Dear Reader (Of whatever degrees of feck),

One of the great advantages of being more than 4,000 miles from home is that the local D.C. police will never think of looking for me here in Alaska. Another, more relevant, advantage is that politics seems really far away, and the distance offers a little perspective. (Attending the funeral of a great man puts things in even greater perspective, but we'll get to that below.)

Maybe it's just my mood or the nitrogen bubbles in my brain, but as I checked in periodically to the Twitter spats and cable-news fights this last week, it seemed pretty obvious that maybe we should just nuke the whole thing from orbit and let the bees have a shot.

More seriously, I haven't felt this kind of alienation from politics in a very long time. It's not disgust so much as a kind of exhaustion. I think it's partly because I don't think the Offended Wars are primarily about people being offended. Yeah, of course, it's easy — and correct — to denounce Roseanne Barr's racism (and all around nuttery) or Samantha ...

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Great Oaks Have Deep Roots Jonah Goldberg Dear Reader (Of whatever degrees of feck), One of the great advantages of being more than 4,000 miles from home is that the local D.C. police will never think of looking for me here in Alaska. Another, more relevant, advantage is that politics seems really far away, and the distance offers a little perspective. (Attending the funeral of a great man puts things in even greater perspective, but we'll get to that below.) Maybe it's just my mood or the nitrogen bubbles in my brain, but as I checked in periodically to the Twitter spats and cable-news fights this last week, it seemed pretty obvious that maybe we should just nuke the whole thing from orbit and let the bees have a shot. More seriously, I haven't felt this kind of alienation from politics in a very long time. It's not disgust so much as a kind of exhaustion. I think it's partly because I don't think the Offended Wars are primarily about people being offended. Yeah, of course, it's easy — and correct — to denounce Roseanne Barr's racism (and all around nuttery) or Samantha ... Read More Top Stories Enforce the Second Amendment Declan McCullagh It's time for Congress to... Mr. President, Pardon Matthew Charles Katherine Timpf Mr. President, Pardon Matthew Charles Stop the Firings for Offensive Speech Jonathan S. Tobin It's time for an amnesty for speech... ADVERTISEMENT Jean Cocteau's Classic Family Farce Remains a Work of Genius Armond White Bruce LaBruce's new satire is the single most rewarding movie this... Why Aren't Liberals Celebrating Higher Gas Prices? David Harsanyi After all, that's what they... Stop the Firings for Offensive Speech Jonathan S. Tobin It's time for an amnesty for speech... The Anti-Trump Media's 'Missing Kids' Myth Jonathan S. Tobin The viral story wasn't a mistake, but the product of unchecked... Off the Shelf: When WASPs Sting Michael Brendan Dougherty The moral impulses of a religion can outlive adherence to the creedal and liturgical practices that nursed them to... ADVERTISEMENT What NR is Reading The Holocaust: A New History Laurence Rees "A masterpiece... Rees' best book yet." — Andrew Roberts, author of The Storm of War "This is by far the clearest book ever written about the Holocaust, and also the best at explaining its origins and grotesque mentality, as well as its chaotic development." — Anthony Beevor, author of Stalingrad LEARN MORE Photo Essays Cartoons of the Day: June 1, 2018 Kilauea Volcano Eruptions 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.