I feel compelled to offer this unsolicited exhortation. If you are an NRO reader who does not subscribe to the magazine, you don¹t know what you are missing. It¹s a lot, trust me.

Since running a cell of the conservative conspiracy in North Carolina is extraordinarily time-consuming, I have just gotten to my February 12 issue.

The cover essays by Ramesh Ponnuru, John O¹Sullivan, and Robert George are masterful works of opinion writing – informative, thought-provoking, mind-sharpening, and graceful. Ramesh takes the reader on a helpful tour of major domestic issues, with particularly effective passages on tax policy and the courts. John¹s analysis of the various right-leaning schools of foreign policy and articulation of a realistic, alliance-based strategy for American defense and success are must-reading. Dr. George makes the case for the centrality of social issues in conservative policies without heaping scorn on libertarians in the coalition, a rhetorical approach I certainly appreciated as a confirmed fusionist with libertarian leanings. The February 12 contains other gems, too, but the cover package by itself is a treasure trove.

I am not being compensated for this message. K-Lo is not using my one-time role as a disco dance instructor to blackmail me. Consider this a friendly reminder that if you are an online reader only, you are gaining access to only a small part of what NR has to offer.