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Rebels without a Cause
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is Jonah Goldberg’s weekly “news”letter, the G-File. Subscribe here to get the G-File delivered to your inbox on Fridays.
Dear Reader (Including anyone else who needs to disclose that they’re Michael Cohen’s client),
When I lived in Prague as a younger man -- by ...
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Facebook Changes Are Far from Straightforward
Facebook's critics often seem to suggest that there are easy and straightforward solutions to the tech giant's challenges.
For example, it is often argued that Facebook should simply label political and issue ads and show who paid for them. This sounds easy, but it faces a perennial challenge in regulating ...
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The Scholarship/Activism Balance — A Rejoinder
The Martin Center recently published an article by sociology professor Fabio Rojas, in which he argued that professors should maintain the right balance between their teaching and scholarship on the one hand, and activism on the other. In today's article, the Center's Jay Schalin pushes back somewhat.
Schalin ...
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‘They Were Never Going to Let Me Be President,’ Hillary Complained on Election Night
Hillary Clinton reacted to news of her electoral defeat with a resigned acceptance, claiming she knew victory was out of reach all along.
“I knew it. I knew this would happen to me,” Clinton reportedly said, according to excerpts from a new book published by The Daily Beast. “They were never going to ...
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The Book Comey Wanted to Write
Making the click-through worthwhile: the book James Comey had wanted to write, Facebook starts to feel useless to some writers, an infamous D.C. city councilman manages to make everything worse, and Hillary Clinton’s campaign finds its wish granted.
What Did James Comey’s First Draft of A Higher ...
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Comey’s Handling of Hillary Clinton Shows Us That He’s No Hero
After being pressed by former top Bill Clinton political aide George Stephanopoulos on ABC News, James Comey admitted that he had “screwed up a couple of things.”
The former FBI director wasn’t talking about his failure to notify then–president-elect Donald Trump that unsubstantiated rumors paid for by ...
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We Happy Few: The NR 2018 Spring Webathon Needs Your Participation
Here, grab my hand and I’ll yank you up atop the ramparts with us so you can join the fight against the enemies of all we hold dear. Of course, we’ll need some ammunition: Can you spare some? National Review’s fight is your fight: It’s a grim one without the participation of a full complement of that band ...
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Anti-Semitism, This Time in Its Islamist Variant, Plagues France Again
Mireille Knoll, 85, a Holocaust survivor, was stabbed and then immolated in her apartment in Paris last month. The suspect, Yacine Mihoub, 28, released from prison last September, shouted “Allahu Akbar” as he murdered Knoll, according to his accomplice. The following week, thousands gathered in Paris and ...
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Good News for Pompeo
Looks like he's in, as he should be.
https://twitter.com/TomCottonAR/status/987050849317867521
But this fight has been a hint of what life will be like for Trump if the Democrats somehow take the Senate -- they'd refuse to confirm anyone for anything.
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The Times Best-Seller List: Another Reason Americans Don’t Trust the Media
About half the American people do not believe the mainstream media tell the truth. They believe the media are more interested in promoting their left-wing views than reporting the truth.
I am, I note with sadness, a member of that half.
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Here is but one more example: the New ...
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