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Rich, Charlie, Michael, and Luke discuss the latest SCOTUS decisions, the civility debate, and the most recent George Will column.
Editors’ picks:
• Rich: J.J. McCullough’s NRO piece on lying through photography.
• Luke: Kim Wins in Singapore by Nick Ebertsadt.
• Charlie: Book review: We Still Need Liberalism.
• MBD: Kevin Williamson’s piece about the border.
Rich, Charlie, Luke, and Jonah discuss the current border situation, the recent IG report, and admissions issues at Harvard.
Editors’ picks:
• Rich: Eberstadt on North Korea from the new print issue.
• Charlie: Douglas Murray on the SPLC.
• Luke: J.J. McCullough on why James K. Polk was right to call for 54 40 or fight.
• Jonah: He is back writing for NR’s print issue after a hiatus writing his book Suicide of the West.
Rich, Reihan, Michael, and Charlie discuss the North Korea summit, the G7 summit, and the primary travails of Mark Sanford and Corey Stewart.
Editors’ picks:
• Rich: The Solzhenitsyn cover story
• Reihan: A forthcoming piece on Berkeley, California
• Charlie: Kevin Williamson’s Can We Talk?
• MBD: Douglass Murray’s Dictator Lit
Rich, Reihan, and Luke discuss the president’s claim that he can pardon himself, the continuing debate over kneeling in the NFL, and the coming immigration fight in Congress.
Editors’ picks:
• Luke: Could Trump Pardon Himself?
Rich, Reihan, Charlie, and Michael discuss the fracas over the border, Ireland’s decision to repeal Amendment 8, and the cancellation of Rosanne.
Editors’ picks:
• Rich: Greenhouse Misleads on Title X
• Charlie: The Politicization of Philosophy at The Stone
• MBD: Negan in China
Rich, Reihan, Charlie, and Michael Brendan Dougherty discuss the trade summit with China, the prospects for peace with North Korea, and the latest in the Russia inquiry.
Editors’ picks:
• Charlie: Inequality and the Intellectual Dark Web
• MBD: A New Gulag in China
Rich, Reihan, Michael, and Dan McLaughlin discuss the moving of the embassy to Jerusalem, the death of Tom Wolfe, and the Democrats’ shift to the left.
Editors’ picks:
• Reihan: Phyllis McGinley
• Dan: Defining Democracy Down
• MBD: The Right’s Generation Gap
Rich, Reihan, Charlie, and Michael Brendan Dougherty discuss the end of the Iran deal, Rudy Guiliani’s new role, and the primary results in West Virginia and beyond.
Editors’ picks:
• Charlie: MBD’s “Off the Shelf” columns
• MBD: Donald Trump Ends the Obama Mirage
Rich, Charlie, Michael Brendan Dougherty, and Luke Thompson discuss Mueller’s leaked questions, Marco Rubio’s criticism of the Republicans’ tax reform package, and Joy Reid’s time-traveling hacker.
Editors’ picks:
• Rich: Alfie Evans
• Luke: The Church of Grievance
• Charlie: How Much Does Hillary Clinton Drink?
• MBD: Risk and Business
Rich, Charlie, and Michael Brendan Dougherty discuss President Macron’s visit, the ordeal of Alfie Evans, and a bizarre court decision on DACA.
Editors’ picks:
• Charlie: Save the Eighth
• MBD: Amy Chozick Exposes Hillary’s Groveling Press Corps
Rich, Reihan, Charlie, and Michael Brendan Dougherty discuss James Comey’s book, the Trump administration’s diplomatic efforts with North Korea, and Starbucks’s company-wide sensitivity training.
Editors’ picks:
• Reihan: Oklahoma’s Education Disaster
• Charlie: People Are Losing Their Minds Over Starbucks
• MBD: The Media Create a Schrödinger’s Presidency