When patriotic conservatives come together, great things happen.
Could there be a better place to write to you about NRPlus than . . . an airport?
That’s right. That’s where I am, laptop at the ready, banging away as I’m about to board a flight to a seminar and dinner out of town with my favorite people: NR readers. Since we’ve finally started putting the Covid nightmare in our national rearview mirror, it’s becoming a more routine thing to crawl out from behind Zoom and gather together again.
It’s a powerful and welcome reminder that National Review is a community. We say it often enough that it can start to sound trite. Except it’s true, and you see how true it is when patriotic conservatives, committed to passionate but civil discourse about the direction of the country and the culture, come together to exchange ideas.
That’s where NRPlus comes in. We don’t just want to sell you a subscription. We want to invite you to join our community or, to the extent you’re already part of it (for which you have our deep gratitude), experience all this community has to offer.
I could just state the obvious: The magazine and website experience are superior in every way for NRPlus members.
If you’re reading this, it’s because you find our content stimulating and informative. As an NRPlus member, you get all of it online: digital access to not just the world’s greatest magazine, but also daily features on the website, original news reporting, and Kevin D. Williamson’s not-to-be-missed newsletter, the Tuesday, which are behind the paywall. And all that, without the distractions. While we appreciate sponsors who have the good sense to flaunt their wares to our readers, we know the ads can crowd out the content you came to enjoy. NRPlus membership means most of those ads go away.
So let’s talk carrots — so much better than sticks. Right now, to make it even more worth your while to join us, we are offering a 60 percent discount on NRPlus membership (details here). That’s not quite giving it away (if it were, I wouldn’t be writing this). But it’s a lot less per month than the blended iced-coffee frappé that you might be sipping while reading this in Chicago (where it’s suddenly about 150 degrees) — like the lady who just spilled hers on my Mets cap while lunging to avoid the middle seat on this flight!
Oh right, the flight. I’m getting the opportunity to meet with readers and other like-minded individuals as part of an event with National Review Institute. As an NRPlus member, you’ll also have opportunities to mingle with your fellow members, our loyal readers. That includes mingling on our site, where you get to comment on what we write and react to the commentary of other members. It also means being invited to special events and even the occasional meet-up with our writers and with leading conservatives who know that our community is the place to reach the people who make this country work, and who can’t tell you enough how much they love and care about it.
It’s the best deal you’ll find on the best place to be. Your membership, in fact, is what makes this amazing place possible. You will be supporting our journalism. Yes, we’re proud of what we do. We think it is more consequential than ever to celebrate America, to defend life, liberty, national security, and Western civilization from the forces that threaten them ever more aggressively. But we never for a moment forget that it’s you who make this possible.
Please help keep making it possible by signing up for NRPlus and joining us. I’m so grateful for your consideration, but trust me, you’ll be glad you did it.