Morning Jolt: Predictions for 2019, Reflections on 2018

This is the last Morning Jolt of the year. National Review will still be posting new articles and Corner posts over the weekend, and if news breaks — on the shutdown, presidential actions, scandals, terrorism, war, whatever — rest assured, NR's writers will weigh in on what's happening. The next Morning Jolt will be on January 2, 2019.

The Hard-News Predictions for 2019

The "serious" predictions for 2019:

• Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg does not retire or meet her maker and ends 2019 on the court. The 85-year-old justice has recently endured three broken ribs and had a lobe of her lung removed. She's beaten cancer twice and had a stent put in her right coronary artery in 2014.
• Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito come under increasing pressure from conservative legal minds to retire, so that a GOP-controlled Senate can replace them with younger, like-minded judges. Thomas turns 71 in June, Alito turns 69 in April.
• Scared of both a hard exit and denying the results of the referendum, the U.K. government and the European Union will, near the last ...

December 28 2018

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Predictions for 2019, Reflections on 2018 Jim Geraghty This is the last Morning Jolt of the year. National Review will still be posting new articles and Corner posts over the weekend, and if news breaks — on the shutdown, presidential actions, scandals, terrorism, war, whatever — rest assured, NR's writers will weigh in on what's happening. The next Morning Jolt will be on January 2, 2019. The Hard-News Predictions for 2019 The "serious" predictions for 2019: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg does not retire or meet her maker and ends 2019 on the court. The 85-year-old justice has recently endured three broken ribs and had a lobe of her lung removed. She's beaten cancer twice and had a stent put in her right coronary artery in 2014. Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito come under increasing pressure from conservative legal minds to retire, so that a GOP-controlled Senate can replace them with younger, like-minded judges. Thomas turns 71 in June, Alito turns 69 in April. Scared of both a hard exit and denying the results of the referendum, the U.K. government and the European Union will, near the last ... Read More ADVERTISEMENT Top Stories Trump's Strategic Unpredictability, Its Pros and Its Cons Colin Dueck What can be an asset against adversaries is often a liability with allies. Trump's Fake News Mona Charen The president complains about falsehoods, but then spreads his own. U.S. Jobless Claims Stabilize, Signaling Strong Labor Market Mairead McArdle New claims for state unemployment benefits sank to the seasonally adjusted 216,000 during the week that ended December 22. ADVERTISEMENT Nothing to Envy in EU Membership Michael Brendan Dougherty The European Union is a brilliant and insidious construction. American Character Expanded and Refined Armond White Clint Eastwood's The Mule is honest and down to earth, and it achieves new rich classical Americana. Trump Should Chill About the Stock Market Rich Lowry When Trump hears complaints from employers that they are having trouble hiring, his answer should be: "Good. Pay your workers more." Democrats Hate the Wall because Trump Loves It Deroy Murdock Democrats will keep a quarter of the federal government shuttered, if that will stop Trump from fulfilling his biggest campaign pledge. Trump Back in Washington after Surprise Iraq Visit Mairead McArdle President Trump returned from a previously unannounced visit to American troops in Iraq and Germany over the holidays. ADVERTISEMENT JOIN NRPLUS All Our Content. Fewer Ads. Members-Only Privileges. NRPLUS is everything you would associate with a digital magazine subscription, and a whole lot more ─ including up to 90% fewer on-site ads, access to our private Facebook group, full commenting privileges, and invites to our writer/editor conference calls. SAVE 30% TODAY Photo Essays Cartoons of the Day: December 27, 2018 Cartoons of the Day: December 26, 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.