Dear Reader: The quickening is upon us. What I mean is that, while few people really have any clue what is going on, many are certain that It's About to Go Down.

And so the Great Loin-Girding has begun.

In Green Rooms, in Editorial Rooms, in Conference Rooms of every hue and shape, and even in bathrooms where stewed bowels are uncorked like a confused drunk opening the emergency exit at 35,000 feet, people are preparing for what can only be described as the Mother of All Shinola Shows, only it won't be shinola on the main stage. Reporters are rereading ten-year-old New Yorker profiles of bit players just so they can be ready to drop an obscure reference about a Russian oligarch. A striver at Breitbart is researching Robert Mueller's family tree going back to the Duchy of Pomeria. Behind the scenes at Fox & Friends, things are more somber: There are a lot of prayer circles and quiet moments of solitude, as various hosts and producers stare out the window onto Sixth Avenue and ask themselves if they are ready for what is to ...

December 01 2018

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The Wars to Come Jonah Goldberg Dear Reader: The quickening is upon us. What I mean is that, while few people really have any clue what is going on, many are certain that It's About to Go Down. And so the Great Loin-Girding has begun. In Green Rooms, in Editorial Rooms, in Conference Rooms of every hue and shape, and even in bathrooms where stewed bowels are uncorked like a confused drunk opening the emergency exit at 35,000 feet, people are preparing for what can only be described as the Mother of All Shinola Shows, only it won't be shinola on the main stage. Reporters are rereading ten-year-old New Yorker profiles of bit players just so they can be ready to drop an obscure reference about a Russian oligarch. A striver at Breitbart is researching Robert Mueller's family tree going back to the Duchy of Pomeria. Behind the scenes at Fox & Friends, things are more somber: There are a lot of prayer circles and quiet moments of solitude, as various hosts and producers stare out the window onto Sixth Avenue and ask themselves if they are ready for what is to ... Read More ADVERTISEMENT Top Stories Does DNA Make Us Who We Are? Razib Khan The social consequences of the genomic revolution to medicine and psychology are hard to predict. Dividers, Not Uniters Telly Davidson In a new book, Steve Kornacki looks back at the 1990s — and finds the roots of today's polarization in the Clintons' ascent. Flake Admits Retirement Freed Him to Block Trump Judicial Nominees Mairead McArdle Retiring senator Jeff Flake acknowledged Friday that he would not be holding up President Trump's judicial nominees if he was worried about being reelected. ADVERTISEMENT The Met's Imprudent Expansion Plans Brian T. Allen The plan for a new wing at the Met flopped three years ago. I'm not sure what, if anything, the Met has changed, because the cost is the same, and the plan is back. It has neither a start nor a finish date, which means it will be with us for years and rise in cost. Was an Entire Class Evacuated Because a Student Was Wearing a MAGA Hat?   Katherine Timpf This was an absolutely ridiculous and absurd response. Central American Migrants Should Caravan to Panama Deroy Murdock The migrants who have arrived at the U.S. border as a caravan should have gone south to Panama instead. Conflicting New Estimates of Illegal Immigration Jonathan S. Tobin Two new studies on illegal immigrant numbers were published -- with drastically different conclusions. Trump 'Not Happy' with Russian Aggression toward Ukraine Jack Crowe The president said Friday that Russia's escalation of its conflict with Ukraine was to blame for the last-minute cancellation of his meeting with President Putin. 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: November 30, 2018 Cartoons of the Day: November 29, 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.