you're missing by not paying attention to the World Cup over in Russia.

Setting a Low Barr

I agree with everything David French says about the high cost of embracing a self-evidently mentally imbalanced person as a de facto spokesman for a movement, and everything Katherine Timpf says about the rights of ABC to fire an employee who is damaging the company. (After all, this isn't that different from, say, an NFL franchise not wanting to sign a player known for making controversial statements and gestures during the National Anthem.)

As I observed yesterday, it's less than shocking that a woman who chose to dress up as Hitler and put cookie "Jews" into an oven in a photo shoot to be funny — ha-ha —  would ...

May 30 2018

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Roseanne — and Roseanne — Was a Gamble from the Start Jim Geraghty Making the click-through worthwhile: Why Roseanne Barr should have realized she was skating on thin ice; liberal billionaire Tom Steyer's comforting delusion; and what you're missing by not paying attention to the World Cup over in Russia. Setting a Low Barr I agree with everything David French says about the high cost of embracing a self-evidently mentally imbalanced person as a de facto spokesman for a movement, and everything Katherine Timpf says about the rights of ABC to fire an employee who is damaging the company. (After all, this isn't that different from, say, an NFL franchise not wanting to sign a player known for making controversial statements and gestures during the National Anthem.) As I observed yesterday, it's less than shocking that a woman who chose to dress up as Hitler and put cookie "Jews" into an oven in a photo shoot to be funny — ha-ha —  would ... Read More Top Stories The World Corruption Games Jim Geraghty Which country is the true champion when it comes to... We've Lost Sight of the Plot in the Immigration Debate Jonah Goldberg We've Lost Sight of the Plot in the Immigration Debate Trump: 'I Wish' I Hadn't Picked Jeff Sessions for Attorney General Mairead McArdle President Trump said Wednesday morning that wishes he'd picked a different attorney general, in one of his most direct attacks on Sessions. ADVERTISEMENT Roseanne's Firing Is Not a Free-Speech Issue Katherine Timpf Her comment was racist and unacceptable, and I would not want someone who had made that kind of comment representing my company,... A Twitter Fail Reveals That Media Narratives about Obama Still Trump the Truth David French This weekend demonstrated once again that both sides of our partisan divide ignore reality's nuances to score political... In Defense of ABC and the NFL Ben Shapiro But let's be careful how far we extend the backlash to... The Politicization of Philosophy at The Stone Oliver Traldi The New York Times forum is preachy, trendy, and trivial — the opposite of... Russian Foreign Minister Will Visit North Korea for Talks Mairead McArdle The Russian foreign minister will visit North Korea for talks on Thursday. Sergey Lavrov will meet with North Korea's foreign policy chief, Ri Yong Ho, to... ADVERTISEMENT What NR is Reading Chance or the Dance? A Critique of Modern Secularism Thomas Howard "If I could have everyone read just ten books, this would be one of them!" — Peter Kreeft, Ph.D., Boston College LEARN MORE Photo Essays Photoshop of the Day: May 28th-June 1st Cartoons of the Day: May 30, 2018 ADVERTISEMENT 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.