Overnight, a dear friend of NR, of the conservative movement, and of mine, Karen Laub-Novak, died after a long, valiant fight with cancer. An accomplished artist in her own right, she was simply beautiful — in her taste, in her humor, in her love for her family, in her generosity to others. The gap in the lives of her husband, our friend and co-conspirator Michael, daughter Jana, son Richard (Jana and Richard have both written for NRO), and the rest of the Novak family will be deeply felt. But the light that Karen brought to a room was not extinguished last night. After all, it was Christ’s.